Duties and Responsibilities of Academic Vice Dean
Being accountable to the Dean, the Academic Vice Dean of an academic unit shall have the following powers and responsibilities:
1. Direct the teaching learning activities of the academic units.
2. Follow up and executes the decisions and recommendations of the AC.
3. Seek to provide opportunities for educational and professional development of the staff and students of the academic unit.
4. Follow up and facilitates the processing of Development s, promotions, salary increments and benefits due to staff members of the AU.
5. Prepare and causes to be prepared plans, programs and budgets for the activities of the faculty and closely supervises the implementation of approved plans and programs.
6. Supervise the proper use of resources within the AU.
7. Ensure that students’ evaluations and colleague reviews of staff members of the AU are properly conducted and the necessary reports are submitted to the Dean as per procedures on these matters.
8. Develop strategies for the expansion of academic programs at all levels.
9. Ensuring timely and effective communication and advertisement of academic programs.
10. Ensure timely and effective orientation of students.
11. Ensure that course instructors, advisors and examiners are timely assigned on merit basis.
12. Follow up the college’s customers needs and expectations and works toward meeting those identified needs and expectations.
13. Set target performance levels of the college, and shall communicate the goal and process map for its attainment.
14. Continually collect information on performance of core processes through various mechanisms including customer satisfactions assessments; evaluate the performance achievements, identify gaps, and develop proposals for process improvement and communicate the finding to the college Dean.
15. Develop process flowcharts, and the corresponding manuals, guidelines, etc.
16. Develop procedures and standards for performance and execution.
17. Ensures the development and implementation of appropriate, customer and outcome-focused,efficient and effective, management and measurement system, process design, value and culture in the college.
18. Assess, together with Department Heads, the performance of teaching-learning and organize a report to the Dean.
19. Conduct periodic and continuous program market analysis.
20. Ensure continuous impact assessment, evaluation and graduates’ follow up and feedback.
21. Convene periodic program review sessions wherein external and internal stakeholders and partners shall be invited and gather relevant program improvement information.
22. Discuss with department heads and staff on process improvement.
23. Take the Dean’s role in the absence of the latter.
24. Carry out other relevant tasks assigned to him by the Dean.