Dean for Faculty of Engineering

Position Title: Dean for Faculty of Engineering

2025-03-04 Nangarhar Full Time 14

Job Location:	Nangarhar
Nationality:	National
Category:	Education
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per Organization salary scale
Vacancy Number:	AU-HRM/150
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Jalalabad

Organization:	Alfalah University
Years of Experience:	4 years of professional experience in educational organizations
Contract Duration:	Permanent with initial three months probationary period
Gender:	Male
Education:	BS Civil Engineering, MS Civil Engineering is preferred
Close date:	2025-03-04

About Alfalah University:

Company Background

Alfalah University (hereinafter referred to as AU) is a fully accredited and one of the leading universities of Afghanistan. It was founded in 2011 with an initial enrollment of 120 students, today enrolls more than 2800 full time students. The university had built a standard infrastructure for ensuring conducive working and study environment for its working staff and the students. AU focuses on research and outcome based higher education mandatory for student centered learning and corresponding to the changing demand of the labor market. Moreover, the university retains productive working relations with local, national and regional higher education and research institutions. Currently, AU offers bachelor degree programs in Civil Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Journalism, Sharia, Law and Political Sciences, alongside Master Program in Sharia Law and Political Sciences. Throughout the period of its services, AU maintained excellence in provision of services to the staff, students, institutional partners and stakeholders.

To find out more about Alfalah University, please visit our website at https://alfalah.edu.af/

Job Descriptions:

Summary

The prime role of the Dean of Engineering Faculty is to provide strong academic leadership and is required to lead, manage and develop the faculty affairs to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence in all its activities. They will be supported by the VC Academic and by colleagues from within the Faculty and department.

The Incumbent is further required to exercise leadership, demonstrate vision, and empower others in order to deliver the agreed departmental strategy within the Faculty. He should work collaboratively with team to implement excellent approaches to bring effectiveness leading to growth.

The Faculty Dean is typically responsible for ensuring the success and monitoring of academic Programs.
Designing Inventing new methods, procedures, instructions of teaching and learning for students and lecturers.
Setting goals for the faculty as well as handling day to day running of the operation and the department.
Arranging meetings with academic team (lecturers) to ensure that students related problems are specifically addressed.
Formulating objectives for students at departmental level and determining practical ways for achieving these objectives.
Developing and implementing departmental plans and policies of university.
Establishing new innovative methods, frameworks and help advise assessing student s’ coursework based on university ‘s policies,
To contribute in the process of designing and implementation of relevant and high quality curriculum.
Monitoring evaluation and revising of designed curriculum.
Direct involvement in Interacting with students identifying their needs and its accurate management.
Coordinating and assigning, the Course Coordinator on routine tasks including all time tables, are kept up to date and soft visual resources ( slides) and teaching handouts are ready for lecturers.
Assisting the Course Coordinator to ensure that all lecturers are available to their classes and classes are equipped with boards’ digital multimedia (LCD) and no complaints are entertained from the student’s side which will help improve both education and policy.
Preparing planning new teaching methods to reflect changes in teaching methodologies.
Carrying out administrative tasks related to the faculty, such as pursuing lecturers teaching timetables and their punctuality to duties on timely manner.
Monitors the academic achievements of students and collaborating with the top management in issuing honors and awards that recognize those achievements.
. The incumbent will also often deal with conflicts between faculty and staff members to ensure problems are resolved in beneficial ways to promote a positive environment.
Develop best approaches to bring effectiveness and produce maximum output to the University.
Implement faculty t strategy and evaluate performance to ensure that division operation is running according to standards set out in the strategy.
Ensure the mission and vision statements of the Alfalah University (AU) are being properly adhered by academic team faculty members.
He must be potentially able to manage risk.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

BS Civil Engineering, MS Civil Engineering is preferred
4 years of professional experience in educational organizations.
Language Skills: Ability to speak, understand and write fluent English, Pashtu and Dari
Computer Skills: Able to use computer applications Knowing office automation (MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, Internet)

Required skills:

Special Aptitudes

Awareness of current syllabus development
Positive attitude to use of authority and maintaining discipline
Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviors
Able to form and maintain appropriate relationships with faculties
Able to enthuse, motivate and discipline students and faculties
Able to communicate effectively
Must be creative and able to resolve problems when arise between co-workers.
reporting skill
Having broad knowledge in engineering field
be flexible
Demonstrate sound work ethics
Prioritize workload and able to work in team collaboratively in dynamic situation

Submission Guidelines:

Interested candidates are requested to send their letter of interest (cover letter) along with the updated resumes to career@alfalah.edu.af no later than 4^th of March- 2025.

Please mention clearly the post title and vacancy number in the subject line of your email otherwise it will not be considered as valid application.

Only short listed candidates whose qualification meet the above criterion will be contacted with, and called for the test and interview. The test & interview dates, time and place will be determined and communicated with the short listed candidates only sooner after the deadline of vacancy announcement.