Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 16, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
Responsible for policy development, administration, supervision of staff, managing and coordinating students’ welfare services, budget development and overall oversight of the Unit.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Coordinates and manages all operations and functions of the Unit
• Supervises subordinate staff and ensure that performance management is conducted for all staff in the Unit
• Directs formulation and implementation of policies and guidelines for Students’ Welfare Services.
• Advises management on matters pertaining to student governance, performance and extra-curricular activities.
• Coordinates planning and implementation of the Unit budget, and ensures prudent utilization of financial and physical resources.
• Manages the administration of recreational, social-cultural and extra-curricular programmes for students
• Provides counselling and advisory services relating to personal problems, educational and vocational
• Monitors and controls hostel allocation to ensure optimal utilization of available rooms to meet students’ requirements.
• Ensures that student hostels and surroundings are well maintained in order to have a clean and conducive atmosphere for students
• Enforces discipline in accordance with the Student Disciplinary Code of conduct
• Ensures timely collection of rentals from rented hostels, hair salons, canteens and other ventures in order to generate money for the institution.
• Directs preparation of quarterly and annual operational performance plans and reports.
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience:
• Grade 12 Certificate with a minimum of 5 ‘O’ levels with Credit or better including English and Mathematics
• Minimum of a Master’s degree in Education, Counseling, Psychology, Public Administration or other related Social Sciences;
• An eamed PhD qualification is an added advantage.
• Mature and self-driven, with high level of problem solving, Counseling and Guidance skills;
• Seven (7) years of experience in an educational institution, three (3) of which must have been at a senior level;

Required Skills and Behavioral Attributes
• Excellent command of English (Written and Oral) A self-motivated person.
• High interpersonal skills and a good communicator, and
• IT skills: Ability to work confidently with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Reporting Relationships
• Immediate Supervisor: VICE CHANCELLOR
• Salary Scale: MGT 05
• Tenure
• This is a contractual job with a tenure of three (3) years renewable (subject to satisfactory performance)


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure

Application Procedure
Interested applicants meeting the above specifications should submit a detailed Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of Academic and Professional Certificates and three (03) names of referees, two (02) of whom must be Professionally acquainted with the applicant. The applications in hard copies should be submitted to the undersigned no later than Friday 23rd June 2023 or soft copies (as a single document) to jobs@cbu.ac.zm 

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The Copperbelt University

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PO Box 21692


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