Vice Academic Dean

Paradise Valley College looking for the highly qualified, skilled, professional and competent employees: 

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Vice academic Dean shall perform the following lists;

• Responsible for entire delegation of College Dean in the main campuses/act every thing as college dean in the absence of the college dean in the main campus and in the present as well.
• Responsible for all follow-up of the entire teacher's evaluation performance, assigning, supervising, course load arrangement and assisting, students’ grade follow up as well.
• Ensure all teachers are on their duties and using their timetable in accordance and take action together with the college dean for the delays of the course.
• Listen to grievances and compliant of the teachers, and students here at the main campus and sites/branches likewise.
• Prepare the academic calendar of the college each year in consultation with the Academic Dean and submit it to the academic commission for approval.
• Responsible for preparing plan, quarterly, and yearly for overall concerning college schedule of time table, classes, registration issues, grades, and all the academic student issues concerning the college.
• Responsible for the implementation of all the issues of the BA degree in all departments and TVET institute of academic requirements from government office of education incoming and outgoing issues.
• Make schedules for each semester and distribute a course load likewise, make an announcement for teachers as well as for the students in collaborating with the top management of the head office and AC meeting bases.
• Attend regular meetings of the head office management and top management meeting with the chairman of the board and president and implement all the decisions made as it is confirmed by the minutes of the meeting.
• Take necessarily disciplinary action in connection to the SA- Student Association representatives, Student Dean/student affairs together with the college president approval bases.
• Make academic calendar activities schedules and plan, design/revise the curriculum.
• Disseminate all very important information, and the decision that was approved by the head office and management board to the main campus of each department head/teachers and TVET coordinators, other campuses and sites as well. Disseminate all information, letters, and declaration from BLTO/Ministry of skills and labour as well as from any gov’t sector.
• Make a meeting, with coordinators and subordinating staffs as well if it is necessary.
• Delegate personnel in the absence of him/her at AC meetings as well as a head office.
• Attend a training at BLTO/Ministry of Skills and Labour, all concerned sectors i.e. Ministry of Health, HERQA/FDRE Education and Training Authority, Ministry of Labour and Skills, EPHEVETIA, and others stakeholders and forward to the college management.
• Administers oversees on the teachers, instructors of the college the proper utilization of learning and teaching.
• Ensures that rules and regulations of the college are well known and implemented by the teachers and students.
• Creates safe working relationships between the students and teachers
• Promotes a good image of the college with clients, providing appropriate and full information on the activities of the college connected to academic issues.
• Recommend a performance appraisal evaluation bases on the strong instructors and teachers to the college.
• Responsible for the implementation of the rules and regulations laid down by the board.
• Takes appropriate actions based on the rules and regulations of the college to the subordinating contract and per timers teachers by reporting to the HRM of the college.
• Represents the college and makes agreements on its behalf of it.
• Studies and attempts to identify and improve the shortcomings of the college.
• Studies the progress made in the development of the staff.
• Oversees the research activities, and provides necessary advice on the academic performance of the teachers and instructors collaborating with the immediate supervisor.
• Ensures the standard of academic excellence in research, seminars, conferences and other services of the college next to the “ Quality Education for all”
• Submits necessary report to the HERQA as well as to other concerned bodies, as required in the absence of the College Dean and the president only on their approval bases.
• Monitors that students' morals and disciplines go in line with the rules and regulations of the college.

Required Number: 1 (One) 

Report to: College Dean/ College President  

Duty station: Shashamane with possible travel to Adama and Dilla Campuses as necessarily. 

Job Requirements

Qualification:  Masters in Related Fileds

• The Vice Academic Dean is a senior staff appointed by the Dean. He/She is accountable to the Academic Dean.
• The Vice Academic Dean is responsible for all operational matters pertaining to students’ admissions, student
• At least 3 & above Years and above for Masters in similar position or work experience in any Educational institution, privet college, university, technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Institute.
• In addition, the Vice Academic Dean should have proven experience in any field of privet or government college/university and TVET or Level’s learning and design and development of learning and training curricula and programmes including supervisory responsibility required for the position.

Interpersonal Skills:

 The person we are seeking should be comfortable with working in a

• Multicultural environment and be committed to promoting gender, cultural and other forms of diversity. Strong interpersonal, flexibility, convincing person to the evidence bases ground, full of confidence, team working spirit, smooth relationship with colleagues to create a good working environment, decision maker his/her authority bases and sociable likewise.
• Should able to work in the hardship working environment and exist a difficulty of the working place of grievances and complaints by focusing on his/her duty.

Applicant’s Qualities:

In addition to an academic achievement core values(integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity) and competencies (teamwork, planning and organizing, accountability, creativity, client orientation – Only based on the policies indeed kind and humble, commitment to continues learning, listening, respond to the point in a clear ground and  technological awareness), the candidate is expected to demonstrate a high level of expertise in the management and leadership competencies of the middle Management Network of the BLTO  (leading change, getting the best out of people, driving results, building partnerships and teams, communication and judgment/decision-making) as well as have experience and competence in promoting knowledge sharing.

The Vice Academic Dean should be familiar with the mission of the PVC College, the mandates of the various FDRE Educational Authority and, Oromia Education Bearuea’s system and current overarching priorities such as advancing ongoing national reform efforts and the goals of the Marketing Need Assessment and request accreditation for the demanding new offering of PhD, Masters, BA degree, Level’s Courses.

 Language:  

• An applicant for the Vice Academic Dean must speak, read, listen and write English, Afan Oromo, and Amharic.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested applicants can apply within 10 days from the day of this vacancy announcement. 

Send your brief Job application cover letter, CV and copies of work experience only, via [email protected] an entire academic achievement will be checked in person when a candidate is invited for an interview and written examination.

OR

Send it to the following address: Paradise Valley College Shashamane Main Campus, Human Resource Office 04 Kebele, Near the Tekelahymanot Church, Shashamane P.O.Box: 499, Shashamane Phone: 0462115402/2626   

Female applicants are highly encouraged