Rehoboth Harme College

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

Vice Dean

Sr. Aberu Fikade (MSc)
Vice Dean for Administration and Strategic Planning
+251-910-418-808

Vice Dean for Administration and Strategic Planning is in charge of all administrative matters in the College, specifically:

Monitors and supervises the activity of the College administration

Assess the resource needs of the College and design the mechanism on how to acquire them

Initiates and design the development of short, medium, and long term plan of the College

Initiates, designs, and develops annual budget of the College

Ensure the implementation of change management in the College,

Develops the administrative staff development plan in cooperation with the College administrative council,

Undertakes the proper allocation of resources in consultation with the College dean and department heads,

Monitor and evaluate the proper utilization of the allocated resources in the College

Carry out other relevant tasks assigned to him by the Dean.

Kenassa Tesema (MSc)
Vice Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Duties and Responsibilities:

Follow-up on the periodic review and improvement of curricula and recommend changes to the College Academic Commission.

Ensure the proper maintenance of student records in the faculty in accordance with guidelines to be set by the Office of the Registrar,

Direct and co-ordinate the activities of the teaching departments and other units of the faculty,

Monitor educational programs, professional development courses, seminars, workshops and similar other non-formal educational programs in the faculty,

Co-ordinate the formulation of criteria for admission of students to the faculty and departments,

Plan and execute schemes and programs that promote academic excellence and welfare of both staff and the students,

Ensure and oversee the proper conduct of examinations and undertake all activities related to examination and evaluation of undergraduate students in the faculty,

Promote and coordinate inter faculty course delivery,

Ensure the proper maintenance of post graduate students’ records in the faculty by the faculty registrar and teaching departments,

Direct and co-ordinate the activities of the teaching departments in relation to graduate studies,

Conduct needs assessment of graduate studies and submitted to the dean and CAC,

Plan and execute schemes and programs that promote academic excellence and welfare of both staff and students participating in the graduate studies,

Ensure and oversee the proper conduct of examinations and thesis/dissertation defense in the graduate programs of the faculty,

Carry out other relevant tasks assigned to him by the Dean and the CAC of the college.

Alemayehu Wubishet (MA)
Vice Dean, Faculty of Business and Technology

Accountability:

The Vice Dean for faculty of Business and Technology is accountable to the College Dean.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Follow-up on the periodic review and improvement of curricula and recommend changes to the College Academic Commission.

Ensure the proper maintenance of student records in the faculty in accordance with guidelines to be set by the Office of the Registrar,

Direct and co-ordinate the activities of the teaching departments and other units of the faculty,

Monitor educational programs, professional development courses, seminars, workshops and similar other non-formal educational programs in the faculty,

Co-ordinate the formulation of criteria for admission of students to the faculty and departments,

Plan and execute schemes and programs that promote academic excellence and welfare of both staff and the students,

Ensure and oversee the proper conduct of examinations and undertake all activities related to examination and evaluation of undergraduate students in the faculty,

Promote and coordinate inter faculty course delivery

Ensure the proper maintenance of post graduate students’ records in the faculty by the faculty registrar and teaching departments,

Direct and co-ordinate the activities of the teaching departments in relation to graduate studies,

Conduct needs assessment of graduate studies and submitted to the dean and CAC

Plan and execute schemes and programs that promote academic excellence and welfare of both staff and students participating in the graduate studies,

Ensure and oversee the proper conduct of examinations and thesis/dissertation defense in the graduate programs of the faculty,

Carry out other relevant tasks assigned to him by the Dean and the CAC of the college.

Quality Assurance

Petros Melesse
Quality Assurance Officer

Rehoboth Harme College has been providing training for TVET and Degree to fill the gap found of health professionals in the country. For conducive teaching-learning process strong internal quality assurance office is mandatory. In this regard Rehoboth Harme College has separate office of internal quality assurance office head. The office has been working basically on 10 focus area which was set by Education Training Authority of Ethiopia. Those areas include:

Vision, Mission and Educational goal

Governance and Management system

Infrastructure and Learning resources

Academic and support staff

Students admission and support services

Program relevance and curriculum

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Students progression and graduate outcomes

Research and community services activities

Internal Quality Assurance(IQA)

Office of Student Affairs

Deribew Gugsa
Head, Student Service

The student support services vice dean office works in collaboration with all departments and offices of Rehoboth college to support the vision and mission of Rehoboth college. Student support service office is responsible for overseeing the operations of all student support units such as (student council). It also liaises between student and the administration of the Rehoboth college. Some duties and responsibilities of student support service office include:

Plan, organize, implement and control all activities pertinent to non-academic student services.

Advocate and organize orientation for new students.

Ensure that student services management related decisions given at each department level with pertinent policies and regulations of the college.

Advise students on non- academic matters and provide services as required.

Develop student services management and administration related strategies and operational plans and follow up on their implementation on approval.

Provide the necessary support for college level student services work units

Information Communication Technology (ICT) office

ICT office has a service prepared for all programs (undergraduate and TVET) of the college with available computers for practical education and training. ICT Hardware and system software installation, network provision and developments, and similar advancements are among our services.

Moreover, the office provides ICT support for academic, administrative, professional services staff and students. Maintaining ICT systems and data integrity and security of the campus are among its main responsibilities. Besides, the office is also responsible to upgrade website address of the college as per the need and implement and maintain best practice and to date ICT governance.

Computer Library’s

We have modern digital library for supporting students and all Rehoboth college community. This digital library has defined space which provides computer service that is client-server system.

How to use?

All clients can access the server by using FTP protocol by given username and password. For safety of our data, using flash and other external storage is not allowed.

Computer Laboratory’s

This computer laboratory has a defined space which provides computer services to the whole community of Rehoboth Harme College.

What will be done?

Installing operating system;

Configuring required software;

Upgrading hardware’s;

Software archiving;

Handling virus problems and recovery issues;

Basic maintenance for both software and hardware; and

Monitoring laboratory resource

Office of Gender Affairs

Netsanet Tariku
Head, Gender Affairs

The gender affairs offices is the college gender focal point and assist in and coordinate efforts to increase the enrolment and retention of female students as well as the recruitment and promotion of female academic and administrative staff in the college. Some duties and responsibilities of gender affairs office includes:

Identify challenges faced by female students and staff of the college and provide solutions.
Raise the awareness of students and other member of the college about existing gender issues within the college in collaboration with other relevant bodies.
Work on different gender-related issues raised by students and staff and report to relevant offices, take appropriate actions and follow up progress.
Motivate female students by providing awards to outstanding female students
Facilitate activities planned to support female students such as tutorials, trainings on assertiveness, study skills, etc.
Provide counseling service to female students
Encourage and assist initiatives for female empowerment in academics and administration and create networking with other similar offices in higher education institutes.
Establishes sustainable infrastructure to support female staff and female students to reach quota of 50% on each level of the college
Preparation of periodic reports and evaluations on the activities of the office.

Office of Ethics and Anti-corruption

Aklilu Amensisa
Head, Ethics and anti-corruption office

Office of Rehoboth college ethics and anti-corruption is established based on the instruction of FDRE Education and Training Authority with the letter written on April 4, 2022, Ref.No.01/77/1162/14.

Brief description of the office and focus areas:

The office recognizes and commits itself toward the pursuit of the vision, mission and value of the college. In light of this, the following are the main and/or focus areas of the office so as to ensure ethics and good governance in the college;

Conduct continuous awareness creation activities on college ethics and good governance issues; through different ways

Ensure the overall system and sub-systems of the college are well established transparent and serving the purpose;

Engage all the college community in the fight against violation of ethics and corruption;

Build a college environment free of all kinds of malpractices;

Carry out scientific investigations of the corruption symptoms and rent seeking tendencies in all campuses of the college.

Take corrective measures on committed corruption and/or unethical behaviors based on evidence.

Responsibilities / Services:

Raise the awareness of college community on anti- corruption polices, anti- corruption laws, regulations and directives, good conduct and harmful effects of corruption
Follow up the observance of anti –corruption policies, anti –corruption laws and rules and procedures of Rehoboth medical college and advise the General manager/dean on their implementation;
In cooperation with the appropriate department prepare and cause the adoption of code of conduct of college community of and follow –up its implementation;
Initiate and submit research proposals to the General manager/dean and conduct research on ways of correcting working methods vulnerable to corruption and impropriety on its own or with the cooperation of others and submit recommendations to the General manager/dean and upon approval, follow-up its implementation;
In cooperation with the appropriate departments advise the General manager/dean on ways of improving the governance and service delivery of the college with a view to making them responsive to the demands of the clients; see to it that there is no partiality in service delivers, and report to the General manager/dean on any findings of such partiality;
Record and report to the commission and make the General manager/dean know the same immediately, any incident of corruption it has observed or brought to its attention, and follow up the status of the case;
On ways of prompting ethics, strengthening sense of duty and the protection of employees from reprisal measures so as to encourage disclosure of corruption, and follow –up the implementation of same;
Receive and verify reports on ethical violations in accordance with the rules and directives of the college and submit to the General manager/dean for recommendation on further investigation and measures to be taken, and follow –up the implementation of same;
Where it believes that the ethical violation is serious or it is found to be serious after investigation, report to the commission immediately and make the General manager/dean know the same;
Where it believes that rules and procedures are violated with respect to recruitment, promotion, transfer or training of employees, procurement of goods or services or the execution of other contracts, it shall report to the General manager/dean with its recommendation on the rectification of the irregularities, and follow up the implementation of same;
Follow up measures taken based on its finding or that of auditors as well as the reports of disciplinary and grievance committees and decisions based thereon, and report the same to the General manager/dean with copies to the commission;
Maintain list and detail information of the; combating corruption and impropriety, make the General manager/dean know about the circumstance and submit the same to the commission when requested;
Coordinate activities regarding the promotion of ethics and combating corruption and impropriety in the college;
PrepareandsubmittotheGeneralmanager/deanandthecommission,annualplanprogram budget for its activities, and implement the same upon approval;
Prepare and submit to the General manager/dean, with copy to the commission, quarterly and annual performance reports including problems encountered and measures taken to overcome them.
Carry out other duties related to ethical issues specifically given to it in accordance with the relevant laws.

Organogram of the College