TVET Trainer- Community Health

Role Overview

As a Community Health Trainer, you will deliver hands-on instruction across both common and core units to trainees preparing for technical and vocational certification. Your work will involve translating the approved curriculum into structured lessons, practical lab sessions, and competency-based assessments that reflect real-world community health practice. By maintaining high instructional standards and closely tracking trainee progress, you will help shape a workforce that is ready for field placements and external examinations.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver classroom instruction and practical demonstrations in assigned community health units, following occupational standards and the institution’s academic calendar.
• Design schemes of work, lesson plans, and lecture materials that align with the TVET curriculum and CDACC expectations.
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate practical sessions that build core technical competencies in trainee cohorts.
• Prepare and validate internal examinations, including continuous assessment tests, while ensuring integrity and proper grading procedures.
• Record, grade, and upload results into the institution’s ERP system within established deadlines.
• Supervise trainees during industrial attachment and guide them in applying community health concepts to field settings.
• Monitor class attendance, mentor students on academic and professional growth, and support exam invigilation for internal and external assessments.
• Maintain accurate trainee records for the directorate and TVET authorities, and perform additional duties as assigned by department leadership.

Requirements & Qualifications

• A degree in Community Health or a directly relevant technical discipline from a recognized institution.
• A Certificate in Pedagogy or a Postgraduate Diploma in Education.
• Registration with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA) as a trainer.
• At least two years of relevant teaching experience in a TVET or comparable academic environment.
• Sound understanding of KNEC and CDACC examination processes, including internal validation and external preparation.
• Demonstrated ability to teach both theoretical and practical components across the full range of common and core community health units.
• Strong ICT proficiency for modern teaching tools, ERP systems, and record management.
• Excellent mentoring, coaching, problem-solving, and self-directed work skills, with fluent oral and written English.