Internal Quality Assurance Officer
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Educate/Train/Teaching
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing and implementing quality assurance policies, and management procedures and systems for the office of IQA.
- Ensuring the implementation of quality assurance standards and internal academic programs, teaching, and learning and other academic related issues are complied with the existing laws, rules and regulation, and requirements as prescribed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, ASEAN University Network.
- Collecting internal assessment documents and other quality assurance activities concerning the standards of academic implementation per required by ACC and MoEYS;
- In collaboration with Faculties, Departments and Offices, evaluating, reporting, recommending and assisting in helping with the implementation of improvements to IQA policies, procedures and processes of the university academic implementation in response to standards of higher education institutions required by ACC and MoEYS;
- Undertaking internal quality assessment audits against the planned arrangements to ensure minimum standards of internal quality assurance to comply with the requirements of external standards.
- Organizing and overseeing external reviews/audits of internal processes by an external team and report on the outcomes of review/audit to the vice president for academic affairs and stakeholders.
- Liaising with ACC to ensure timely notification of all qualifications to be claimed together with relevant documentation to prove authenticity of claims.
- Liaising with all faculties, departments, and offices to ensure the university curriculum to comply with External Quality Assurance standards and coordinating the ACC campus visits.
- Identify the training need and organizing training interventions to meet quality assurance standards implementation and other academic related issues for the university staff.
- Analyzing data to identify areas for improvement in the university quality assurance.
- Planning, conducting and monitoring the testing and inspection of materials and products to ensure the university quality standards; and coordinating site-evaluation conducted by external assessment (ACC);
- Undertaking other duties consistent with the purpose assigned by the management.
- Requirements:
- At least master’s degree in education or related fields
- Minimum 3 years of experiences working at higher education institutions.
- Good knowledge of Internal Quality Assurance or experience as a Quality Assurance Assessor
- Good knowledge of Cambodian higher education and ASEAN Higher Education Qualification Framework
- Having creative and innovative ideas and can work independently.
- Good knowledge of public relations and international collaboration
- Good character and interpersonal skill
- Good knowledge of technology skills
- Good command of English proficiency
- Personal Attributes
- Highly Responsible and confidential
- High level of negotiation skills
- Honest and trustworthy
- Respectful
- Flexible, highly motivated
- Demonstrate sound work ethics.
Vice President
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Educate/Train/Teaching, Exec. / Management
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: N/A
The position is for Academic Affairs
The Vice President for Academic Affairs (VP - Academic Affairs) is the Chief Academic Officer of the University who is a strategic partner in long-range university planning, responsible for leading discussions of relevant, viable, innovative, and high-quality programs for lifelong learning and quality teaching and engaged learning in student-centered modalities. The VP – of Academic Affairs then ensures the vision, mission, and university strategic plan cascade down to all academic areas so they are operating in unison. The incumbent ensures that academic programs meet quality standards set by accreditation bodies and align with the needs of students and employers. He or she also oversees the academic integrity of the university. The VP will oversee the partnership with industry and enterprises, and promote S&T to the public through various channels. The VP- Academic Affairs with other vice presidents to promote student access and success, alumni relations and fundraising, efficiency and effectiveness, and connections between academic programs, student experiences, and external partners. The VPAAR also oversees or performs several managerial and operational functions concerning academic budgets, human resources, scheduling, determining faculty workload, and the catalog.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Strategy
- In general, provide leadership in matters of academic strategy, exploring, developing, launching, and sustaining educational initiatives consistent with the university mission;
- Regularly advise the President on academic matters;
- Understand the university's special mission and history, appreciate all disciplines and interdisciplinarity, be cognizant of current future trends in the higher education environment, and comprehend the educational ecosystem and labor market in which the university is located;
- Participate in university-level strategic planning and lead academic planning which feeds into the broader planning process;
- Ensure the implementation of the university vision, mission, and pillars of the strategic plan throughout Academic Affairs;
- Build relevant, viable, innovative, and high-quality academic programs for lifelong learning;
- Provide leadership for quality teaching and engaged learning using learning science to inform and optimize pedagogies and modalities;
- Advocate for project-based learning flipped classroom, and blended learning as well as other innovative approaches to enhance teaching and learning;
- Contribute to the development, honing, and execution of university plans for e.g., diversity, inclusion, and equity; data analytics; technology; and communications/public relations as they apply to Academic Affairs;
- Help create a culture in which Academic Affairs employees work toward the university's goals, but feel satisfied, are developing their competencies, and have positive supervisory and peer relationships
- Oversee the assessment and enhancement of the content and delivery of academic programs to promote relevance, viability, and quality through e.g., systematic program review, accreditation, and consistency with vitality guidelines.
- Academic Affairs
- Review existing, and develop new, academic policies and procedures as needed;
- Promote diversity, inclusion and equity throughout Academic Affairs such that students experience culturally-responsive teaching and a respectful learning environment and the success gaps between majority and minority groups are reduced;
- Lead the Internal and External Quality Assurance and ensure compliance with national and regional QA systems;
- Lead the accreditation of the Foundation Year Program and the full accreditation of CamTech
- Lead the development of career paths and faculty professional advancement plans.
- Financial Affairs
- Work with direct reports to the President to plan, develop and implement the annual budget for the academic division of the University approve expenditures and stay within budget;
- Analyze resource allocation decisions with a return-on-investment lens, being prepared to reallocate human and financial resources to other uses that better support the mission;
- Assess the efficiency (costs and productivity of inputs) and effectiveness (outcome achievement) of Academic Affairs and Research on an ongoing basis.
- Faculty and Staff Human Resources
- Review hiring requests and recommend new and replacement positions to the President.
- Ensure the continual professional development of employees from orientation through the phases of their careers.
- Encourage and support not only teaching, but also research, grant-writing, publishing, and other scholarly activities of the faculty.
- Engage in the regular evaluation of faculty and appropriate staff as directed by the Annual Evaluation of Employees Policy.
- Ensure more diverse faculty and staff are hired, feel included, are retained, and are treated equitably in terms and conditions of employment.
- The candidate must have a PhD's degree and a minimum 20 years of progressively responsible, full-time leadership experience at a dean’s or Director's level or above within a highly progressive educational environment.
- The candidate should have an in-depth understanding of the S&T university mission and the role of an academic affairs program within higher education.
- Experience overseeing a budget, developing and achieving faculty and departmental goals, and supervising full-time employees is required.
- Experience and commitment in developing faculty development and mentorship programs for junior faculty members.
- Should have knowledge of accreditation requirements and state regulations and be familiar with the pathways model, national qualification framework, and the ASEAN qualification framework.
- Must be able to demonstrate competency and experience in designing an academic program for the 21st century, focusing on skills, characters, and entrepreneurship.
- Experience developing a research or academic consortium involving local and regional universities is an advantage.
- Must demonstrate knowledge and/or experience of diversity, inclusion, and equity within an educational setting.
- Passionate about higher education innovation and immersive technology.
- Understand and respect local and regional culture, customs and laws.
- Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of Khmer is an advantage. In case of a foreign national, the incumbent is expected to be able to have some basic proficiency in local language after one year of service.
