Quality Assurance at Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

Job Purpose

This position is responsible for coordinating and running KIM School of Management (KIMSOM) examination evaluation and general quality assurance of the whole exam process.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise the exam setting by undertaking exam need analysis and assembling a team of examiners for the purpose of exam setting
• Coordinate test item development by overseeing coding, typing, typesetting, and the weighting of test items for general traceability and ease in retrieval of exam papers.
• Conduct exam moderation to free the test items of intellectual skill-set errors and to generally ensure the exam is free from errors and within the learners range.
• Proof read/ coordinate proof reading to ensure that the papers are free from grammatical errors and that corrections made at exam moderation are accurately captured.
• Undertake selection of the final exam papers- [final papers (99) and other two emergency papers (198)] by comparing relevancy of test items (approximately 12 per paper) to past four exam series in order to eliminate test item duplication, and their consequential custody.
• Undertake quality assurance of the exam process by ensuring integrity, confidentiality and security in the exam development process in a manner that portrays positive image of the KIMSOM examinations.
• Run the exam printing and distribution to various KIM Branches in a secure manner that upholds integrity of the institute.
• Participate in the graduation meetings as scheduled throughout the year, lead in the rehearsals and processions and final name calling of the qualified grandaunts.
• Undertake membership recruitment of at least three members in a year.
• Oversee the transition in evaluation from old to new curriculum and generally ensure compliance to government regulations/ requirement.

Qualification

• Master degree from a recognised institution
• Five (5) years’  of relevant experience