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Title:             Senior
Qualifications Framework Officer

Organization:  Inter-University
Council for East Africa (IUCEA)

Duty Station:   Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:   Chief Principal
Quality Assurance and Qualifications Framework

About US:

The Inter-University
Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is a strategic institution of the East African
Community (EAC) responsible for coordinating the development of human resources
and research in the EAC Higher Education Institutions.  The main objectives of IUCEA are to (i)
facilitate networking among universities in East Africa, and with universities
outside the region; (ii) provide a forum for discussion on a wide range of
academic and other matters relating to higher education in East Africa; and
(iii) facilitate maintenance of internationally comparable education standards
in East Africa so as to promote the region’s global competitiveness in higher
education.

Job Summary:  The Senior Qualifications Framework Officer will
provide support in maintenance and operationalisation of the East African
Qualifications Framework for Higher Education.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Documenting
and rationalizing higher education qualifications in the region.

·       
Developing
and maintaining on-line qualifications and accreditation registers.

·       
Organising
and coordinating dialogue forums on qualifications frameworks.

·       
Organising
regional capacity building workshops on qualifications framework and policies
therein.

·       
Any
other duty as may assigned by the management.

Key Performance Indicators

·       
Functional
register of qualifications and accreditation of programs and institutions in
place

·       
Number
of dialogue forums in qualifications frameworks held and outcome thereof

·       
Number
of capacity building on qualifications framework and policies therein.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant should hold a Masters’ degree from a recognised institution.

·       
A
minimum of five years of working experience in higher education institutions or
in a higher education quality assurance, accreditation, and/or qualifications
framework agency.

·       
Must
have sound knowledge of higher education management including quality
assurance, accreditation systems, and operationalisation of a qualifications
framework

·       
Have
clear understanding of the basic mission of higher education institutions

·       
Have
good interpersonal and communication skills

·       
Age: Below 55 years

How to Apply:

Application letters
should be accompanied with the following:

·       
Certified
copies of the applicant’s degree awards

·       
Up to
date and comprehensive Curriculum Vitae

·       
Addresses
of three referees, one of which should be of the current immediate supervisor.

Applications marked
“APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF …….

Applications shall
be sent to the following address:

The Executive
Secretary

Inter-University
Council for East Africa

P.O. Box 7110,
Kampala, Uganda

E-mail:
recruit@iucea.org

Deadline: 6th April, 2020

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