Manager, Capacity Building (Accreditation) at Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK)

JOB PURPOSE

The Manager Accreditation is responsible for implementation of the quality assurance frameworkfor accreditation and assessment of engineering programmes in Kenya

DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of the officer will entail:-

• Reviewing and recommending forapproval or rejection of all assessments of engineering qualifications offoreign persons;
• Overseeing the development ofevaluation tools for local and foreign engineering programmes;
• Coordinating and supervising inspection, monitoring,and evaluation of accreditation for engineering programmes;
• Receiving and compiling allaccreditation reports for various engineering programmes in local institutions;and
• Contributing to the developmentof the accreditation standards, manuals, and policy guidelines foraccreditation.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

For appointment tothis grade, an officer must: -

• Have a minimum of eight (8)years relevant work experience three (3) years of which should be at asupervisory level;
• Have a Bachelors Degree in anyof the following disciplines - Engineering, Statistics, Communications,Economics, Finance, Law, or Social Science from a recognized university;
• Have a Masters Degree in any ofthe following disciplines - Engineering, Statistics, Communications, Economics,Finance, Law, or Social Science from a recognized university;
• Be registered with a relevantprofessional body where applicable;
• Have a Management course lastingnot less than four (4) weeks;
• Have Proficiency in computerapplications;
• Demonstrated professionalcompetence in work performance and results; and
• Fulfil the requirements ofChapter Six of the Constitution.