UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST LATEST JOB VACANCIES IN GHANA: RECRUITMENT FOR ESTATE OFFICER ( VACANCIES IN GHNA 2011)

Company Profile

The University of Cape Coast in Partnership with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in the USA with hire three program staff and an office manager for the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technica

l Support Services (METSS) Project that will be based in North Labone, Accra. These two Universities will work with the United States Department of Agriculture to provide the Economic Growth Office of the USAID/Ghana Mission Technical Assistance for its economic growth and food security programs. This project began in 2010 and may continue through September, 2013, depending on funding from the U.S. Government. The duration of the employment agreement with the University of Cape Coast will be determined by the availability of funds for the METSS Project.

Job Description

Duties:
A successful applicant will be the Head of the Estate Services and will perform the following duties among others:

1. Supervise activities in the Estate Services
2. Develop and maintain landed property
3. Ensure that routine maintenance of facilities are promptly carried out
4. Maintain an assets register
5. Advise Management on the acquisition of landed properties
6. Inspect and advise on rent to be paid on rented properties for staff
7. Ensure that the compound of the University is neat at all times
8. Perform any other duties assigned to him/her from time to time

Conditions of Service: Very attractive

Required Skills or Experience

• The Candidate must possess a Master's Degree in Estate Management
• The Candidate must have not less than 6' years post-qualification working experience in an Educational/Estate, Organizational, or Senior Management position

The Candidate must be a dynamic individual with the requisite leadership, vision and management abilities to serve as part of a management team dedicated to providing high quality constituent services in a complex and demanding academic, administrative, social, and fiscal environment. In addition, he or she must have:

• Proven evidence of strong administrative and professional leadership initiative in policy formulation
• Significant leadership experience at a senior level position
• Demonstrated ability to develop, articulate, and implement strategic goals
• Excellent communication and human relations skills, and a strong sense of ethics
• An understanding of the social, political, legal, and economic environment in which Ghanaian universities operate
• A sound appreciation of emerging global trends in estate management
• Commitment to the highest level of personnel and professional integrity
• Computer literate

How To Apply

Interested candidates should send copies of their Curriculum Vitae showing their personal history, Qualifications and work experience as well as a two-page Vision Statement to:

The Registrar
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast

 

• Candidates should request three (3) referees to submit reports on them directly to the Registrars.
• Candidates should obtain further particulars and application forms from the Division of Human Resource with whom completed application are to be lodged.