Head of Department

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Academic Leadership and Quality Assurance

• Lead curriculum delivery, teaching quality, assessment, moderation, and examination processes within the department.
• Ensure compliance with institutional, regulatory, and examining body requirements.
• Maintain academic standards, learner progression, retention, and completion.
• Supervise trainers and departmental staff, promoting accountability, discipline, and performance.
• Coordinate departmental planning for class delivery, staffing, and learner support.

Departmental Transformation and Growth

• Lead implementation of the department’s transformation agenda in line with OGF and Growth OS.
• Reposition the department to become more practical, visible, market-facing, and enterprise-linked.
• Position the department for future-facing business education, including digital business, AI-enabled enterprise opportunities, and blended delivery models.

Entrepreneurship, SME and SIYB Pathways

• Strengthen the department’s role in entrepreneurship and SME capability development.
• Support introduction or strengthening of SIYB (Start and Improve Your Business)-aligned training.
• Promote practical business capability development through clinics, bootcamps, and field-based assignments.
• Encourage supervised student involvement in real business and SME problem-solving activities.
• Support integration of dual training and supervised workplace exposure.

Professional Pathways and Market-Responsive Programs

• Strengthen and grow professional pathways such as CPA and other business-related professional programs.
• Identify, design, and package delivery of short courses, bootcamps, and business clinics.
• Identify and support future-facing business learning opportunities linked to digital enterprise and innovation ecosystems.

Partnerships and External Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, SMEs, professional bodies (KNCCI, ASSEK, SACCOs), and youth groups.
• Increase practitioner involvement in teaching and learning through guest facilitators and mentors.
• Promote departmental visibility through practical forums and learner showcases.

Learner Outcomes and Employability

• Strengthen learner exposure to practical business realities and workplace readiness.
• Promote real-world assignments, supervised practice, and project-based learning.
• Support learner transition into internships, employment, and self-employment.

Planning, Performance Management and Reporting

• Prepare departmental plans, budgets, reports, and performance updates.
• Track departmental KPIs and use scorecards to monitor progress.

Requirements and Person Specifications

• Academic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management, Economics, Accounting, or a related field (Mandatory). Master’s degree is an added advantage.
• TVETA Registration: Duly Registered and licensed by TVETA (added advantage).
• Certifications: Training in pedagogy, entrepreneurship development, SIYB, incubation, or blended learning is an added advantage.
• Experience: Proven experience in academic leadership, departmental coordination, or program management in a TVET, college, or higher education setting.
• Program Development: Evidence of designing or growing practical business, short-course, or market-responsive learning programs.
• Industry Awareness: Practical appreciation of how SMEs and markets operate, alongside engagement with future-facing trends (digital transformation, AI, etc.).
• Discipline: Strong implementation discipline, follow-through, and results orientation.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send their application, CV, and supporting documents to jobs@rvibs.ac.ke on or before 22nd April 2026.