Lecturer and Research Fellow, Egerton University

Responsibilities:

• Conduct and lead top-notch research, recognized at nationally and internationally and writing papers, proposals, journal articles, and books;
• Develop curricula, course material, schemes of work, course material, teaching aids and lessons plans that can be used across a number of platforms;
• Build, develop and ensemble collaborative research teams to attract and secure external research funding to sustain research effort and manage funded research projects;
• Make original contribution in teaching and scholarship which expand knowledge or practice within the discipline;
• To collaborate with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand knowledge base;
• Participate in university and faculty strategy development and make significant contribution to the administration activities;
• To set, administer, mark and score student assignments, term papers, continuous assessment tests and University examinations;
• Teach and mentor students as well as develop teaching aids and learning materials;

Principal Technologist - ICT, Egerton University

Achievements:

• Oversaw the planning, design, installation and commissioning of a fiber access link for broadband internet access;
• Formulated appropriate ICT policies and e-Strategies and provided technical and policy advice to senior management on all ICT matters in line with institutional objectives;
• Accounted for the management, supervision, mentoring and career development of IT staff, allocation of duties, conflict resolution, oversaw staff training and development, and motivated staff to achieve peak productivity and performance;
• Led and directed a team of staff, fostered teamwork and cohesion among staff and with the user departments, planned and oversaw the activities of the ICTs to ensure that programmed projects and outputs are delivered in a timely manner;
• Analyzed existing systems and suggested system upgrades in line with emergent hardware and software technologies;
• Reviewed, evaluated and developed proposals for new system development and implementation, including hardware/software and upgrades as appropriate;
• Oversaw requirements gathering, definition of scope/criteria, timeline management, and all phases of project development life cycles;
• Conducted system analysis and assisted management in undertaking the technical evaluation of proposed ICT systems and oversaw their implementation;
• Handled the procurement of all ICT equipment for various departments;
• Conceptualized and implemented ICT security and risk mitigation strategies to guarantee a high availability of computer systems and network connectivity;
• Ensured that the institutions IT infrastructure and services, including the end-user hardware and software, enterprise IT infrastructure and applications are highly reliable, performing optimally and are well secured;
• Prepared ICT status reports, and evaluated and appraised staff performance, making appropriate recommendations for personnel action;
• Developed and tested business continuity and disaster recovery procedures to mitigate against occurrences and ensure continuous business operation;
• Facilitated the disposal of obsolete ICT equipment in accordance with Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, and established guidelines;
  

Senior Technologist - ICT, Egerton University                         

Achievements:

• Designed and implemented databases and information systems in the institution;
• Maintained and administered the institutional network and its related computing environment including hardware, systems software, applications software, internetworking devices and all other computer-related configurations;
• Created and maintained an ICT configurations database, and assisted in maintenance and management of ICT infrastructure systems, including WAN applications;
• Installed appropriate anti-virus software, and responded to security breach incidences;
• In-charge of the internship program, and oriented trainees and new staff into the department’s operations and activities;
• Setup, maintained and removed network accounts and passwords as required, and maintained and serviced IT systems for optimal operations;
• Acted as a resource person and provided on-call technical support for hardware and software issues in the institution, as well as providing user training and support;
• Ensured WAN connectivity in the institution and that systems are fully supported as per the Service Level Agreement (SLA), and reported deviations;
• Updated and maintained the institutions’ website and all other back-end applications;
• Setup hardware, diagnosed and corrected hardware failures, monitored system logs, acted on anomalies and backed up log files;
• Set-up and maintain backup systems for file servers and in-office desktop computers;
• Ensured inventory records are properly documented to reflect accurate asset movement, classification, valuation and status of the ICT equipment in the institution;