Vice Chancellor

Key Responsibilities Provide strategic leadership aligned with the University's vision, mission, and core values. Strengthen academic quality, teaching, research, innovation, and student outcomes. Enhance industry-driven programmes, employability initiatives, and curriculum development. Ensure financial sustainability through resource mobilization, risk management, and prudent utilization of University assets. Lead human resource development, talent management, and performance management. Promote a student-centered culture that enhances welfare, safety, and learning experience. Drive organizational transformation, digital capability, and service delivery. Build and maintain strategic partnerships with industry, government, donors, and international institutions. Uphold good governance, ethical leadership, and institutional accountability. Serve as Secretary to the University Council and its Committees, Chair the Management Board, Senate, and other University Committees as provided in the Statutes. Qualifications and Experience Applicants must possess: An earned PhD from a recognized University. (Professorship will be an added advantage.) At least 10 years of senior academic and administrative experience, with a proven track record in educational leadership, including experience at the level of Deputy Vice-Chancellor or equivalent. (Experience as a Dean or Principal of a college will be an added advantage.) Demonstrated strategic leadership with successful outcomes. Proven leadership in research, innovation, and academic governance. Distinguished academic and research record, including extensive publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. Proven experience in resource mobilization, financial management, and institutional development. Demonstrated ability to network, fundraise, mobilize, and attract resources, including research grants. A track record of leading transformation and delivering measurable results. Strong ethical standards, integrity, and commitment to good governance in accordance with Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.