Senior Manager for Academic and Student Affairs (leave cover)

Senior Manager is imposed with the following functions:

1) the organization of the operational support for the activities of the School including the organization of the arrival of faculty the recruitment of students the organization of the seminars for faculty and students of the School as well as other activities related to the academic activities of the School;

2) assisting Director for Academic and Student Affairs and Vice Dean on the development and evaluation of academic programs and/or courses at School;

3) advising new School employees and faculty on academic and student activities;

4) participation and cooperation with the Office of the Registrar on the development of academic calendars and allocation of work load of School faculty members;

5) provision of student course evaluation at the end of each semester and storage of evaluation results;

6) assisting help at coordinating School media channels on academic questions;

7) work with graduates support of School alumni association activities;

8) consultation work and support of School students;

9) participation and cooperation with Admissions Department in the new students recruitment  and their admissions;

10) monitoring of the students academic performance attendance and academic counseling; 

11) provision of the statistical reports on students programs / courses within the jurisdiction analysis of the results;

12) preparation of reports analytical materials and letters within its professional competence framework;

13) interaction with the Admissions Department for the recruitment and admission of students to the Institution including the provision of consultations on the academic programs the procedure for admission and deadlines for the submission of documents participation in recruiting campaigns preparation of handouts;

14) coordination of the work of the Admission Committee of the School - organizing meetings maintaining minutes collecting and processing evaluation forms of the candidates preparing letters of invitation for admission and letters of rejection.

15) participation in identification evaluation management and monitoring of risks within the framework of supervised direction;

16) timely and proper fulfillment of other orders of the Dean Vice Dean Head and Universitys management within the framework of his/her  responsibilities and functions.

Qualifications :

Education

Higher-professional preferable from the higher education institutions with English language of instruction;

Masters degree is preferred.

Priority specializations:

- Management;

- social sciences;

- humanities sciences

Work experience

- For a masters degree at least 3 year of work experience in areas corresponding to the functional areas of a particular position;

- With a bachelors or specialists degree work experience in the specialty is at least 5 years in the areas corresponding to the functional areas of a particular position in international and/or national companies.

Additional Information :

Professional competencies

- Knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of education;

- analytical abilities;

- knowledge of MS Office Excel and PowerPoint;

- knowledge of English Kazakh and Russian languages

Additional information

Personal skills

- Loyalty to University goals and values;

- critical thinking;

- building effective relations;

- the ability to work in a team and individually;

- responsibility;

- ability to work with multicultural and multinational colleagues.

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities aptitude personality work samples in-basket exercises and informal interviews) and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time