Program Manager, Graduate School of Business (2 positions)

1) coordinating and supporting all processes related to training of School students;    

2) providing advisory and information support of School faculty and students regarding School programs, its goals, policies and regulations;

3) providing advisory and information support of School faculty and students regarding academic issues in accordance with goals and objectives of training program (full-time MBA program, MBA program for executives, MSc in Finance);

4) maintaining students database;

5) planning costs and generating draft budget for training program implementation  (full-time MBA program, MBA program for executives, MSc in Finance, Master of Engineering Management);

6) monitoring students’ academic progress;

7) providing complex targeted support to low-performing students;

8) drafting correspondence on academic issues of students; keeping group training records: documents execution on the results of academic progress, attendance (if necessary), etc.;

9) arranging group’s participation in the events of School and University;

10) preparing and delivering reports on training program implementation  (students’ progress, budget implementation, etc.), writing policy briefs (if necessary); 

11) assisting the processes of risks identification, assessment, management, monitoring within the framework of supervised area;

12) timely and proper fulfillment of other orders of the Head of division and the University management within the framework of his/her responsibilities and powers.

Higher education, preferably with English as a language of instruction.

Priority specializations:

• Economics;
• Finance;
• Accounting and Auditing;
• Marketing;
• Business Administration;
• Public Administration;
• International Relations;
• Administration in the field of education

Work experience must meet one of the following requirements:

with Specialist or Bachelor degree, work experience should be at least 1 year in the areas corresponding to the functional areas of a given position.

Knowledge:

- Knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of education;

- fluent in English, Kazakh, Russian

- knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint

Skills:

• - critical thinking;
• - building effective relations;
• - interpersonal skills;
• - teamwork skills;
• - responsibility;
• - developed leadership skills, ability to provide advice on the issues within his/her competence;
• - stress resistance, creative approach to strategic and operational tasks/problems;
• - strong organizational skills, ability to clearly define priority tasks, distribute resources necessary for functional tasks performance;    
• - sensitiveness, tolerance;
• - group and individual activity planning skills;
• - presentation preparation and realization skills;
• - analytical abilities;
• - records management skills;
• - statistical data processing and databases maintaining skills;
• - negotiation and contracts conclusion skills;

Recruitment and selection process
Recruitment and selection at Nazarbayev University include the following process: preliminary selection based on experience and qualifications, assessments (e.g. technical skills/capabilities, aptitude, personality, work samples, in-basket exercises, and informal interviews), and motivation.

Formal interviews form the final stage of the selection process.
They are typically based on organizational values and behaviors and conducted in English.
You are encouraged to share your views and values  to identify how they fit into  Nazarbayev University core values