Administrator – Innovation Centre at Zetech University

Job Ref. ZU/10/25/140

Reporting to the IT Manager, the position holder will, among other duties be responsible for:

• Undertaking a broad variety of administrative tasks including managing the calendar of activities of the Innovation Centre;
• Serving as a contact for all clients, internal and external facing, ensuring needs are addressed in a timely and professional manner;
• Helping users on how to use various pieces of technology in the Innovation centre;
• Manage innovation incubatee lifecycle activities from onboarding to exit;
• Maintaining documentation of projects carried out by the Centre;
• Identifying innovation partners to work within the region and also create liaison links with key players in the Kenya innovation system;
• Making the innovation hub to become an income generating unit;
• Checking for potential opportunities where the University can be involved in innovation;
• Preparing, developing, organizing and safely keeping documentation related to proposals for internal or external funding;
• Checking for potential innovative competition opportunities for the University students to participate in and assist them to successfully participate.
• Coordinating flow of information from the Innovation Center to other Departments in the University and assist in marketing the Innovation Center to all University stakeholders.
• Ensuring all the communication channels are updated as required including the Innovation Website Portal

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Business from a recognized university;
• Not less than three (3) years relevant experience.