Dean of Rehoboth Harme College
Dagne Mulu (MPH)
Dean, Rehoboth Harme College
+251-222-386-701
The Dean, as the chief executive officer of a college, is accountable to the General Manager. As a responsible and higher management body of the college, the Dean Shall:
- Directs and leads faculties of the college; Health science Faculty and Business & Technology faculty.
- Execute all decisions of the AC with respect to promotion, renewal of contracts, admission of students, graduation etc., in accordance with the rules and regulations of the College;
- Propose to the AC the establishment of new faculties, programs; revision of existing programs; dissolution or amalgamation of programs;
- Follow-up on the periodic review and improvement of curricula and recommend changes to the AC;
- Coordinate the preparation of the college plans, programs and budget in collaboration with faculty vice deans, department Heads and submit to the AC and then to the board for the allocation of the approved budget among the various units of the college and follow- up the implementation of the AC’s decisions;
- Direct and coordinate the activities of the faculties and teaching departments and other units of the College.
- Encourage, promote and Coordinate research activities of the college
- Teach a maximum of four credit hours per week.
- Administer and oversee the proper utilization of the physical and other resources of the college.
- Endeavour to establish work, research and study relationships with academic and research organizations.
- Issue rules and procedures for the proper administration of academic & administrative activities in line with the overall policies and regulations of the college.
- Make sure that the policies, rules and regulations of the college are well known to the staff and students.
- Plan and execute schemes and programs that promote academic excellence and welfare of both the staff and students;
- Design the annual and strategic plan of the college together with members of the AC.
- Implement the approved annual and strategic plan into action.
- Delegate his/her duties and powers as appropriate to the faculty V/Deans or Head of Department.
- Submit quarterly and annual plan implementation reports to the Board oand the Senior Tech. & Prof. Advisor and the Academic Commission (AC) on the activities of the college.
- Check how the activities of the TVET programs are running and follow-up the day-to- day performances of the Trainers and the Assistant Trainers and the improvements that the trainees are making.
- Coordinate and oversee the overall task accomplishment of the COC program which is established by the owner of the college in order to help customers with getting access to re-enforcement training for gap-filling on reasonable service cost and sit confidently for the COC Examinations.
- Make sure that Academic and Administrative staff members performance Evaluation is done properly once in every six months of a given academic year.
- Make all efforts possible to maintain good and collegial working relationships among the management and the academic staff.
- Pay due practical attention towards the proper care, implementation and welfare of the institution’s infrastructure and other resources at all times.
- Make sure that all supportive offices like Human Resource (HR), Finance, student service, anti-corruption are functioning as per the rule of the college.
- Participates, upon-invitation, in conferences (Seminars) organized by governmental and/or non-government organizations representing the college and the chairman of the Board respectively.
- Chair the AC meetings and make sure that AC meetings are conducted as per the schedule
- Strengthen a continuous promotion work to introduce the service of the institution to the community in and around Asella town and beyond.
- Make sure that IT, Labs, and Dem. Rooms are properly functioning and are guided by action plans and work manuals.
- Monitor that all Lab/Demo Trainers & Assistant trainers are working in accordance with the curriculum of the respective course of study in given Degree & TVET programmes.
- Mobilize and coordinate the staff members to work together in unison for a better organizational performance at all times.
- Exemplify a participatory Leadership quality which emphasizes strongly good governance, Democracy and a spirit- De-Corps among the General Task-force.
- Show a good example by giving due respect and considerations to working hours of each day of the week: morning and afternoon.
- Refer critically to the check-list for monitoring the implementation of Routine and/or Developmental activities of 50 core items issued by the office of the Board
- Pay due practical attention towards professional Ethics so that it is well maintained and prevails among staff members at all times.
- Monitor the proper functioning of classes on daily basis in terms of the given class- schedule issued at the beginning of each semester of the academic year.
- Make sure that the Teaching-Learning process is running properly according to the Academic Calendar of the given year.
- Cheek that Rules and Regulations stated in the labour proclamation 377/1996 concerning Employees’ working conditions are well respected and given attention to at all times.
- Conduct General staff meeting comprising both Academic and administrative personnel at least four times in a given academic year.
- In collaboration with the dean of students establish a special discussion forum every month with students in order to identify and solve problems related by the Teaching- Learning process.
- Make sure that all necessary information pertaining to the implementation for planned activities are well recorded, documented and retrieved to the standard required in all the offices of the Dean and the Departments concerned.
- Make sure that internal communication is effectively maintained so that Information flow from Top-bottom, bottom-up, and horizontally is well activated.
- Pay special attention to each class room’s teaching and Learning hours on daily basis so that every.
- Make all a possible effort to design ways and means in order to enable the institution to maximize profitability.
- Always give priority to the work, growth and development of the organization and stand strongly and honestly in favor of the Institution’s welfare, and prosperity.
- Always make sure that the Institution’s top internal and private affairs are kept and taken care of properly unless otherwise allowed to be disclosed by the Board (General Manager).
- Check and monitor daily that working hours of Morning and afternoon are properly respected (observed) by all staff members each day of the week.
- Carry out other relevant tasks assigned to him/ her by the Board, General Manager and the AC of the college