Job Description

The University of Cape Coast invites applications from suitably qualified, competent, experienced, results-oriented and highly motivated individuals for the following position: Director(Directorate of Legal, Consular and General Services)

Specific Roles

• Reporting to the Registrar, you will head the Directorate of legal, Consular and General Services. 
• You will be required to advise the University on all legal matters and represent the University in the law Courts where necessary. 
• You will be responsible for general services such as fire, printing, consular, and transport services management of the University.
• Additionally, you will be responsible for advising the University on all disciplinary matters. 

Required Skills or Experience

General Requirement

• Applicants for this position should have post-graduate qualifications in their respective fields. 
• He/She should have 10 years of post-qualification senior level experience as practitioners in their fields and have considerable strategic, interpersonal and collegial skills and be able to function within the Higher Education Sector.
• High-level analytical skills, business sense as well as a deep understanding and appreciation of the strategic and operational issues and challenges in top-level University management and administration are critical. 
• Such experience and capacity need not have been gained in the University environment, but must reflect the requisite skills and knowledge. The ideal candidates must be performance driven and keen to achieve results. The holder should serve on the relevant statutory University Boards and Committees. 
• Interested applicants must have served as DR/Deputy Director in a university or analogous institution for a minimum of four (4) years.

Specific Requirements: 

• Two Year Post-graduate degree in Public Administration, Law, International Affairs, Administration in Higher Education, Business Administration, or related disciplines with relevant experience in tertiary education management and administration at a senior level are required.