External Examiner – School of Pharmacy

About the role

Mount Kenya University is seeking an experienced External Examiner for its School of Pharmacy. The role involves overseeing examination processes, ensuring academic standards, and contributing to curriculum development and quality assurance.

Key responsibilities

• Moderate examination papers and marking schemes before administration.
• Review and moderate marked examination scripts, projects, dissertations, theses and other assessments.
• Evaluate academic standards of programmes and assessments against national and international benchmarks.
• Provide independent reports on the quality and standards of academic programmes.
• Advise the University on curriculum development, assessment practices, and academic quality enhancement.
• Attend examination boards and academic meetings when invited.
• Submit annual reports on the conduct and standards of examinations and academic programmes.

Required profile

• Hold an earned PhD degree in the relevant discipline from a recognized academic institution.
• Be at least at the rank of Senior Lecturer or equivalent in a recognized university or institution of higher learning.
• Demonstrate a strong record of teaching, research, and academic supervision in the relevant field.
• Have experience in examination moderation, curriculum development, and quality assurance processes.
• Be registered with the relevant professional body where applicable.
• Not be a current member of staff of Mount Kenya University.

Required skills

• Project management
• Research publication
• University teaching
• Training program planning