Senior Officer Test Development & Quality Assurance at Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)

History The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) is a membership based non-profit making professional management organization committed to the promotion of excellence and integrity in the practice of management. The Institute was established in 1954 as a premier institute that provides management consultancy and capacity building services to corporate orga...

 

Senior Officer Test Development & Quality Assurance

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationMBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience4 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldEducation / Teaching 

Key Responsibilities

  • Coordinate, supervise the exam setting by undertaking exam need analysis and assembling a team of examiners for the purpose of exam setting.
  • Coordinate test item development by overseeing coding, typing, typesetting, and the weighting of test items for general traceability and ease in retrieval of exam papers.
  • Conduct exam moderation to free the test items of intellectual skill-set errors and to generally ensure the exam is free from errors and within the learner's range.
  • Proofread/coordinate proofreading to ensure that the papers are free from grammatical errors and that corrections made at exam moderation are accurately captured.
  • Undertake selection of the final exam papers– [final papers (99) and other two emergency papers (198)]– by comparing relevancy of test items (approximately 12 per paper) to past four exam series in order to eliminate test item duplication, and their consequential custody.
  • Undertake quality assurance of the exam process by ensuring integrity, confidentiality and security in the exam development process in a manner that portrays positive image of the KIMSOM examinations.
  • Run the exam printing and distribution to various KIM Branches in a secure manner that upholds integrity of the institute.
  • Participate in the graduation meetings as scheduled throughout the year, lead in the rehearsals and processions and final name calling of the qualified graduands.
  • Undertake membership recruitment of at least three members in a year.
  • Oversee the transition in evaluation from old to new curriculum and generally ensure compliance to government regulations/ requirement.

Knowledge and Experience Required

  • Master’s degree in Education or any related field
  • Four (4) years of relevant work experience
  • A member of KIM

Competencies – Technical

  • Knowledge on Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Test development and evaluation competencies
  • Knowledge of relevant professional standards
  • Editing skills
  • Knowledge on Research and Projects
  • Report writing

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Method of Application

Deadline for all applications: 7th August, 2025

NB: Late applications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. KIM is an equal opportunity employer.

Interested and qualified? Go to Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) on docs.google.com to apply

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