Africa Nazarene University (ANU) is
an accredited Private Christian University sponsored by the Church of Nazarene
International, which follows the Wesleyan Holiness Tradition.
Applications are invited from
qualified professionals to fill 2 positions of Senior
Lecturer in the department of Education.
Applicants must indicate clearly
their area of specialization.
The University seeks to recruit a qualified professional to fill vacant positions in one of the following teaching fields: - Educational Administration; Educational Psychology; Curriculum and Instruction and Early Childhood education.
The applicants must be holders of a PhD degree from a recognized university or a master degree with four (4) years of teaching experience at university level; plus eight equivalent publication points.
The University seeks to recruit a qualified professional to fill vacant positions in one of the following teaching fields: - Educational Administration; Educational Psychology; Curriculum and Instruction and Early Childhood education.
The applicants must be holders of a PhD degree from a recognized university or a master degree with four (4) years of teaching experience at university level; plus eight equivalent publication points.
The applicants must demonstrate
classroom skills as evidenced by student evaluations and peer reviews by
moderators; provide evidence of publication in one’s field and present evidence
of success in some major non-teaching responsibility or community service at
the University or other reputable organizations.
Job Vacancy:Director of Strategic Planning
Africa Nazarene University (ANU) is
an accredited Private Christian University sponsored by the Church of Nazarene
International, which follows the Wesleyan Holiness Tradition.
It integrates faith with learning to
produce well rounded individuals who are able to meet challenges of their
times.
The Director Strategic Planning, reporting to the Vice Chancellor through the DVC Academics will
The Director Strategic Planning, reporting to the Vice Chancellor through the DVC Academics will
- provide effective leadership in the
implementation of university strategy and planning to enable achievement
of its vision and mission;
- administer strategic planning processes across
the university;
- facilitate ongoing strategic initiatives in
the departments;
- develop quarterly reports;
- identify strategies to improve operating
performance;
- promote client/customer services;
- design and drive strategy monitoring
processes.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide effective leadership in the implementation
and review of the university strategic plan to enable achievement of its
vision and mission.
- Assist in the formulation of the short and the
long-term goals in planning university strategy;
- Oversee the development and implementation of
business intelligence in alignment with identified needs and strategic
priorities in the University.
- Constantly review the strategic plan of the
university and point out to the management board deviation from the
strategic plan and areas for action.
- Familiarize with the university physical
master plan with a view to evaluate university expansion and growth
strategy.
- Develop a quarterly executive dashboard to
report on key metrics to measure performance and progress on strategic
initiatives across the university.
- Leverage available resources to ensure the
completion of tasks in the most efficient and effective way possible in
order to complete projects that will effect change in the university.
- Liaise with the Finance director to ensure
effective implementation of the approved budget.
- Assist in collection of statistical data from
various university departments that can help in production of annual
reports and decision making.
- To work with the Senior Management team in the
implementation, development, monitoring and refinement of the University’s
Strategic objectives.
- In collaboration with Chairs and Heads of
Departments, administer formal strategic planning processes across the
various departments of the university.
- Identify and propose new opportunities to
improve university performance, obtain buy in from key university
stakeholders and develop change management plans.
- Collaborate with marketing department to
conduct feasibility study before venturing into new projects, programmes
or markets.
- Support a work environment that promotes
client service, teamwork and performance feedback.
- Perform any other duties allocated by the
Vice-chancellor.
Job Requirements
- Must be holders of a Master Degree in either
business administration, economics strategic planning, project management
or its equivalent from a recognized university
- Five (5) year experience in handling strategic
planning, economics and business development functions preferably in an
institution of higher learning.
- Ability to identify strategic needs, develop
recommendation and lead implementation of the same with minimal or no
supervision.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks and
develop timelines.
- Initiative, drive and attention to details.
- Be able to interact with senior university
management and have excellent customer service skills.
Job Title: Teaching and Learning Resources Production Coordinator
Reporting: Direct to the Director Institute of Open and
Distance Learning.
Job Summary / Purpose: The Coordinator will be the overall supervisor in
all resource production processes.
This will include organizing training
of writers, coordinating the writing processes, keeping records of written
manuals and other resources, scheduling manual review timetables, ensuring that
all teaching resources are uploaded on the VLE on time and checking for
plagiarism using the Turn-it-in software.
The Coordinator will also oversee the
use and production of Open Educational Resources by all ANU
writers.
The Coordinator will facilitate the
uploading of ANU Produced OERs in the World Wide Web.
The Coordinator will oversee the
writing processes carried out by Lecturers and other support specialists.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
The specific duties and
responsibilities of the Coordinator will be as follows:-
- Overall supervisor of all learning and
resource production processes
- Train Manual writers on the principles of
manual design based on adult learning theories and the ANU suggested
Template for Manual writing.
- Coordinate all processes of manual writing
beginning with the production stage, delivery stage and access stage.
- Design a framework for a suitable
instructional design that can be adopted for university use within the
current VLE.
- Introduce lecturers to the use of OERs and so
as to make contribution to the academic world
- Develop a data base for local Kenyan OERs and
International OERs to be used by different academic departments.
- Issue modules and any other leaning materials
to learners.
- Maintain records of the IODL educational
materials at the Centres and the Main Campus.
- Facilitate the annual review of the manuals to
keep them current and relevant.
- Coordinate instructional design for all
academic departments for IODL use
- In collaboration with the Finance office
coordinate prompt payment for all manual writers.
- Attend seminars/workshops organized by
IODL
- Submit monthly reports to the Director of IODL
- Perform any other duties assigned from time to
time by the Director.
Expected results:
- Results expected will include Production of
resources International standards of for teaching in the higher education
sector, adoption and adaptation of OERs in the resources production
processes, effective use of the teaching and learning resources on the ANU
VLE, eNaz and organization of regular training sessions for all writers and
Academic staff at ANU.
Minimum Requirements:
- The applicants must have Advanced Degree in
Education, Distance Educational Technology or any other field related to
Distance learning in Higher Education with minimum five (5) years of
relevant experience in higher education management.
- In addition the applicants must have
experience in module writing, Teaching and training of Distance e-Learners
locally and internationally.
- Possession of PhD will be an added advantage.
The University seeks to recruit a
qualified professional to fill the vacant position of Quality Assurance Officer.
The University’s Quality Assurance
Officer, reporting to the Vice Chancellor through the DVC Academics will ensure
quality is pursued at all levels of the University, interpret and implement
quality assurance standards; monitor unusual occurrences, report and follow-up
procedures periodically.
The Officer will review quality
assurance standards, study existing policies and procedures ensure
students-faculty evaluations and assess the university operations aimed at
meeting and exceeding customer expectations in quality service delivery.
Further Quality
Assurance Officer will provide administrative and substantive leadership,
guidance and support for quality assurance at all levels of the University, and
support the institutional and program accreditation processes.
The main duties and responsibilities of Quality Assurance officer will be and not limited to the follows:
- To formulate policies, strategies systems,
procedures and practices for the university’s academic quality assurance
and improvement and administrative support;
- To develop policies and guidelines on teaching
evaluation, program review and student learning assessment;
- To promote the culture of academic quality
within the university through assisting the University Quality Assurance
Committee in developing and fostering a quality culture.
- To ensure effectiveness of academic advising
and course registration through feedback from students, follow up on
teaching performance and effectiveness, smooth administration of
examinations, advise the management on how the system is performing in
regards to quality, and suggesting improvement strategies;
- To ensure proper utilization and maintenance
of university facilities, enforcement of health and safety policies
and attending to welfare matters including Cafeteria, Hostels,
Health clinics, etc in liaison with relevant departments and stakeholders;
- To liaise with HR Office to promote the
profile of quality assurance in the university by rewarding sterling
performance, and ensuring penalties for poor performance, faculty and
staff development through continuous training of academic and non-academic
staff;
- To analyze student evaluation data and
generating reports for both quality assurance and management purposes.
- To advise on program and course approval and
development in compliance with the Commission for Universities
Education (CUE) on the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in
Universities in Kenya and ANU specific standards;
- To develop and review quality
assurance standard operating procedures for Quality Assurance Office
in compliance with university quality assurance policy;
- To receive and analyze reports submitted by
various committees for strategic university decision-making;
- To coordinate the preparation of annual
reports for external bodies, e.g. the Council for University Education
- To monitor national and international
developments in Quality Assurance and advise the Management Board
and the University Council;
- To advise the Vice Chancellor on Quality
Assurance issues in the University;
- To prepare an annual quality assurance report
for the University Council;
- To provide secretarial services to the
University Quality Assurance and Standards Committee;
- To do any other responsibilities that may be
assigned by the Vice- Chancellor or her appointee.
Minimum Requirements:
- Applicants must be holders of advanced
University Degree (Master Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent) with a
minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in higher education
management.
- Possession of PhD is an added advantage.
Applicants should give full details
of educational and professional qualifications, work experience, present salary
and other benefits and enclose copies of certificates and testimonials giving
the names and addresses of three referees who are knowledgeable about the
applicant’s competence and area of specialization.
Applications should be sent to the address shown below:
The Vice Chancellor
Africa Nazarene University
P.O. Box 53067 – 00200
Nairobi.
Applications should reach the Office not later than Friday, 6th March, 2015.
Applications could also be dropped at
our Town Campus located at the Stanbank Building or Aghro House, Moi
Avenue.
Note that only short listed candidates
will be contacted.