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Dean of the College of Computer Engineering and Science- Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Univ. Saudi Arabia

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Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (Saudi Arabia)
Location
AlKhobar, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Salary
12-month income tax-free salary, PMU accommodation, annual vacation,medical insurance,other benefits

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Position       :   Dean of the College of Computer Engineering and Science

Department :   College of Computer Engineering and Science

School           :   Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University

Reports to    :   Vice Rector for Academic Affairs

 

Job Description:    

The Dean of the College of Computer Engineering and Sciences provides leadership and vision to the College’s administration, academic programs, curriculum development, and faculty and staff development. By so doing, he contributes to the University’s overall planning and development. The Dean provides leadership and advocacy for strategic and budgetary planning and faculty and staff recruitment, development, and evaluation; excellence in teaching, creative activity, research, and scholarship; university and community relations; curricular and fiscal management; enrollment and marketing planning, student recruitment and retention; program review; and accreditation. The Dean is also responsible for keeping the appropriate records for program assessment and for ensuring that the college follows relevant accreditation standards.

Qualifications & Experience (Required):

  • An earned Doctorate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline from an accredited institution.
  • The ability to speak and write fluently in English.
  • A record of outstanding achievement in higher education and scholarship.
  • University teaching experience complemented by an appropriate scholarly record.
  • Demonstrated management experience with increasing levels of responsibility, either in a professional or academic setting, including experience in administering an organization through scheduling, supervision, and evaluation.
  • Experience in the supervision and management of budgets and expenditures.
  • Experience in strategic planning, academic program development, fiscal and academic planning, resource management, program development and problem solving in similar organizations.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to articulate and advocate for the needs of the College.
  • Administrative experience that includes academic planning, program review, strategic planning, program development, budgeting, and fiscal/personnel management.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Takes responsibility for leading the College with vision, creativity and excellence.
  • Provides collaborative and collegial leadership for the College.
  • Designs and implements the academic plan as it relates to the College of Information Technology.
  • Supervises the management, development, and evaluation of curriculum for the College.
  • With the help of the department chairs, recruits, supervises, and evaluates full-time and adjunct department faculty and support staff.
  • Promotes and fosters professional development activities related to academic leadership, classroom instruction, instructional technology, and support staff development.
  • Develops and implements departmental budget and planning documents.
  • Works with department chairs to coordinates student program activities.
  • Ensures the vitality, currency, and academic excellence of the College’s programs.
  • Collaborates with the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, other Deans and PMU administrative officers to achieve the objectives of the University.
  • Oversees the overall assessment program and for ensuring that relevant accreditation standards are followed and maintained.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Required):

The Dean of the College of Computer Engineering and Sciences oversees all aspects of the College’s operation and has direct supervisory responsibility for the Chairs and Associate Chairs in the departments of Information Technology, and Computer Science and Engineering.

Remuneration and Benefits:

PMU offers an income tax-free compensation package, commensurate with rank and experience, including 12-month salary, PMU accommodation, annual vacation, and annual round-trip airfare to the home country, medical insurance and end of contract benefits.

How to Apply:

Application to this position require a letter of interest, curriculum vita (include a recent photo; state citizenship; and links to Google Scholar & Scopus and  LinkedIn profile), unofficial copy of Ph.D. Diploma, statement of research and teaching interests and a portfolio (no more than 20 pages long) that includes representative professional work depicting evidence of research, teaching activities; a narrative of administrative and leadership philosophy including a statement of past and proposed efforts to enhance diversity as well as the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of at least three professional references who may be contacted, with permission of the candidate, following initial evaluations by the search committee

Positions advertised on our job website and can be closed at the discretion of the department at any time. This position is open until filled. This employment site is updated on a regular basis. The length of the recruitment and screening process may vary from position to position, depending upon a variety of factors. Should review of your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted by phone or email.
 

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until positions are filled.

  • Please mention the name of the source/website where you have seen this advertisement
  • Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

For submission of applications, log-on to our career site:
https://pmu.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl

Note: In the event if any error occurred during the online application submission, please forward your application materials to the email IDs below and specify clearly in the email subject line the position applied for and the name of the website.

For more inquiries about this position, please contact the following: (please mention InsideHigherEd as a source of application in the email/application subject line)

Global Engagement:

CC: vacancies@pmu.edu.sa

 

Disclaimer

PMU reserves the right to alter, amend and add responsibilities to this position in line with the institutional needs. Changes and amendments to this job description shall be within the academic framework and the general employment conditions.

 

Organization

Overview

As a fast growing institution of higher learning, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU) has created history since it was launched. This university, with its highly innovative student-centered approach to impart education, offers chance to students to explore genuine paths to learn and innovate when being groomed for their future roles as hardcore professionals.

PMU concentrates on the needs, interests and abilities of students for sustainable nourishing. The feedback as well as inputs of students are valued by PMU Faculty members who evaluate the knowledge level of each and every student thoroughly. Such steps are to train them by genuine learning system. 

This university welcomed latest technology since its inception. It implemented them in the teaching methodology and curriculum development. Some technological advancements are all-time internet connectivity which makes e-library access easier, online courseware (Blackboard), Dyned – labs, online registration. 

Today PMU is equipped with advanced technologies such as smart boards, TV Streaming and Video Conferencing etc. which are beneficial for students to get registered in specific courses and avail regular advice or guidance from the respective instructors online by sitting in the privacy of homes. 

Students avail state of the art facilities at PMU. Such facilities are solely meant to guide them to groom and stand up while accepting the global challenges that they would have to counter as professionals. They would have better employment avenues after graduating from PMU which offers exclusive facilities. 

As English has become the only medium of communication internationally PMU offers this language as a primary medium of instruction. Several clubs and extracurricular activities inside the PMU campus are best tools to hone the competency of its students. Well planned facilities to groom students in communication, teamwork, critical thinking / problem solving, technology, professional and leadership skills are the core skills which PMU prioritizes for overall growth of students. 

PMU is instrumental to guide students’ community to choose better career path for brighter future. Theoretical curriculums and their practical evaluation through orientation and practical training prepare them to feel at home while hired. The self-confidence developed by training and advanced knowledge prepares students to sell themselves with well-crafted and impressive resumes of theirs. 

Various innovative learning outcome assessments are used to assess the skill development tools which track performance and overall progress of students during their stay in the university. 

The e-portfolio of graduating students at PMU is accessible online hence future employers can make best use of them for hiring. Such steps offer both earning of degree and at the same juncture attaining work experience at par.

PMU offers many personal services including financial aid to the deserving students besides health and counseling services. These initiatives are to offer best possible comfort in an atmosphere for personal and professional growth. PMU equally expects to impart excellence in education in the students enrolled while providing such services to them. 

At present PMU offers Degree courses in the following disciplines. The university explores avenues for more courses in the near future: 

College of Engineering:

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering
  • B.S. in Interior Design

College of Information Technology:

  • B.S. in Information Technology
  • B.S. in Computer Science
  • B.S. in Computer Engineering

College of Business Administration:

  • B.S. in Accounting
  • B.S. in Business Administration
  • B.S. in Finance
  • B.S. in Management Information Systems
  • B.S. in Human Resource Management
  • Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA)
  • Master in Business Administration (MBA)

College of Sciences & Human Studies:

  • B.A. in Law
  • M.S. in Education and Human Development (MSEHD)


Overall credibility of PMU which it attained since inception became possible due to strong workforce – administrative team, diverse faculty strength involved in designing an advanced academic scene and the supporting staffs who assist the authorities to assist the university administration in its systematic move.

TIEC (Texas International Education Consortium), as Educational Consultant of PMU, involved topmost experts from 32 American universities for PMU academic structuring. Of course PMU is now at a position to promise and impart excellent education to nourish the future leaders in their areas of study. It is the sign for a globalized point of view on education which PMU adopts.

Company info
Telephone
+966 896 4554
Location
AlKhobar Saudi Arabia
AlKhobar
Eastern Province
31952
SA

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