Responsible to: Director Technology and Reprographics
Responsible for: Deputy Manager
- Salary Scale EB 3U
- Purpose of the Job:
To head the department of Reprographics and as such and manage all the printing activities at the Printery.
- Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Directing and controlling the staff of the department to ensure that they carry out their responsibilities effectively in line with set targets.
- Ensuring that all the examinations and examinations materials for the Board are securely produced and as scheduled.
- Raising income for the Board by undertaking quality printing works for external customers, particularly other examination bodies.
- Ensuring proper maintenance of production facilities to sustain steady production
- Reviewing, monitoring, and making periodic recommendations for updating the production facilities following departmental business plans and management decisions.
- Reviewing and monitoring production systems security, integrity, and disaster preparedness and making recommendations for smooth production continuity.
- Studying and monitoring printing industry trends/emerging technologies and advising management on the best solutions to adopt to optimize output.
- Guiding and advising on the development of marketing commercial printing activities for income generation.
- Supervising, mentoring, motivating, and managing the performance and development of staff in line with the Board’s goals, objectives, policies, and regulations.
- Key Performance Indicators:
- Examinations materials properly printed
- Production facilities properly managed
- New production technologies introduced
- Efficient, monitored, appraised, and harmonious staff.
- Key Decision Making
- Guides printing activities
- Assignment of specific tasks to staff.
- Identifies new production technologies
- Sources and guides new production of commercial work.
- Person Specification:
- Academic/Professional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
- Postgraduate Diploma in Print Production
- Master’s degree in Production Management or a related field.
- Work Experience
- Minimum of 12 years’ experience, 3 of which should have been in the printing industry at the level of Principal Officer/Management level with experience in marketing of printing services.
- Skills/Competencies/Attributes
- Ability to work as part of a team and to develop subordinates.
- Excellent interpersonal management skills
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Strategic and conceptual ability.
- Proven ability of multitasking and meet timelines.
- High degree of integrity and confidentiality
- Terms of Service:
Contract of five years renewable upon satisfactory performance.
