Acting Dean of the Management Sciences Division
Community College of Qatar
Total years of experience :29 years, 5 Months
• Providing academic leadership and managerial direction in the planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the academic programs within the Management Sciences Division. Advocating excellence in teaching and learning, and furthering positive work environment that is conducive to teamwork and higher productivity;
• Leading processes of program reviews, self-studies, and preparations for accreditation, as well as program and student learning outcomes assessments. Ensuring the implementation of accreditation recommendations and standards. Leading and ensuring processes of program and curriculum development, in addition to reinforcing quality and improvement of teaching and learning in the Division;
• Participating in the development and implementation of College’s Strategic Planning processes. Work closely with the College’s Higher Administration to manage the implementation of CCQ’s mission, vision, goals, and initiatives;
• Providing direction and support to the Department Chairs and Program Coordinators as well as Faculty in all academic and administrative matters. Managing and directing the Scheduling Committees in the Division and ensuring the soundness, adequacy, and inclusiveness of class offerings in the various programs of the Management Sciences Division;
• Working together with the Academic Development Office to advise, recommend, and work on developing new academic programs, and updating program curricula and degree plans, including retirement of programs or courses;
• Cooperating with other Academic Divisions, including the Student Affairs as well as CCQ’s Higher Administration to recommend institutional policy and oversee the implementation of policies and regulations, to ensure effectiveness;
• Working cooperatively with the Department Chairs and Program Coordinators to assess hiring needs in the Division. Involvement in the processes of hiring faculty and staff, overseeing their performance, and ensuring delivery of excellent student services;
• Leading the administrative operations in the Division, including the development and management of budgets, work teams, and special projects. Provide guidance to Chairs and Coordinators of the Division in developing and monitoring departmental and program budgets;
• Representing CCQ in its relationships with the community at large in forging viable partnerships with other educational institutions, business industries, and government for articulation agreements, credit transfer, as well as internships, placement, and career development opportunities.
• Providing vision, leadership, and oversight to ensuring academic quality and student success in the Management Department, in compliance with the mission, vision, and strategies of the Community College of Qatar (CCQ)
• Developing, leading, coordinating and overseeing the degree and course offerings, program services, as well as enhancing curricular and instructional advancement and ensuring the soundness and quality of assessments and analyses of student learning outcomes.
• Ensuring that degree, program, and course offerings in the Management Department are in conformity with the requirements and academic standards of CCQ.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of course and program evaluations and improvement plans, enrollment efforts, and supporting the administration in enrollment arrangements
• Leading the departmental operations, including the development and management of budgets, work teams, and special projects.
• Hiring of faculty and staff, overseeing their performance, and ensuring delivery of excellent student services.
• Serve as a member of the CCQ leadership team, holding membership in the Strategic Planning Committee, Academic Review Committee, and Faculty & Staff Evaluation Committee, to develop, evaluate, and update College programs and course offerings.
• Teaching and instruction in Micro- and Macroeconomics, Economic Development, Economic Theory and Policy, Business Administration, Strategic Management, Managerial Economics and Economic Issues & Problems at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Counseling and advising students in all academic matters
• Serving as the Primary Academic Officer, responsible for academic quality on campus; operating with significant autonomy to maintain an academic atmosphere conducive to both staffing and learning
• Designing and managing academic programs, including advising and tutoring as well as ensuring timely program completion by collaboratively scheduling classes and sharing faculty with other campuses
• Representing the Department of Student Affairs on campus regarding the resolution of all kinds of students’ issues, enrichment of the campus environment and improvement of the overall student experience.
• Managing the Learning Resources Center to achieve information literacy and career development objectives. Managing the computer labs to ensure effective student learning
• Conducting student evaluations of faculty each quarter to improve teaching and other aspects of performance. Evaluating the performance of full-time faculty and academic staff each year
• Implementing the University’s faculty development program through exploring professional growth and development opportunities and the availability of funds
• Building a cohesive professional community at the campus
• Winner of Strayer University’s “Donald R. Stoddard Faculty Award of Excellence” for two consecutive years 2006 and 2007
• Teaching and instruction in Economics and Business as well as advising students majoring in the relevant discipline areas. Assisting the Campus Dean with the course scheduling, recruiting and staffing of faculty to appropriate classes in the various program areas.
• Mentoring new faculty and orienting them to the University policies, procedures, programs and services.
• Organization and evaluation of classroom teaching demonstrations by potential faculty.
• Participation in the quarterly new student orientations, in program meetings/professional development workshops as well as in institutional research and outcomes assessment activities.
• Economic Theory and Policy, Business Administration, Strategic Management, Managerial Economics and Money & Banking at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Counseling and advising students in all academic matters
• Assisting the DLDSP core technical team in assessing The Yemeni Ministry of Local Administration's (MoLA) institutional structure and its relevance to the Ministry’s mandate.
• Thorough review of institutional structure and operation of MoLA, as well as the decentralization legal framework to articulate the mission and strategic objectives of the Ministry and the implication of such exercise on MOLA's structure.
• Evaluation of capacities of core departments of MoLA, which are directly involved in supporting and monitoring performance of local authorities and making recommendations to address capacity gaps.
• Consultations with the Government of Lebanon, UN and other Agencies as well as with governance program partners of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Civil Society Organizations to explore possibilities for collaboration, identifying comparative advantages and areas of interventions to improve the local governance institutions through effective use of UN Volunteer inputs in Lebanon within a public-private partnership context
• Development of a project proposal, that set in details relevant UNV involvement in promoting local democratic governance through recognizing municipalities, small & medium enterprises and youth organizations as agents of change in Lebanon. Drafting a project proposal, including appropriate strategy (through strengthening local governance and civil society institutions), project framework (objectives, activities and results), the institutional arrangements for efficient project implementation and a proposed project budget
• Advising and supporting the Ministry of Public Services through initiating Functional Review and organizational reforms in view of renewing/modernizing the civil administration and fostering transition in Kosovo.
• Strategy development, policy analysis and identification of areas eligible for UNDP intervention. Program design, development, management, monitoring and evaluation in the areas of governance and institution building. Coordination of and involvement in the experts’ missions to finalize Programme Support Documents and Donors Coordination Frameworks for the Provisional Institutions of Self-government in Kosovo (PISG), to establish capacity building institutions and carry out training and exercises, e.g. the establishment of Kosovo Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) and comprehensive Training Needs Assessment (TNA).
• Participating in meetings and conversations with officials and politicians involved in the area of Civil Service in Kosovo. Representation of UNDP in professional meetings with different partners and donors. Contributing to development of the conceptual framework and to preparation of the Project - and other relevant - Documents for the “Support to the Institutions of Provisional Self-government in Kosovo”. Development of terms of Reference to recruit International and Local Consultants and leading the process of recruitment in collaboration with the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and UNDP Regional Bureau in Bratislava
• Establishment of monitoring mechanisms; introduction of performance indicators/success criteria, targets and milestones as well as the assessment of counterpart support capacity in the area of Public Service development.
• Overall and day-to-day management of the project “Strengthening the Capacities of Municipalities in Development Management and Service Provision (LoGo)” to build capacities in public administration and municipal planning & development, mainly through interactive training.
• Supervision of the entire project activities, surveys and training of municipal planners in the preparation of the Municipal Development Plans. Strong emphasis on developing sustainable civil society organizations in the region of Prizren in Kosovo.
• Participation in Country Program Formulation and development of project ideas in view of conflict prevention/mitigation and socio-economic rehabilitation through developing and implementing civil society assistance projects and grants in various areas of post-conflict Kosovo.
• Focus on legislative reforms for civil society institutions and support to women’s and youth’s organizations. Selection and recruitment of field Volunteers to UN Agencies’ projects.
• Monitoring of UNV Specialists’ performance as well as participation in the evaluation of UNV executed projects.
• Assigned as well for the task of the Program Officer for the Small Enterprise Development Program “SED” (US$ 2.5 million). Independent implementation, monitoring and supervision through field visits, reporting and Tripartite Reviews. Honorary
• Lecture on “Management in Developing Countries” (Summer Semester 1999/2000)
• Seminar “Combating Poverty through the development of Self-help Forces” (Winter Semester 1999).
• Addressing issues and explaining concepts of One World, Fair Trade, Human Rights and Economic Development to a wide range of audiences through lectures, functions, school visits, etc. Editing of a periodical of the organization;
• Responsible for the “Direct Import Projects”. Coordinating support processes as well as promotion of small producers in the Developing Countries (e.g. in Kenya, Bolivia, Mauritania)
• Local development. Support for Self-help and NGOs.
• Development, implementation and monitoring of programs to strengthening civil society institutions: training NGO members in the functions and operation of self-help organizations, poverty alleviation and employment generation methods.
• Leading field surveys, coordinating the collection, compilation and the analysis of data and information.
• Preparing reports and analytical studies on renewable energy sources, prices, consumption, viability and dissemination.
Thesis: The Influence of Culture on the Development of Self-help Organizations, wit Special Reference to Africa. Scholarship of the German "Friedrich Ebert Foundation"
Specialization in Economics of Cooperation Economics. Thesis: The Influence of Agriculture on Industrial Development, with Special reference to Africa. Scholarship of the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honors)