Assessment Officer
This position is no longer open.
The School of Architecture & Design- Byblos Campus- is searching for an Assessment Officer who shall supervise, coordinate and provide support for a variety of tasks related to the School’s operation such as program assessment, collection of data, preparation of reports, archiving and documentation of academic material. The ideal candidate should be flexible and also willing to divide his/her time on both campuses, according to need. The Assessment Officer will also be in charge of maintaining the School Website, and performing all the necessary upgrades related to it.
Basic Responsibilities:
- Assist the Dean in all matters that pertain to assessment, documentation, data management and other logistical services needed for the proper functioning of the school
- Supervise and propose new ways for standardization of data collection, as well as the archiving of studio work, course files, and other visual materials to be readily accessible for accreditation visits, for publications and exhibitions, and other purposes
- Assist the Assistant Dean and Departmental Chairs in various administrative tasks as assigned by the Dean, and in any documentation-related work for special school activities such as conferences, workshops, etc…
- Assist and follow up program assessment activities related to professional accreditation (such as data collection and analysis). Generates spreadsheets and reports from various collected data and follows up on the collection and archiving of data
- Maintain an information filing system for specific activities and assigned tasks and projects
- Prepare and handles all automated documents, collects and analyzes various data pertaining to the school operation
- Develop and test procedures for school databases including course files, faculty files, teaching loads, student data, publications, etc…
- Assist in monitoring the schools’ budget and assist the Dean in any task related to budgeting, grant follow-up, inventory of equipment and maintenance records, inventory of computer equipment and scheduling of replacements/maintenance, etc…
- Assist in collecting data for publications and in following-up on the preparation of publications for printing, and act as liaison with MARCOM in preparation and updating of webpage, brochures, and other school publications
- Maintain the School’s website. This includes assisting faculty in preparing, documenting, and posting materials to the website.
- Commission news writing for the website. This entails contacting a writer, explaining the requirements, providing contact information and possible sources, processing contract-related paperwork (before and after the job is done), providing feedback on articles, gathering images, cropping and optimizing images, and posting the whole article to the website.
- Perform other related duties/projects as mandated by the Dean
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science or BE in Computer Engineering or related fields
- Excellent English writing & communication skills. Having worked at a media company is a plus.
- Prior experience updating websites or blogs.
- Ability to work independently and effectively under pressure
- Good ICT skills, including developing database applications using high-level languages
- Knowledge of project management software
- Knowledge of Graphic Design and Website software
- Flexibility, Initiative, Motivation, Creativity
CVs should be emailed to byblos.hire@lau.edu.lb, specifying the job title in the subject line.
Closing date for applications is Sunday August 10, 2014.
No applications will be accepted after this date, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
The Lebanese American University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity