Director, Academic Affairs Job Kenya Utalii College

Job Title: Director, Academic Affairs

Date Posted: 23/06/2026

Job Type: Full Time

Employer: Kenya Utalii College

Industry: Administration

Salary: Open

Location: Nairobi

Country: Kenya

Deadline: 14/07/2026

Summary:

Key Responsibilities

The Director, Academic Affairs is responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership in the development, review, accreditation, and implementation of academic policies and curricula, ensuring all programmes meet high professional standards and remain aligned to industry, regulatory, and global hospitality trends.
• Oversee the formulation and execution of the annual academic calendar, ensuring coherent scheduling of teaching, examinations, industrial training, and student activities for seamless College operations.
• Promote and support a vibrant scholarly environment by facilitating seminars, conferences, workshops, and other professional development activities that enhance academic excellence and research culture.
• Lead performance management, monitoring, and evaluation of directorate staff, ensuring adherence to quality teaching standards and continuous improvement in academic delivery.
• Coordinate the recruitment and engagement of reputable external examiners to strengthen quality assurance, benchmarking, and academic integrity across programmes.
• Facilitate and oversee academic collaborations, partnerships, and linkages with local and international institutions to enhance programme relevance, innovation, and global competitiveness.
• Prepare and present Academic Affairs reports and policy matters to the Council, providing evidence-based advice for decision-making on academic governance.
• Oversee the operations of the Learning Resource Centre, ensuring availability of up-to-date learning materials, digital resources, and academic support services.
• Establish and guide academic committees within the directorate to execute specific academic mandates, strengthen governance, and support institutional effectiveness.
• Advise on recruitment, deployment, and staff development needs within the academic directorate to ensure optimal staffing, talent growth, and operational efficiency.
• Provide authoritative guidance on accreditation, standards compliance, and quality assurance, ensuring alignment with national regulatory bodies and international best practice.
• Develop, implement, and periodically review the directorate’s strategic plan and departmental work plans, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and national development goals.
• Plan, monitor, and control directorate budgets and expenditures, ensuring prudent resource utilization and sustainable academic service delivery.
• Lead and contribute to research, publications, and capacity-building initiatives within the specialist area to advance knowledge and strengthen the College’s academic standing.
• Collaborate with the Directorate of Research on institutional research agendas, strategic initiatives, and knowledge-generation activities to support evidence-based academic decision-making.
• Provide technical input in development, implementation and review of the College’s strategic plan, vision, mission and objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership in establishing, nurturing, and strengthening collaborations and partnerships with Government agencies, development partners, the private sector, and other key stakeholders to enhance synergy, resource mobilization, and effective delivery of the Directorate’s mandate.
• Provide strategic leadership in the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and review of the Directorate’s annual budgets, procurement and disposal plans, performance contracts, and annual reports to ensure prudent resource utilization, operational efficiency, and alignment with the Corporation’s strategic priorities and governance frameworks.
• Provide strategic leadership in supervising, coaching, mentoring, and developing staff to foster a high-performing, motivated, and ethical workforce that effectively delivers on the Directorate’s mandate.
• Provide strategic leadership in the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the Directorate’s risk management policies and frameworks to ensure robust systems for accountability, enterprise risk management, and business continuity.
• Provide strategic leadership in the development, implementation, and periodic review of the Directorate’s Citizen Service Delivery Charter to enhance accountability, transparency, and service excellence in addressing stakeholder needs and expectations.
• Foster and entrench a conducive corporate culture that upholds ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism, and good governance within the Directorate, in line with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, and the Corporation’s core values.
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of corruption prevention and mitigation strategies in the Directorate.
• Spearhead the implementation of principles of Corporate Governance, relevant national policies, guidelines and directives within the Directorate.
• Provide strategic oversight and management of all Directorate activities to ensure effective coordination, operational efficiency, and smooth execution of its mandate.
• Provide leadership to Department and chairs the Directorate meetings.
• Spearhead the preparation and submission of periodic reports in the Directorate.
• Responsible for the implementation of College’s resolutions and audit recommendations within the Directorate.
• Provide regular, thorough and prompt communication to the Directorate’s staff on key technical, financial and administrative matters.
• Articulate issues relating to College’s mandate in national and regional stakeholders forums.
• Appraise the direct reports.
• Approval of the Directorate’s budget and expenditure.
• Approval of Directorate’s annual procurement and assets disposal.
• Lead in Directorate’s Resource mobilization.

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