Assistant Manager, Education Office

Assistant Manager, Education Office

Department: Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan (IED, P)

Organization: Aga Khan University

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research, and service.

AKU’s Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) was established in 1993, and is highly respected and recognized for its teaching, research, policy analysis, and its work in the field with schools and other educational institutions. It conducts a broad array of academic programmes for in-service teachers, teacher educators and education managers/leaders from both the public and private sectors. These programmes include PhD in Education, MPhil in Education and Masters of Education as well as Advanced Diplomas, Certificate Programmes, and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses. For more information, please visit: www.aku.edu/iedpk.

The Institute seeks applications for the position of Assistant Manager, Education Office. The position will lead the management of the education office at AKU-IED, P for the offering of its graduate and other programmes. Key tasks would include strategizing on academic programme plans; marketing programmes; enabling a rich student experience; serving as the liaison/point person for all matters related to the academic administration of the programmes and managing day-to-day affairs of the education office.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• support the Programme Directors of the current and any future programmes in all aspects of academic administration, including the development of programme proposals, marketing, admissions, student and alumni experience (including related events) and examinations;
• organize departmental meeting as per the schedule and oversee the maintenance and update of all meeting records of the Graduate Programme Committee, Registrar Working Group, Graduate Programmes Admissions and programmatic retreats as a central departmental repository;
• supervise the maintenance and update of all education office records that relate to student, alumni, and scholarship data; contacts database of schools for purposes of networking and student practicum and HEC notifications, correspondence, and guidelines that apply to all programmes offered by the education office;
• oversee the management of courses/programmes offered via AKU’s Virtual Learning Environment in collaboration with BDL_net and IT
• streamline BEd Practicum coordination ensures effective school visits, mentor monitoring, and optimal mentor selection and training
• Manage the admissions of all programmes offered by the education office by smoothly marketing admissions process for all programmes offered by the education office
• Serve as the point person for providing an excellent student and alumni experience by Provide advice to prospective and current students regarding all aspects of our academic programmes, admissions process, graduate policies, administrative procedures, degree requirements, financial assistance matters, placement opportunities, etc.
• Liaison with the university's central Departments to ensure efficient coordination of work related to the education office and with internal/external examiners, facilitators and reviewers.

Requirements:

You should have:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree, preferably Master of Business Administration or equivalent (preferably in Educational Management) with a minimum of four years of experience working in an academic administration setting/higher education institution;
• relevant experience of working with students in a higher education setting;
• Demonstrated management, coordination, and organizational skills.
• A task-oriented personality with the ability to work in diverse situations and work scenarios including variable timelines.
• Strong interpersonal, networking, communication, people management, and liaison skills.
• A calm attitude and ability to manage complex demands and meet deadlines.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Excellent analytical, report writing and editing skills.
• Experience in using MS Office for the management of an education office.
• Reasonable familiarity with the administration of online learning.