Trainer – Information Communication Technology

Role Overview

This ICT Trainer position delivers practical and theoretical instruction within the University's professional and technical training programmes. The trainer prepares and leads seminars, workshops, tutorials, and hands-on laboratory sessions, assesses learner performance, and helps ensure curricula stay aligned with current industry needs. The role is central to producing competent, work-ready ICT graduates and to supporting the Institute's academic and training objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver ICT instruction through seminars, workshops, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and other assigned learning formats.
• Develop and refresh learning materials, schemes of work, and progress records that track trainee attendance, achievement, and development.
• Prepare, administer, and mark examinations, practical tasks, assignments, and continuous assessment tests using consistent and fair standards.
• Supervise practical work, guide learners through projects and troubleshooting, and provide constructive feedback or referral to student support services when needed.
• Conduct applied research that informs curriculum review and helps validate the quality and relevance of learning resources.
• Requisition, organize, and maintain ICT inventories, tools, equipment, and other teaching resources so practical sessions run safely and effectively.
• Build industry relationships that create experiential learning, training excursion, and attachment opportunities, and support trainee contests, trade fairs, and innovation projects.
• Contribute to departmental seminars, meetings, committees, and continuous professional development activities, and enter assessment results into the examination records system within required timelines.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology or a related discipline from an accredited or recognized institution.
• Registration as a Trainer with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA).
• At least two years of teaching experience at tertiary level or three years of industry-based experience.
• Certificate from an approved Trainer of Trainers course.
• A professional qualification or affiliation with a relevant professional association is an added advantage.
• Strong verbal and written communication, excellent presentation skills, critical thinking, time management, and attention to detail.