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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Swift Human Resource Consultants Jobs Adverts in Nairobi Kenya: Diploma Program Coordinator

Swift Human Resource Consultants Position: Diploma Program Coordinator

Our client based in Nairobi is a young, dynamic and growing entitled whose striving to offer leading and competitive services within Eastern Africa In particular and Sub-Saharan Africa in general.

It provides training, extension services, consultancy, research and advocacy as well as facilitating initiatives in participatory community development.

This company is looking to recruit a Diploma Program Coordinator.

Relationships:

Reports to: The Strategic Manager

Supervises: Other staff, trainers and associates within the Diploma Program

Other internal contacts: the Consultants and team leader.

External contacts: General Public, clients and partners

Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Overall Management of the diploma programme and the students’ mentorship.
  • Oversee, review and coordinate the processes of manual updates with the training team
  • Ensure that the diploma programme is managed in accordance to the KNEC curriculum and requirements
  • Ensure that manuals are regularly produced, stored and distributed to students
  • Keep stock of manuals in relation to the number of registered students
  • Link up with the head of department to identify, orient and develop a database of resource persons for the various units offered
  • Ensure that diploma programme guidelines and procedures are adhered to by the students and teaching fraternity
  • Market the diploma programme and the short courses
  • Develop guidelines for engaging with external resource persons in collaboration with the head of department
  • Coordinate marking of continuous assessment tests/examinations and moderation of the same as well as providing timely feedback between students, lecturers and mentors
  • Plan, coordinate and review field excursions for diploma students.
  • Liaise with the research, advocacy and documentation unit to ensure that recommended resource materials are made available for the students.
  • Develop and maintain effective liaison between the company and institutions sponsoring students
  • Compile quarterly and annual progress reports
Skills required for this position
  • Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in education, community development or social sciences with some requisite training (NOT Teaching) experience.
  • Background knowledge and working experience in the areas of functional adult literacy and community development
  • Possession of participatory facilitation skills and group processes including training in TOT/TOF.
Core competencies:
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Team player
  • Open to receiving and giving feedback
  • Good report writing skills
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Ability to undertake marketing and produce results with a track record of success in previous or similar working environments.
If you meet the above, kindly send your application along with a current picture and an up-to-date CV with telephone contacts for three professional referees and copies of academic and professional certificates to info @ swifthr.org including your telephone contact.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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