Job Title: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL SERVICES | KNQA/NO.1/2021
Salary Scale (KSH) Kshs. 158,435 - Kshs 243,982 pm
Leave Entitlement 30 Days per financial year
Terms of Service Five (5) years Contract renewable once subject
to satisfactory performance
For appointment to this grade a candidate must have:
- Twelve (12) years relevant work experience ten (10) of which must have been in top management;
- Bachelor degree (KNQF Level 7 or equivalent) in Education, Engineering, Architecture or related field from a recognized university in Kenya;
- Master’s Degree (KNQF Level 9) in Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance, Assessment and Examination or Higher Education from a recognized university in Kenya;
- Doctorate Degree (KNQF Level 10) in Curriculum Development, Quality Assurance, Assessment and Examination or Higher Education from a recognized university in Kenya is an added advantage;
- Professional qualification and membership where applicable;
- Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
- Proficiency in computer applications;
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Co-coordinating and supervising the development of policies on national qualifications;
- Developing a framework for the development of an accreditation system on qualifications;
- Developing a system for assessment of national qualifications;
- Developing and review inter-relationships and linkages across national qualifications
- consultation with stakeholders, relevant institutions and agencies;
- Maintaining a national database of national qualifications;
- Publishing manuals, codes and guidelines on national qualifications;
- Advising and supporting any person, body or institution which is responsible for the award of national qualifications;
- Publishing an annual report on the status of national qualifications;
- Setting standards and benchmarks for qualifications and competencies including skills, knowledge, attitudes and values;
- Defining the levels of qualifications and competencies;
- Providing for the recognition of attainment or competencies including skills, knowledge, attitudes and values;
- Facilitating linkages, credit transfers and exemptions and a vertical and horizontal mobility at all levels to enable entry, re-entry and exit;
- Conducting research on equalization of qualifications;
- Establishing standards for harmonization and recognition of national and foreign qualifications;
- Building confidence in the national qualifications system that contributes to the national economy;
- Providing pathways that support the development and maintenance of flexible access to qualifications;
- Promoting the recognition of national qualifications internationally.
Key Competencies and skills
- Analytical skills;
- Creative and innovative thinking;
- Mobilization skills;
- Interpersonal skills;
- Leadership skills;
- Negotiation skills;
- Ability to networking and building linkages;
- Conversant with PFM Act