Vacancy title:
Custodian

[Type: CONTRACTOR, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Cleaning & Facilities, Protective Services]

Jobs at:
South Eastern Kenya University

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, March 6 2026

Duty Station:
Kitui | Kitui

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The duties and responsibilities entails:

• Performing regular checks on security around hostels and within the hostels to ensure safety is guaranteed to the students.
• Ensuring cleanliness in the hostels by supervising casuals for purposes of having the hostels hygienic and safe for students’ accommodation.
• Inspecting the hostel rooms, entire building and equipment on a daily basis to ensure operating standards in the hostels are as per the requirements.
• Reporting matters of repair and maintenance to relevant authority after inspection of the rooms to ensure the hostels are in good working conditions.
• Ensuring room allocation to students is undertaken to provide accommodation to the students every semester in line with the University policies.

Persons specifications

For appointment to this post, a candidate must:

• Have a relevant Certificate Course lasting not less than one (1) Month.
• KCSE - D Plain or its equivalent.
• At least four (4) years relevant working experience.
• Be computer literate
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya (2010) on Leadership and Integrity upon successful appointment.

OR

• Have a Certificate in criminology or social work or equivalent from a recognised institution.
• Have a KCSE - D Plain or its equivalent from a recognised institution.
• Be computer Literate.
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya (2010) on Leadership and Integrity upon successful appointment.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: professional certificate

Job application procedure
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Interested applicants should send THREE (3) HARD COPIES of application letter, Curriculum Vitae (giving details of educational and professional qualifications, age, detailed work experience, present post and salary, applicant’s telephone number and address), Academic & Professional certificates and other relevant testimonials to the address below, quoting clearly the relevant reference number on the envelope.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Corporate Services
South Eastern Kenya University
P.O. BOX 170-90200,
KITUI.

A MANDATORY electronically scanned copy of the application in PDF format (as one running document) to be sent by Friday, 6th March, 2026. INDICATE THE JOB APPLIED FOR ON THE SUBJECT 

All applications should be sent to the above address by Friday, 6th March, 2026.

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