Academic Manager - Strategic and Operations - Dean's Office
Applications are invited on a rolling basis for: Academic Manager - Strategic and Operations - Dean's Office at MICA, the School of Ideas (About MICA - https://www.linkedin.com/school/mica-the-school-of-ideas/about/)
Role
Help align all functional, academic & strategic functions for the Dean's Office towards positioning MICA as an institution par excellence - nationally and internationally.
Overall supervision, management, and coordination functions at the Dean's Office with internal and external stakeholders at MICA, including faculty, students, staff, departments and government agencies, corporate partners, and national and international bodies.
Job Description
- Leading academic administrative activities and supporting strategic and research initiatives at the Dean's Office.
- Providing administrative support to the Dean's office and area leaders/program chairs in activities related to external agencies and communications with Government ministries, corporate partners, social sector institutions and international institutions for research projects, funding partnerships and academic collaborations. Work with the executive office for logistics planning.
- Conceptualizing and preparing the Dean's Convocation presentation, Governing Board Presentations & various Faculty & Important Minutes of Meetings.
- Partnering with the Dean and driving the annual reviews & workplan coordination, discussions, documentation, tracking, reporting and others with the faculty community.
- Coordinate meetings and responses for student committees as required to support all campus events.
- Formulating and disseminating internal and external office communications from the Dean's Office.
- Help Dean's office review all contracts, budgets and activities for areas, programs and individual faculty.
- Coordinate the urgent needs of faculty for conferences, references, data support, and letters.
- Drafting, Planning, Coordinating & facilitating various partnership and project proposals for Dean - such as writing and budgeting, developing SOPs and operationalizing with internal & external stakeholders
- Leading in maintaining the data & providing reports and analysis pertaining to courses, faculty work plans and activities, immersion programs, Social sector & Government funded programs, Global institute partnership, etc
- Proofread, edit and documented all Academic documents/brochures / for all academic courses for the Dean.
- Maintain all administrative files and faculty-specific documents. Prepare and Provide Newsletter, website and brochure information as needed.
- Act as a point of contact for Dean for high-level requirements to Dean at all times.
- Provide active support to the Dean in GC reporting, convocation, guest prioritization, and academic administration meetings/retreats/events with appropriate data and information for presentations.
- Managing and supporting Dean's special initiatives - national and international
- MICA and President/Dean's office events management support.
Any other task that the Dean may assign from time to time.
Requirements:
- Must have a Master's degree in Communication, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 10-15 years of experience in administrative roles or communications management, preferably in a similar setting, is required.
- Must have excellent organizational and time management skills, as well as possess the ability to work independently, collaboratively, and flexibly.
- Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences, along with proficiency in social media management platforms and tools.
- A creative mindset with the ability to generate engaging content would be a plus.
Desirable :
Experience in Educational Institutions of repute
Remuneration:
Commensurate with qualification and skill sets.
How to Apply:
Please forward your CV with a covering letter to [Confidential Information]
Last date of receipt of application: 31st March 2024
