Director of Admissions – Adeleke University

he Governing Council of Adeleke University, wishes to invite applications from suitably qualified Internal and External candidates for the vacant position below:

Job Title: Director of Admissions

Location: Ede, Osun

Job Description

• Attracts students to the university by directing admissions strategies; promoting the university nationally; directing staff.

Qualifications

• Director of Admissions must be a graduate of a recognized university. He must be a computer literate with an appreciable knowledge in, sales and marketing. It is an advantage for the candidate to have managerial and interpersonal skills and a desire to help people, since he would spend so much time guiding others.
• Accomplishes admissions human resource strategies by determining accountabilities; communicating and enforcing values, policies, and procedures; implementing recruitment, selection, orientation, training, coaching, counseling, disciplinary, and communication programs; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation strategies.
• Evaluate the academic records of individuals who wish to attend the institution. They manage a staff of admissions officers and work in conjunction with other school administrators to develop admissions criteria, tests and policies.
• Establishes admissions operational strategies by evaluating trends; establishing critical measurements; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.
• Develops admissions financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.
• Promotes the university and attracts new students by maintaining working relationships with other university departments; working closely with churches, conferences, youth camps, alumnis and the corporate affairs department.
• Maintaining continuing flow of quality applicants and transfers to the university by analyzing trends in enrollment and marketing activities, leading activities to continue programs that are effective; helping to modify programs; presenting new sales strategies for the university’s recruitment and admission activities.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

• A strong commitment to the mission of the university.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the admissions and records function and the administration of such function.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles and processes for delivering class-leading customer services. This includes student needs assessment, establishing quality standards and metrics for services, and the evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to effectively supervise and motivate personnel.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the planning, implementation and monitoring of budgets in an educational environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the rules, regulations and principles of the NUC, JAMB as well as other state and federal laws and regulations regarding admissions and records.

Requirements:

• Candidates are expected to be morally and spiritually sound, of impeccable character, high integrity, free from financial embarrassment and enjoy good physical and mental health.

Remuneration and Conditions of Service
The successful applicant will be placed on consolidated salary with relevant fringe benefits and will equally enjoy the allowances normally attached to the position of Director in Nigerian Universities, This officer shall hold office for a period of four (4) years..

Application Closing Date
15th March, 2016.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit ten (10) sets of application letter and comprehensive CV (attaching copies of relevant credentials) The format for the CV is as attached below:

The following information should be given in this format:

• Full Names with Surname in capital
• Post desired and Primary Department
• Date of birth, Town and State of Origin
• Nationality
• Religion and Denomination
• Current Postal Address
• Permanent Home Address (with telephone Number)
• Marital Status
• Name and Ages of Children (if married)
• Institutions attended with dates
• Academic Qualifications with dates
• List of Publications in details (if any)
• Working Experience
• Present employment, Salary and Employer
• Extra-Curricular Activities
• Names and Addresses of three (3) referees (Two of whom must be authorities in candidates’ discipline should forward reports directly to, the Chairman of Council).
• A minimum of two page write-up on your Vision and Mission for Adeleke University.

Applications should be forwarded under confidential cover in a sealed envelope stating at the top left hand corner, the posy applied for and addressed to:
The Chairman of Council,
Adeleke University,
P.M.B. 250,
Oshogbo Road, Ede,
Osun State.