Job Description
Responsibilities
Strategic and Budgetary Planning:
- Reviewing the performance of the School in terms of its objectives as stated in its strategic plan and in its staffing and resource plan.
- Having responsibility for all financial matters, including financial planning and sustainability, resource allocation.
- Managing and monitoring of implementation of the resource allocation process within the School.
- Dealing with staff recruitment matters that fall within the remit of the School.
- Issuing /Attending to staff disciplinary action.
- Creating a supportive working environment for all staff in the School and fostering their career development.
- Ensuring that staff review and development is completed in a timely manner.
- Supervising the HR in ensuring completion of probation reviews with all newly appointed academic staff in line with the school Probation Guidelines.
- Allocating duties to staff within the School and the management of staff in accordance with W.I.S policies and procedures.
- Assisting the HR in handling grievance procedures.
- Managing relevant disciplinary procedures for both staff and students.
Teaching, Learning and Research:
- Ensuring the effective delivery of high quality teaching and the maintenance of academic standards.
- Promoting a culture of learning that is directed to student needs.
- Fostering the development of academic policy and initiatives within the context of the long-term strategies of the School.
- Developing and maintaining a vibrant research culture of international standard.
- Promoting excellence and improvement in all matters of teaching, learning, research and administration.
- Ensuring the regular review, evaluation and development of programmes offered by the School.
- Promoting collaboration within the School, with other Schools.
- Ensuring the effective operation of the School in accordance with approved governance procedures.
- The general management of the School's physical facilities and equipment, including the allocation of rooms and other space.
- Having overall responsibility for ensuring that the School's arrangements comply with legal requirements, policies such as health and safety.
- Implementing decisions of the management and Stakeholders.