POSITION VACANCY

Academic Manager

Cairo, Egypt

The mission of Dynamic Technical Training (DTT) is to support international post-secondary, corporate, and apprenticeship training programs for Centennial College.  Established in Dubai in 2002, DTT has enjoyed growth from an original team of six to its current structure of approximately 80 staff in 5 offices through the Middle East, North Africa and Asia Pacific regions.  From these bases, DTT delivers the training solutions to corporate customers in 14 countries.

Classification:               Administration Contract 3 – 9 months  

Salary:                          To compensate with experience

Location:                      Cairo, Egypt                

Position Summary:

The Academic Manager is responsible for all for ensuring and improving the quality of the training program and well as consistent delivery and adherence of curriculum; for overseeing and addressing the training needs; for hiring, training, scheduling train and staff to ensure efficient and effective use of personnel as well as budgetary constraints. Of greatest importance is to ensure the satisfaction of the clients

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate leadership qualities (dedication, respect, cooperation, motivation, innovation, commitment to quality, excellence, and customer service) to staff, students, and management 
   
• Supervise and provide support to teachers on a daily basis, ensure adherence to program curriculum and standards, which includes fulfillment of assigned administrative tasks and duties 
   
•  Collaborate with the Business Development office in Canada to effectively develop and revise of curriculum, and source materials for various programs 
   
• Managing delivery of all non-technical training of the Ghabbour Academy
   
• Effectively manage the recruitment of recruitment of local academic (soft skills and functional, job related skills) trainers.
   
•  Development of local trainers to college standards
   
• Implementation of the training needs analysis by assisting in developing curriculum and training paths
   
• Ensure that the equipment in the workshops and laboratories are suitable and adequate in number to complement the training and assessment
   
• Project management of all technical related activities in the Ghabbour Academy including tool and equipment identification, budget planning, purchasing etc.
   
• Ensure all training activities comply with DTT quality standards, meet health and safety requirements, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care
   
•  Other tasks as assigned by DTT Operations Management team

Qualifications/Experience

•  Four year degree or diploma or equivalent education and experience in organizational development, HR, training or education.
•  Five years management experience within an educational and/or industrial environment.
•  Overseas experience preferred 
• Experience in financial management to develop and monitor project and unit budgets
• Demonstrated ability to work well with a diverse and wide range of constituents, faculty, students, business representatives, government representatives, and other educators
•  Appropriate documents to allow travel as required in Egypt
•  Experience, knowledge and understanding of working effectively in a diverse environment
•   Proficient in reading and writing in English are mandatory, Arabic not essential but an asset
•  Ability to travel locally as required from time to time.
•   Open attitude to live in an exciting, challenging city.

Apply online:www.centennialcollege.ca/careers

"Proof of credentials or equivalencies from accredited regional or federal post secondary institutions and/or their foreign equivalents will be required at the time of job offer." 

 When applying, your cover letter and résumé must include examples that reflect all of the requested skills and qualifications andshould be submitted electronically by January 02, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.  Please quote Competition #478.  Misrepresentation of applicant information will be grounds for your exclusion from the competition or for dismissal should you subsequently be hired for the position.  We regret we cannot accept phone calls.  We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

COMPETITION #478                                                     POSTING DATE:    Nov. 28, 2011

Revised                                                                        EXPIRY DATE:       Jan. 02, 2012