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Job Title:  Quality Assurance Officer

Organisation: Law Development Centre (LDC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Manager Administration

About US:

Law Development Centre (LDC) will provide legal education to lawyers and non-lawyers, undertake research in topical legal issues, contribute to legal reforms, produce legal publications, teaching materials and law reports, and also provide community legal services.

Job Summary:   The Quality Assurance Officer shall implement best quality assurance practices by monitoring and ensuring consistent standards and developing LDC’s quality assurance initiatives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• To set performance standards for every functional unit in the LDC.
• To lead the development and implementation of the institution’s quality assurance initiative.
• To contribute to the identification, development and promotion of quality assurance protocols and mechanisms.
• To write proposals for resource mobilization for the quality assurance department.
• To formulate a framework and tools for assessment of the quality of teaching by students and disseminate results to relevant stakeholders.
• To monitor and guide quality assurance of academic and other support services at LDC.
• To ensure that the LDC has reliable controls for quality assurance in all its operations.
• To support the process of assessing the LDC’s compliance with the approved relevant policies, regulations and rules.
• To participate in the management of academic standards and quality enhancement.
• To execute any other duties that can be competently and professionally performed.

 




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management or a related field from a recognized University/Institution.
• At least three (3) years’ experience in quality management in a reputable public or private academic institution.
• Planning and organizational skills;
• Teamwork;
• Leadership and supervisory skills;
• Ability to build, lead and work with others;
• Collaboration and networking;
• Knowledge of quality assurance frameworks;
• Quick judgment and decision making;
• Ability to initiate change;
• Excellent technical skills.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should submit their applications with detailed and up to date CVs, certified copies of academic transcripts and certificates and any other supporting documents, day time telephone contacts and addresses of two referees (including the current employer where applicable) to:

The Secretary / Head, Human Resource and Administration,

Law Development Centre,

P.O. Box 7117, Kampala.

Applications should be hand delivered to the LDC reception at Kampala, Mbarara or Lira campus, or soft copy sent by email in Portable Document Format (PDF) as a single file to: hr@ldc.ac.ug

Deadline: Friday 19th April, 2024 by 5:00pm

NOTE: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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