The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has announced a vacancy in the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Board Secretary position.
In a notice issued on Monday, December 2, 2024, HELB invited interested persons to apply for the role.
“HELB is seeking to recruit a transformative, competent and self-driven individual with an innate dynamism for the position of Chief Executive Officer/Board Secretary,” the notice read in part.
In the notice, the Board also laid out the requirements and job description of the role to interested individuals. “The job holder will be responsible for the overall leadership, strategic and operational direction to enable the institution to achieve its short and long-term objectives that translate into the realization of its mandate, Vision and Mission,” it notified.
"The job holder will also spearhead the design of institutional structures, enhance fintech optimisation, drive customer-centered leadership and sustainability, oversee human capital initiatives, promote and uphold good corporate governance,” it added.
The Board further notified interested persons of the application procedure for the role. “Qualified and interested applicants who meet the requirements should submit two hard copies of job applications, academic and professional certificates and relevant testimonials. Soft copies of the same should also be submitted to the official recruitment website,” the notice informed.
The job advertisement is set to signal the departure of current long-serving CEO Charles Ringera who has been at the helm since 2013. The due date for submission of applications is December 17 not later than 5:00pm.
Ringera was amongst the six shortlisted candidates for the second Deputy Governor position at Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) which ultimately went to Gerald Nyaoma.
Currently, HELB is in a precarious position as uncertainty brews after the High Court issued orders barring the implementation of President William Ruto’s new student-centered funding model.
On October 3, Justice Mwita issued conservatory orders halting the implementation of the funding model after the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and three other petitioners challenged it.
The petitioners argued that the funding model is discriminatory and locks thousands of students out of higher education.
However, the HELB management assured university students of its commitment to resolve the impasse; building upon Ruto’s new directive to establish a committee to review the funding model.
