Job Summary
Company:
University of Professional Studies
Category: Education / Training
Location: Accra
Job status: Full-Time
Salary: GH
Education: N/A
Experience: N/A
Job expires: 18 Jul-2022
The University of
Professional Studies, Accra invites applications from suitably qualified
persons for the position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor to take effect from 1st January
2023.
Position: Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Reporting to: Vice-Chancellor
Qualifications
and Attributes:
• Must be at least an Associate Professor from an
academic/research institution or a person from industry eligible for that
position.
• Must be capable of providing effective academic
leadership, especially in the areas of innovative teaching, learning and
extension in the University.
• Must provide evidence of managerial and
administrative leadership and capacity to promote a collegial working
environment in the University.
• Must demonstrate capacity to understand
students’ affairs and manage such.
• Must have the vision and the drive to oversee
the growth of the University especially in teaching and learning.
• Must be able to fundraise to support students.
The
Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for academic, research and student
affairs and shall, under the Vice-Chancellor, have responsibility for:
• Overall responsibility for, and management of,
academic initiatives to include all activities associated with teaching and
learning.
• Managing the regulation of academic courses to
achieve high quality and standards and experience of developing and maintaining
a successful research environment to achieve high ratings for quality, range
and impact.
• Coordinating strategies for developing and
implementing academic programmes.
• Ensuring the efficient development,
coordination, and the smooth running of academic programmes.
• Ensuring efficient utilisation of academic
facilities for teaching and learning.
• Responsible for promoting research and
instilling a research culture.
Tenure
• The Pro-Vice-Chancellor shall be appointed for a
period of three (3) years. The appointment may be renewed, upon application for
a further term of up to three (3) years only, if that is not beyond the
statutory retirement age of sixty (60) years.
• Applicants should be able to complete one full
term prior to attaining the statutory retirement age.
Location: Accra
How To Apply
For The Job
Interested applicants should download the Application Form from the University of Professional Studies,
Accra, website (www.upsa.edu.gh) and forward the completed form together with the following:
• An up-to-date curriculum vitae with
documentation on personal history, academic credentials and working experience;
• A statement of about 2,500 words (not more than
five pages) in standard font size on how they would use their position to
advance the Vision and Mission of the University of Professional Studies, Accra
(UPSA). The UPSA
Strategic Plan can be downloaded at www.upsa.edu.gh
to the following address:
searchcommittee@upsamail.edu.gh
In addition, applicants are required to hand
deliver seven (7) copies of each of the above mentioned documents to:
THE CHAIRMAN,
SEARCH COMMITTEE (POST OF PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR),
C/O OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, ACCRA (UPSA),
P. O. BOX LG 149,
ACCRA.
All applicants shall request three (3) referees to
submit reports on them directly to the Chairman, Search Committee (Post of
Pro-Vice-Chancellor).
• It is the duty of the applicant to ensure that
the application package reaches the designated addresses before close of day on
Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:00 pm
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Closing Date: 18 July, 2022