Director, Academic Planning at Skyline University, Nigeria (SUN)

Skyline University Nigeria is the first private tertiary institution in Kano, the largest and most industrialized state in northern Nigeria and is currently housed in a 15-story tall building comprising of an academic block and functional offices, classrooms, laboratories, Campus Clinic, cafeteria well equipped sports facilities and Student multi-purpose hall. The outdoor sports facilities are located just behind the main block comprising a football & cricket pitch, two basketball and two volleyball courts and a badminton court.

Skyline University Nigeria SUN is a multi-cultural environment where staff and students from different parts of the world come together for a common goal of making it a multi-disciplinary teaching and research institution.

We are recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Director, Academic Planning

Location: Kano

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.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.