ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Embu Agricultural Staff Training (EAST) College was established in 1947 as an agriculture training school for pre-service training at certificate level to Kenya African Preliminary Examination (KAPE) students.Later in 1968, the Centre was renamed Embu Institute of Agriculture and started admitting secondary school leavers for two-year certificate training as Technical Assistants. In 1990, it was up-graded to an Agricultural Staff Training College whose mandate was to develop and implement short management and technical courses, and offer research and consultancy services to enhance performance in the agricultural sector.

JOB SUMMARY

Applicants must be holders of an earned PhD degree in the relevant area of specialty. In addition, applicants must: Have at least twelve (12) years of university teaching experience, three (3) of which as full time Associate Professor; Have at least sixty (60) publication points, forty (40) of which are from articles in refereed scholarly journals since being appointed Associate Professor; Have successfully supervised to completion at least six (6) Masters and two (2) PhD students since being appointed Associate Professor; Show evidence of successfully securing at least two (2) research grants since being appointed Associate Professor; Show evidence of attendance and contribution of learned conferences, seminars or workshops; Show evidence of active participation/leadership in university activities; and Show evidence of continued research.

RESPONSIBILITIES

REQUIRED SKILLS

Training program planning, Teaching, University teaching, Exam preparation and grading

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Post-graduate education