Principal Planning Officer
Published:CUE 4- Advertised Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Closing Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
- 17:00:00
Job Purpose / Executive Summary
The department will be responsible for strategic planning, monitoring & evaluation of organisational performance and quality management systems, co-ordination of policy formulation and review and project implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinating the development and review of the Commission's strategic plans and policies
- Monitoring and analyzing expenditure trends in the universities
- Coordinating preparation of departmental work plans and compiling annual Commission's work plan
- Coordinating setting of performance targets and development of performance contracts
- Compiling performance contacts reports to the government
- Developing concept papers on critical issues on university education
- Monitoring and evaluating existing projects; determining projects' viability and advising on prioritization
- Ensuring proper development and maintenance of EMIS
- Supervising input of data into the Educational Information Management System (EMIS)
- Coordinating statistical analyses and projections and aligning them into corporate strategic plans
- Coordinating implementation of the Commissions resource mobilization and development strategy
- Coordinating the development of a data base on development partners and donors and their funded projects
- Reviewing of policies and strategies for resource mobilization
- Coordinating monitoring and evaluation of externally funded projects and programs
- Evaluating and prioritizing identified projects for funding
- Coordinating preparation of financial reports on funding and resource mobilization
- Supervising Investigations and Enforcement programmes, plans and activities
- Coordinating the collection, tabulation and recording of data on enforcement and investigations
- Investigating complicated cases on non-compliance to the Act, code of conduct and other regulations in liaison with other Government investigation Agencies
- Supervising, mentoring and coaching staff
Vacancy Requirements:
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Job Type
Permanent
No. of Vacancies
1
Job Grade
CUE 4
Location
Address:Red Hill Road,off Limuru Road,Gigiri
Phone No:020-7205000
City:NAIROBI
Post Code:
Email Address:info@cue.or.ke
Our Vision:Quality, relevant and sustainable university education
Our Mission:To promote and assure quality, relevant, and sustainable university education by setting standards, monitoring compliance, undertaking research and providing policy advisory
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