Associate - Educational Development

Associate

Department: Educational Development

Entity: Medical College

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

The Department for Educational Development (DED) is a component of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and reports to the Dean, Medical College, working closely with the School of Nursing & Midwifery (SONAM). It is a resource for developing the educational philosophy within the FHS, capacity building for AKU faculty; supporting curricular reviews and revisions and facilitating examinations, test evaluation and evaluation of programmes. It offers certificate courses and Master's degree in Health Professions Education.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Supervising Question Data Bank to ensure that all the procedures are followed for the banking of exam items
• Supervising and managing monthly and annual Mega Question Review and other examination activities
• Supervising examinations, scanning, manual checking and compilation of the scores for undergraduate, postgraduate and SONAM programmes
• Presenting the results of undergraduate and postgraduate examinations in Year Committee meetings
• Initiating and developing Computer Based Examinations system with DED faculty and IT department
• Compiling the annual exam schedule in coordination with curriculum and Medical College administration
• Maintaining safety and security measures of the Examination Cell and Question Bank
• Administrating the data for post hoc analysis before finalizing the result
• Approving purchase requests and maintaining record of purchase and delivery
• Assisting in Examination and Promotion Committee related matters
• Coordinating with the Office of the Registrar for examination related issues and keeping student track records
• Assisting in development of policies and procedures for the Examination Cell
• Assisting in strategic planning for the future needs in assessment area and preparing the budget accordingly
• Assisting in conducting admission test of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of AKU
• Assisting in DED courses, programmes and activities, as assigned by the Manager.

Requirements

You should have:

• A Graduate degree, however, Masters will be preferred
• Four to five years' of related experience in academic setting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use MS Office and SPSS
• Effective presentation skills
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to work in a team, as well as correspond independently with faculty and staff.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by May 5, 2019