KEMRI Career Development Officer Job in Kenya

Reference Number: CDO-11-11

Category: Human Resources

Location: Kilifi

Country: Kenya

Summary:

The Post holder will support the provision of career development counselling designed to develop a diverse, highly capable and flexible research workforce through training, education, and professional development.

Reporting Lines: Reports to the Head of Human Resources and has functional relationship to Head of Training

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing a career mentorship scheme for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the Programme;
• Developing a standardized, student-driven, diary based record of progress through the postgraduate degree process for all students at the Programme (in collaboration with the Training Department and Human Resources);
• Developing a Professional Development Plan (PDP) scheme for postgraduate students at the Programme, including providing support and guidance on available resources to students and the development of online support resources;
• Developing a monitoring system for the Professional Development Plan scheme including a web-based system for managing information;
• Providing high quality, timely support and advice to postgraduate and potential postgraduate students, and other research staff as they:

1. Make decisions about appropriate courses or career paths
2. Prioritise their learning needs in conjunction with supervisors and other relevant mentors
3. Identify locally and regionally available ways to meet their identified needs
4. Complete and implement their PDPs
5. Review and collect evidence of progress towards their learning goals

Skills and Competence:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a relevant field;
• Experience in professional or educational development;
• Experience of working in a multi cultural research environment in Africa;
• At least five (5) years progressively responsible experience of managing postgraduate student pastoral issues, including the monitoring and evaluation of personal development plans;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including a proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals from different backgrounds and cultures;
• Experience of providing support to mentoring programmes;
• Excellent organizational skills including a proven ability to manage a significant workload under pressure and to organize and prioritise effectively;
• Experience of organizing and running training workshops, including the development of appropriate materials
• Excellent IT skills including the use of word processing packages and database management
• Ability to work on own initiative.

Desirable qualities:

• PhD qualification will be an added advantage
• Experience of managing and creating online learning resources
• Experience in establishing and moderating /maintaining online discussion forums and/or social networking areas

Application Procedure

The application closing date is 24th November, 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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