Vice President for Academic Affairs
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الوصف الوظيفي
Vice President for Academic Affairs
American International University Kuwait City
American International University (AIU) is a newly established University. AIU offers an American style education degrees and majors with the motive to educate and serve the people of Kuwait as well as international students. The University provides high quality relevant and varied educational programs and opportunities for the intellectual cultural and personal growth of all members of its community. The University values its role as an educational leader that promotes individual development and improves the overall quality of life in a diverse community. It offers academic and professional programs which lead to degrees from the associate through baccalaureate and masters.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs will serve as a senior member of the Division of Academic Affairs team; the VPAA provides direction to and managerial oversight of a variety of initiatives designed to positively impact student success retention and timely graduation. He/she will supervise all activities programs and services related to academic advising and academic support including academic remedial and skillbuilding programs and testing. The VPAA will serve as conduct officer for all cases involving violations of academic policies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the conduct officer in all cases involving an alleged violation of academic policies including those in the Student Code of Conduct and the Academic Honesty Policy.
- Provide leadership in the planning and development of operations processes as well as theevaluation for theUniversityacademicdevelopment programs.
- Lead initiatives withUniversitydepartments to enhanceacademic readiness for all students.
- In collaboration withStudent Life implement academic intervention programs designed toidentify and enhance the chances of success of students at risk.
- Develop and administer related program budgets; including forecasting funds required for staffing equipment materials and supplies; monitor division expenditures.
- Provide training and development initiatives for staff thus ensuring each members effectivecontributions to student success.
- Maintain accurate organized and detailed records and develop/maintain reports as required or assigned for retention purposes.
- Coordinate implement and evaluate transition programs for new transfer and graduate students.
- Develop and maintain policy and procedure manuals related to unit programs and services.
- Assist in the identification implementation and evaluation of technology programs intended toenhance the operations of departments.
- Keep abreast of developments in higher education fields as related to assigned functions.
Experience and Education:
- Masters degree from a regionally accredited institutionPhD strongly preferred.
- Significant work experience in theAcademicAffairs profession at least 5 years.
- Three to five years of experience supervising professionallevel staff.
- Experience with program development and assessment.
- Experience with designingacademicsystemsand programsthat support student learning persistenceand retention.
About American InternationalUniversity:
AIU is a new institution of higher education in Kuwait with the first student cohort admitted in fall 2019. It is a private coeducational institution offering undergraduate degrees based on the American model of higher education. Through its educational programs the College serves the intellectual cultural and personal growth of all members of its community. AIUs offers degree programs in Engineering Architecture and Design and Business Administration where the language of instruction is English.
For more information about AIUvisit:www.aiu.kw
How to apply:
Required Experience:
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