Senior Examinations officer Vacancy

Job Title: SENIOR EXAMINATIONS

The position reports to the Principal Examinations Officer

Qualifications:
The suitable candidate for the position shall be a nursing professional with an Honours Degree in Education or Medical Education. The candidate shall in addition possess a minimum experience of at least five years in managing national examinations at institutional level. He/She should have experience in setting, moderating and marking practical examinations. A minimum of five years in a management position is desirable for the position.

Duties and responsibilities:
The duties and responsibilities of the position are to:
* participate in the setting and conduct of examinations
* coordinate development and implementation of UNMEB research agenda;
* plan, conduct and build UNMEB's capacity for research, monitoring and evaluation;
* provide feedback to the nurses and midwifery accredited examination institutions;
* coordinate development of an information management
system for examination management, administration and awards;
* participate in establishment of a nurses and midwifery examinations data bank;
* develop tools for monitoring and evaluation of UNMEB's agenda;
* propose rules and regulations for the conduct of examinations for approval of superiors;
* coordinate the publishing of past nurses and midwifery examination papers; and
* perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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Instructions for Applying

Interested candidates should submit hand written applications attaching detailed curriculum vitae, also indicating their day time telephone contacts and three referees and their contacts to the address below not later than- 10th September 2010:

The Executive Secretary,
Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board,
Development House,
Parliament Avenue, Floor 3, Room,
P. O. Box 7063,
KAMPALA.

Candidates may also hand deliver applications to the above address.

N.B: Applicants, who will not have been contacted by 1st October 2010, should consider their applications unsuccessful. UNMEB will not contact unsuccessful candidates after the selection exercise.