With the impending retirement of the incumbent Deans for School of Business & Administration and School of Foundation & Liberal Studies, Wawasan Open University is looking for dynamic and innovative professorial level academics to provide administrative and academic leadership for the further development of the Schools. The prospective candidates should have excellent records of teaching, research and programme development at institutions of higher learning. He/she must possess excellent networking skills as well as acumen and ability in developing innovative programmes at the diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels to meet market demand in the relevant discipline areas. The appointees will be reporting to the Vice-Chancellor via the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)

Responsibilities

• To contribute to the development of the University policies in areas affecting education and research.

• To provide leadership and strategic direction in the planning and decision making processes to develop, enhance and promote existing and new programmes.

• To develop a network of partner institutions from government, industry and business organizations for the purpose of delivering collaborative diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes.
  

• To work with the Chancellery, Registry and other Schools to ensure consistency of quality in curriculum development and the conduct of diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate education.
  

•  To develop and promote a service oriented administration within the School to support its students in their academic pursuits.

• To mentor and provide the necessary guidance to academic staff of the School to enhance their course development and delivery skills as well as to promote and facilitate research activities.

• To provide academic advice to academic staff and students on issues related to programmes or courses.

Requirements

• Applicants should possess a PhD degree in a related field and have extensive academic and administrative experience at senior levels in higher education.
  

• Experience in open and distance education would be an added advantage as would a high level of oral and written competence in English and Bahasa Malaysia*
  

* Does not apply to expatriate candidates.

For further information regarding the above positions please contact the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at scho@wou.edu.my

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Dean - School of Education, Languages and Communications (Based in Kuala Lumpur)
• Dean - School of Foundation and Liberal Studies (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Professors / Associate Professors (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Senior Lecturers and Lecturers

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Manager, Marketing (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Assistant Manager (Based in Kuala Lumpur, Klang / Port Klang (Selangor), Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Subang Jaya (Selangor))
• Senior Course Designer / Instructional Designer (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Senior Executive / Executive, Facilities & Maintenance (Penang - Main Campus)
• Sr. Accountant (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Supervisor, Warehouse(Based in Penang)
• Educational Technology & Publishing Executive (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
  
• Chargemen (Based in Main Campus)
  
• Multimedia Designer (Based in Main Campus)
  
• Multimedia Technologist / Multimedia Designer (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Infrastructure Support Analyst (Based in Main Campus, Penang)
• Marketing & Admission Officer / Executive (Johor | Kuala Lumpur | Penang | Perak | Sarawak)

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