Vacant position:

Head of the Development Strategy Support Division of the Strategy Department

The main functional responsibilities of the structural unit:

- Organization and support of the strategic planning process (holding strategic sessions based on the results of monitoring the implementation of the Strategy Implementation Plan and, as necessary, activities to develop strategic goals, work out ways to achieve strategic goals);

- Participate in the development of the University Development Strategy and in the formation of key strategic development documents;

- Monitoring the achievement of strategic goals (audit of the Strategy, monitoring the plan for implementing the objectives of the Strategy and the University Development Plan, the sustainability of the functioning of the strategy processes);

- Control over the implementation of the Development Strategy in the structural divisions of the university;

- Provision of consulting services to structural divisions on the University Development Strategy;

- Qualitative monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy Implementation Plan and drawing up a report based on the monitoring results;

- Coordination of work on the participation of the university in world rankings (institutional, subject, in terms of employability, etc.).

Main job responsibilities:

- Support for the development of the Strategy: preparing the text of the Strategy, making adjustments to it, preparing the presentation of the Strategy;

- Ensuring that structural divisions are informed about the adopted Strategy;

- Development and analysis of the implementation of the Development Strategy Implementation Plan;

- Preparation of reports (for half a year and annual reports) based on the results of the monitoring of the Implementation Plan;

- Promotion of the university in world rankings (institutional, subject, in terms of employability, etc.);

- Implementation of general management and organization of the activities of the department, ensuring control over the execution of instructions, decisions of orders and orders of the management bodies of the Company, the Department.

Business trip:

Needed

Education:

Higher social and humanitarian, legal, economic, technical education

Academic degree not lower than Master`s

Additional education in the field of management, MBA will be an advantage

Availability of certificates of completion of courses of strategic management, management in education, etc.

Required professional experience (duration, scope, other)

At least 4 years, academic field, administrative experience in departments, departments of the university, in government bodies

Professional competencies:

1. Elaboration of the Strategy, the Strategy implementation plan, the University development plans;

2. Continuous monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy, the implementation plan of the University Strategy and training institutes;

3. Conducting strategic sessions;

4. Drawing up reports on the implementation of the Development Strategy and Development Plan;

5. Organising and coordinating the University`s participation in world rankings;

6. Participate in the development of internal regulatory documents of the Company, Department.

Personal competencies and qualities:

Communicability, responsibility, honesty, determination, punctuality, leadership, teamwork and uncertainty, flexibility, adaptability, time management, management skills, presentation skills, developed emotional intelligence, stress resistance.

Knowledge of languages, including the state language (list of languages that the candidate must speak)

Kazakh - fluent

Russian - fluent

English - read, write, understand at least B2 Upper-Intermediate

Computer skills:

Fluent MS Office package (Word, Outlook), Excel, Google Drive/Docs/Meet, ZOOM, PowerPoint, Canva, work with world rankings database, a documentolog (document management).

CV submission deadline:

24 January 2022

The contact person:

hrteam@abaiuniversity.edu.kz