Job Description

The Director of Centre for Management Development will plan, organise, implement and evaluate the outcomes of the unit's strategic direction.

Reporting Relationship:
The successful candidate shall report to the Dean of the GIMPA Business School.

Duties:

• Ensure an appreciable pool of quality facilitators (GIMPA staff especially and adjuncts) available for all programmes
• Evaluate business opportunities and potential markets
• Provide oversight and direction to Programme Advisors and other staff
• Support and assist in identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Provide oversight for pricing of existing programmes and new proposals determined within the established guidelines while ensuring business and profitability targets are achieved
• Hire, develop and motivate staff
• Provide programmes and financial reports of the Unit
• Build and maintain confidence and trust relationships with facilitators by managing their interests and ensuring their prompt payment
• Provide staff guidance, coaching and support in the execution of their duties
• Perform other related duties assigned by the Dean
• Delegate/assign duties to staff and monitor their activities

Terms of appointment:
The successful candidate shall hold office for a term of four (4) academic years in the first instance and may be reappointed for further terms of four (4) academic years each, subject to satisfactory performance.

Required Skills or Experience

• Master's degree in Marketing/ Human Resource Management / Public Administration/ Organisational Development or related field of study
• Ten years relevant experience, five (5) of which must be in a top management position
• Must have proven expertise in designing and marketing of training programmes
• Must have expertise in training needs analysts

Competencies:

• Must have excellent leadership and people management skills
• Must have business management skills
• Must have collaboration skills
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Must have project management skills
• Must be able to prioritise tasks     
• Must be able to tolerate stress