Senior Education & Examination Officer at Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK)

Job reference: NCK/02/07/2022

Summary

The Nursing Council  of Kenya wishes to recruit highly competent, passionate, dedicated and self-driven individuals to fill the following vacant position(s): Senior Education & Examination Officer

Terms and Remuneration

• Terms of Service – Permanent and Pensionable
• Salary: from KES. 137,607 – 162,609 per month

Job specifications

Officer at this level may be deployed in either Education and Examination Division.

Education

Duties and responsibilities entail:

• Implementing the nursing education, examination & registration policy and guidelines;
• Implementing the developed and/or reviewed nursing/midwifery training materials;
• Facilitating study/review processes for education materials/documents;
• Preparing and submitting reports;
• Conducting compliance audit regarding curriculum implementation in training institutions;
• Facilitating training needs assessment and advising regarding emerging programs;
• Monitoring compliance to indexing requirements, indexing period, preparing and submitting reports;
• Supporting indexing administrators in nurse training institutions through conducting training and consultations;
• Verifying credentials for nurses trained outside Kenya (TOK), identifying suitable criteria and program, preparing and submitting reports on the same;
• Coordinating and undertaking indexing of students trained either in Kenya or out of Kenya;
• Executing the monitoring and evaluation system;
• Undertaking and reviewing risk mitigation measures and reporting status quarterly;
• Implementing and reviewing the performance targets of the section and reporting milestones;
• Executing and reviewing the section work plan; and Implementing quality standards procedures in the section.

Examination

Duties and responsibilities entail:

• Implementing the nursing education, examination & registration policy and guidelines;
• Monitoring of the examination registration processes and preparation of a list of candidates;
• Administering and invigilating examinations;
• Conducting assessment of examination centers, preparing and submitting reports;
• Preparing list of proposed examination setters, moderators, and invigilators;
• Reviewing the list of required examination materials/accessories;
• Preparing and submitting reports including invigilation reports for purposes of payment;
• Verifying eligibility of candidates to undertake the examination;
• Reviewing and submitting reports on examination performance for nurses Trained Outside Kenya (TOK);
• Maintaining research resources and data mining to support policy;
• Undertaking relevant research to enhance nursing and midwifery practice;
• Identifying areas of focus in research and developing preliminary research grant proposals for funding;
• Generating and submitting preliminary research reports;
• policy briefs, position papers;
• Disseminating research findings;
• Maintaining research data base;
• Reporting on risk status and proposed corrective measures;
• executing performance targets of the section;
• Undertaking the section work plan; and
• Implementing quality standards procedures.

Person specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –

• At least of four (4) years relevant experience in a comparable and relevant position in public or private institution;
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or Midwifery from a recognized institution;
• Registration Certificate issued by the Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Valid practicing license from Nursing Council of Kenya;
• Membership to a professional body in good standing;
• Curriculum Development Course lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in Computer application skills; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Key Competencies & Skills

• Integrity
• Communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Problem solving skills