College Director - Electrical Engineering

An International Advisory Firm in Germany

Saudi Arabia

Ref: OP784-02

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

For our client, a recently founded and growing Electric Polytechnic School in Saudi Arabia, we are currently looking for a

College Director Electrical Engineering (m/f)

Our client is an Electric Polytechnic School in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2012, the tertiary education institution currently operates three locations in Saudi Arabia. One additional training center will be opened throughout the coming 12 months.

In a 2-year training program, trainees study power plant maintenance, power plant operations, network maintenance and shielding methods. The organisation is being operated as a public private partnership. Having completed the 2-year training, the school graduates will be joining Saudi Arabic electric companies for the operation and maintenance of the national power system. The polytechnic school currently employs around 60 training instructors and staff.

In this position the candidate will lead the polytechnic school at one of the 3 existing campuses. In close collaboration with the management team, the College Director will implement the long term school strategy and analyze the ongoing progress. The College Director holds responsibility for the academic development of the school and represents the institution internally as well as externally vis-a-vis the different stakeholders.

The position includes especially the following tasks:
- Lead the academic institution at one of the existing locations.
- Implementation of the long-term academic and operational school strategy and analysis of the development progress.
- Supervision and modification of the internal processes for the sustainable achievement of the academic objectives. Planning, implementation and supervision of adequate quality systems.
- Ensure a cooperative collaboration between the departments and with other educational institutions.
- Yearly development of a business plan. Ensure the achievement of targets through effective resources management.
- Further development and coordination of logistics processes within the institution (course planning, procurement of relevant training material).
- Recruiting, development and management of an effective academic and organizational school team. Implementation of a coaching- and monitoring- strategy.
- Development and implementation of a new effective application system for new candidates.
- Coordination of the IT systems and ensurance of a smooth operation of the IT landscape.
- Ensure smooth operation of all health and safety aspects in coordination with the Health and Safety Committee.
- Coordination of all sub-contractors of the school in collaboration with the respective supervisory staff.
- Representation of the school internally and externally; Build-up and management of sustainable relationships with associated external stakeholders.

Requirements

- A tertiary education, preferably engineering.
- Long-time experience in leading a training institution / tertiary education institution.
- Significant academic leadership experience (> 5 years).
- Experience in the development and implementation of business plans and strategies.
- Fluency in English in speaking and writing.

For this position our client offers an attractive salary package including additional benefits:
- Attractive annual salary (tax free in Saudi Arabia) according to personal qualifications
- Relocation allowance
- Annual flight provision prorated monthly
- Annual leave provision: 21 working days plus public holidays
- Private medical insurance


If you are interested in joining our client for this challenging position, please apply now.

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An international advisory firm in Germany.

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