Midlands State University
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following post:
Qualifications and Experience
- First degree in STEM or equivalent with at least a 2.1 pass.
- A minimum of 1-year experience in a related field.
- Knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights is an added advantage
- Strong Marketing and Communication Skills
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain relationships with industry and other stakeholders.
- Form connections and develop partnerships between the faculty and industry that will assist students to transition to employment and make effective career choices.
- Provide regular updates of the Work Related Learning programme outcomes and help identify issues that may impact on the success of the programme.
- Work with the Faculty, government, industry, business and community groups to form productive partnerships and develop networks to position the Faculty in the market.
- Develop and manage the Work Related Learning placement programme, including monitoring students in the workplace, arranging visits where required and managing the preparation, collection and storage of records and data as required by policy.
- Provide a high level of client support to business and industry partners, establish feedback loops to ensure continuous improvement.
- Assist to develop the student orientation programme for students due for Work Related Learning.
- Work in collaboration with the faculty to monitor and track alumni achievements.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships within and beyond the University community.
- Compiling statistics for students on Work Related Learning
- Coordinating Community Engagement activities
- Attending to queries of students on Work Related Learning
- Keeping the database of Work Related Learning up to date
- Documenting Community engagement activities
- Negotiations with Industry for placements
- Giving feedback to Departments from Industry for curriculum improvement
- Provide students with policies, guidelines and procedures that govern students during their WRL period
- Coordinate deployment and supervision of Faculty students on Work Related Learning, joint projects with industry
- Any other duties as may be delegated by the Executive Dean.
NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.
TO APPLY
Applicants must submit copies of applications with the following: application letter, certified certificates and curriculum vitae giving full details of names, place and date of birth, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact telephone number (s) and names and email addresses of three referees to:
The Deputy Registrar (Human Resource)
Midlands State University
vacancies@staff.msu.ac.zw
Application documents must be in a single scan pdf format. This advert will remain active until the advertised post has been filled.
Applicants should clearly state the post being applied for in the subject line. It should also be noted that non-adherence to any of the above instructions will automatically cause the application not to be considered.