Director, Academic Planning at Skyline University College (SUC)

Responsibilities

• Keep in touch with the NUC at all times with a view of advising the university management on current developments
• Keep up-to-date administrative records on admissions, student enrolment, graduate output, staffing, and finance at all times.
• Collate, process, and produce University Statistics annually (using the NUC's approved formats) for submission to the NUC as and when requested.
• Keep up to date records on the accreditation status of all academic programmes in the university.
• Be responsible for the preparation of Academic calendar for the University.
• Ensure that only programmes with NUC's approved Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (MAS) are allowed to run in the university.
• Follow the necessary due diligence (due process) and request for the development of BMAS for programmes that do not have BMAS.
• Keep abreast of the BMAS and raise issues for reviews as appropriate.
• Ensure that the BMAS for each discipline is made available to all faculties, departments and widely circulated among academic staff in the university for reference purposes.
• Keep abreast of the Academic Brief, inform university management of its provisions, and ensure strict compliance in the implementation of the Brief.
• Ensure that the university's Academic Brief is reviewed as and when due and submitted to the NUC for analysis.
• Responsible for the completion and submission of application forms for the establishment of new units and academic programmes and splitting of programmes and units at all levels.
• Advise the university to constitute a strategic planning committee according to the NUC's guidelines and to draw up Strategic Plan for the university and ensure compliance with the provisions of the plan.

Qualifications

• Must have a Doctorate Degree from an accredited University
• International work experience will be an added advantage.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 15 years' experience.
• Have deep understanding of the university's management machinery and its structures.
• Be familiar with the decisions and policies taken by the university and government organs on issues pertaining to admissions & higher education, etc.
• Know the NUC standards and polices on curriculum, admissions, accreditations, research, staff development, establishment of new programmes, performance indicators etc.
• Applicant must be well conversant with computer applications.