Job Description
GRADE 15 – ADVERT REF AC/11/280/23
Salary and benefits
Basic Salary: Kshs 209,694-283,087
House Allowances: Kshs 73,715
All other allowances and benefits will be as provided in the terms of service applicable to respective job grades or
as determined by Council from time to time
For Appointment to this grade, the applicant must have:
Academic and professional:
a) Have a relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce with Human Resource Management option, Human Resource
Management or related discipline from a university recognized in Kenya;
b) Master’s Degree or its equivalent in Human Resource Management or any other related, relevant discipline
c) Diploma in human resource management or related field
d) Membership in good standing to a relevant Professional body.
Experience and skills
a) 12 years administrative experience, of which 3 years should be at Deputy Director or equivalent.
b) Have outstanding professional competence in Human Resource Management
c) Administrative skills including organization, communication, time management, and customer care
d) Computer literacy
Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities shall include but are not limited to:
a) Providing strategic advice, guidance and leadership across the University on all aspects of human resource
management through generation and implementation of Management briefs;
b) Addressing day to day requests from staff that arise from the three key human resource areas - recruitment,
training and development and General Human Resource Administration;
c) Developing and implementing human resource strategy, policies, procedures, work processes and instructions
that contribute to the University’s strategic plan;
d) Integrating, maintaining and updating Human Resource systems, policies and procedures while ensuring that
they are legally compliant;
e) Secretary to all Appointment Committees for staff in Central Departments;
f) Member of University committees such as Housing Allocation, Central Departments Corruption Prevention
Committee, etc.
g) Implementation of staff terms of service and collective bargaining agreements.
h) Overseeing the day-to-day management of the department and operational activities including assignment of
work, performance evaluation and general supervision of staff in the Human Resource Department;
i) Approving acquisition and expenditure all human resource related requests in the University systems such as
AIE and EPMIS;
j) Management and oversight of the Human Resource Information System (HRMIS) and sub- systems such as
SMA, Leave, SPA, etc; and
k) Any other duties as assigned by the Vice Chancellor from time to time.