The School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, has a vacancy for an Assessment Officer. The Assessment Officer shall coordinate and provide support for the department curriculum, program assessment, and student assessment.
Responsibilities
Curriculum Management Support
- Arrange and support relevant curriculum-related meetings
- Support the Chairs in developing curriculum proposals
- Work in close liaison with the CSC Curriculum Committee on all aspects of the curriculum
Quality Assurance and Enhancement Support
- Coordinate the assessment of program outcomes and educational objectives with the faculty, and implement developed assessment strategies that lead to course, curricular and program improvement, and to the achievement of the Department and School’s missions
- Arrange and support assessment meetings, including liaison with the ABET coordinator to draw up agendas, collect and circulate papers, write minutes of the meeting, and take the necessary follow-up actions including the preparation of reports
- Support internal and external periodic reviews, including ABET accreditation
- Manage and maintain the course and program database and associated documentation in liaison with the ABET coordinator
- Act as a liaison with the University Institutional Research and Assessment Office (IRA) by reporting and collecting all departmental and school related data
- Coordinate quality assurance and student feedback within the Department and within the School
- Coordinate action planning and follow up of quality assurance outcomes
Administration of Assessment and Examinations:
- Coordinate, in liaison with the ABET coordinator, meetings with the advisory council
- Advise the Chair and members of the advisory council on the regulations and procedures and the implications of possible decisions
- Issue information, assessment guidance, and initial results to students
- Coordinate assessed work submissions
- Deal with assessment queries from staff and students
- Provide Liaison with internal and external examiners
Other Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the submission of ABET self-study, and support relevant committees
- Coordinate student representation on assessment committees including organizing the students’ focus groups
Successful candidates must have the following
- An MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or an MBA with a BS in Computer Science or a BS in Computer Engineering
- Excellent writing communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure to deadlines
- Good ICT skills, including developing databases applications using high-level languages and SQL
- Knowledge of project management software
- Ability to work in a team
byblos.hire@lau.edu.lb
Application Deadline February 27, 2011
