Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to DVC-ARS, the position holder will be responsible for the following, amongst others:

• Implementing the University’s policies, procedures and processes for quality assurance and enhancing quality professional services to students, staff, and external stakeholders.
• Formulating and implementing policies, strategies systems, procedures and practices for the university’s academic quality assurance;
• Supporting the Schools and campuses’ quality assurance representatives assure quality in the delivery of services, teaching, and learning, examinations, research, student supervision and supporting infrastructure and resources
• In liaison with the legal officer, leading in the interpretation of legal and regulatory requirements and creating awareness in the University for compliance;
• Guiding and monitoring on regulatory body standards and guidelines across the University;
• Monitoring implementation of Quality Assurance policies and generating reports to university management organs to promote the culture of academic quality within the University through assisting the University quality assurance committee in developing and fostering a quality culture;
• Providing leadership and guidance on quality matters in the University in liaison with other relevant offices, in the confines of legal and regulatory standards and guidelines
• Liaising with the relevant offices to promote the profile of quality assurance in the University by rewarding sterling performance and penalization of non-compliance;
• Ensuring all Review requests for new curriculum comply with regulatory bodies such as CUE, TVET,KNQA, etc
• Liaising with global and regional bodies such as IUCEA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the AAU to roll out a peer review of our Curriculum
• Participating in the review of the academic calendar and ensuring compliance with timelines
• Overseeing the Curriculum Review Process
• Coordinating the process of student-lecturer evaluation and providing feedback to all stakeholders

Qualification & Experience

• A minimum of a relevant  Masters degree stemming from a Bachelor’s degree in operations management, education management, curriculum development, TQM, Management Science or a relevant field from an accredited and recognized University.
• An additional qualification in Quality Management/ Audit e.g ISO or KEBS will be an added advantage;
• At least (3) years experience in administration of academics/student customer service;
• A relevant and recognised professional qualification;
• Membership in a relevant and recognised professional body is an added advantage
• Good understanding of the Universities Act, CUE standards and guidelines, TIVETA and other relevant regulatory body standards and guidelines;
• Familiarity with the development, implementation and management of Curriculum from Diploma to Doctorate Level
• An understanding of the Learning Outcomes (LO) and Competence-Based (CBC) Approaches to teaching and learning
• Familiarity of Pedagogical and andragogical Approaches and the requisite Monitoring and Evaluation
• Working Knowledge of Online and face-to-face Teaching and Examination systems and familiarity with Teaching Taxonomies and rubric-building
• Registered or Registrable for PhD