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The University of Ghana invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the following administrative level positions below

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Recruitment Of Institutional Assessment Officers

Reporting to the Director, the mandate assigned to the Institutional Assessment Officer is to head the Institutional Assessment Unit and lead a team to contribute to assessment and evaluation projects which support effective planning and strategic management at the University of Ghana.

Job Duties

1. Work with academic programmes, in a variety of delivery formats, to develop assessment plans, implementation, and assessment tools, including rubrics, assessment, exit interviews, etc.

2. Undertake assessment processes for academic programmes to improve student learning.

3. Work closely with non-instructional programmes to develop, maintain and conduct effective outcomes assessment activities.

4. Assist faculty with design of outcomes-based instructional materials.

5. Provide feedback, guidance and writing assistance as needed, on assessment plans and reports.

6. Develop and maintain a comprehensive database of academic programme reviews, annual assessment reports, and other accreditation-related materials.

7. Develop programme quality improvement measures with relevant groups and implement across all units.

8. Provide institutional data and findings from research and assessment to support institutional planning processes.

9. Undertake the implementation of outcomes-based programmatic and student learning assessment across all degree-programmes.

10. Monitor, evaluate and assess programme and institutional effectiveness.

11. Provide institutional data and assessment findings for external reporting.

12. Promote and sustain a participative and transformative assessment culture.

13. Monitor the implementation of the University Strategic Plan.

14. Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of Institutional Research and Planning.

Qualifications

1. Candidate must possess a relevant Bachelor’s & Masters Degree or an equivalent professional qualification in a relevant discipline with experience in institutional research and research methods.

2. A minimum of six (6) years of experience in higher education management.

3. Previous experience or training in assessment and evaluation methods.

4. A broad knowledge of assessment and programme evaluation processes.

5. Demonstrated effectiveness in developing and implementing assessment methods, strategic planning, student learning assessment, academic development, and curriculum review.

6. Experience in outcomes assessment in higher education.

7. Excellent verbal and written communications skills, strong organisational and interpersonal skills and skills in use of database and statistical analysis software.

Application Procedures : How To Apply

1. An applicant is required to submit the complete application dossier to the Registrar, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana (Hardcopy) or vacancies@ug.edu.gh (Soft Copy).
2. The application pack should contain the following: · Completed application form for Senior Administrative and Professional Staff Application: (UAB Form 1B) to be downloaded from the University’s website www.ug.edu.gh/hrodd

• · a cover letter expressing interest,
• · a detailed curriculum vitae
• · copies of relevant academic and/or professional certificates.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 30 June 2022. 

Recruitment Of Risk Officers

Coordinating the identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring and reporting of risks in the University.

Job Responsibilities

· Assisting the Chief Risk Officer in the development and deployment of core enterprise risk management tools including risk identification, assessment, prioritization, mitigation, monitoring and reporting.

· Working with risk owners to identify and monitor emergent risks and reporting on them.

· Supporting risk owners to complete periodic risk analysis and developing risk documentations and reports.

· Assisting the Chief Risk Officer to deploy business continuity, disaster recovery and emergency response procedures across the University.

· Educating the University community on the University’s risk management strategy.

· Training and communicating with the University staff on the University’s Risk Management Policy, Framework and Guidelines.

· Submitting periodic reports on the status of risk management to the Chief Risk Officer.

QUALIFICATION

Candidate must possess a relevant Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree in Risk Management, Auditing, Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Statistics or Insurance with a minimum of five (5) years working experience in Enterprise Risk Management. Membership of a professional Risk Management Body is highly desirable.

· Communication skills

· Organizational skills

· Interpersonal skills

· Team-work skills

· Presentation skills

· Analytical and problem solving skills

· Information Technology skills

· Project management skills

· Sound judgement

The appointments shall normally be for six years including a probationary period. The appointment shall be reviewed before the end of the sixth year and may be renewed.

Application Procedures : How To Apply

1. An applicant is required to submit the complete application dossier to the Registrar, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana (Hardcopy) or vacancies@ug.edu.gh (Soft Copy).
2. The application pack should contain the following: · Completed application form for Senior Administrative and Professional Staff Application: (UAB Form 1B) to be downloaded from the University’s website www.ug.edu.gh/hrodd

• · a cover letter expressing interest,
• · a detailed curriculum vitae
• · copies of relevant academic and/or professional certificates.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 30 June 2022. 

Recruitment Of Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst

Reporting to the Director, the mandate of the Business Intelligence Unit is to lead a team to oversee the identification of the reporting and analytic requirements of various units of the University. He will lead in the development and deployment of business intelligence and analytic solutions that will aid University units in making operational, tactical and strategic data-driven decisions.

Job Duties

1. Collaborate with the Institutional Data Engineer to plan data pipelines, dimensional modelling, and decide on required data specifications that meet business intelligence and analytics requirements.

2. Transform data into insights that can assist university managers and executives to make data-driven operational, tactical, and strategic decisions to modernise, drive business value, identify areas of revenue loss and improve processes in the organisation through use of data analytics, data visualisation and data modelling techniques and technologies.

3. Conduct requirements gathering to gather university requirements for business intelligence and analytics via data collection methods such as interviews, workshops, questionnaires, surveys, site visits, workflow story boards, use cases and scenarios.

4. Develop and conduct reviews of the business intelligence and analytics requirements to ensure that requirements specifications are correctly interpreted.

5. Analyse and verify business intelligence requirements for completeness, consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards.

6. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to determine the objectives, scope, parameters of requirements to define, outcome, metrics, and relevant KPIs for business intelligence reports.

7. Research and review the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements-gathering processes and develop strategies for enhancing or further leveraging these processes.

8. Develop framework for the development of BI reporting for various units.

9. Translate conceptual user requirements into functional business intelligence and analytics requirements.

10. Design, develop and deploy business intelligence reports and dashboards using BI reporting tools, such as Power BI and Tableau.

11. Perform other duties as assigned by the Head, Institutional Research and Planning Office.

Qualifications

1. Candidate must possess a relevant Bachelor’s & Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Studies, Statistics, or related field.

2. A minimum of six (6) years of experience in higher education management.

3. Proven experience with databases and programming for data analysis.

4. Demonstrated project management skills, including planning, organising, and managing resources.

5. Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline environment, with expert problem solving and analytical skills and a collaborative mind-set.

6. A very good understanding of the organisation’s goals and objectives.

7. Excellent verbal and written communications skills and strong organisational and interpersonal skills.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes

● Able to exercise independent judgement and take action

● Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills

● Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

● Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail

● Highly self-motivated and directed

● Ability to effectively prioritise and execute task while under pressure

● Strong customer service orientation and communication skills

● Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

● A good understanding of data profiling

● A very good understanding of database management systems

● An excellent understanding of dimensional modelling

● A very good understanding of the ETL process

● Data modelling

● Data mining

● Data Analysis

● Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and data visualisation

● SQL, Python and Dax

● Business intelligence

● Microsoft Excel

Application Procedures : How To Apply

1. An applicant is required to submit the complete application dossier to the Registrar, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana (Hardcopy) or vacancies@ug.edu.gh (Soft Copy).
2. The application pack should contain the following: · Completed application form for Senior Administrative and Professional Staff Application: (UAB Form 1B) to be downloaded from the University’s website www.ug.edu.gh/hrodd

• · a cover letter expressing interest,
• · a detailed curriculum vitae
• · copies of relevant academic and/or professional certificates.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 30 June 2022.