Specialist(Academic Program) of School of Mining and Geosciences

1) assisting the School employees in ensuring coordination and monitoring of

the process of collection, analysis of academic data, the School curriculum to draw up

a schedule, individual student curriculum and form student groups at the department;

2) assisting the monitoring of current academic status of the student population,

the results of mid-term and final control of students' knowledge;

3) preparing financial statements and necessary documents on research grants of

the department;

4) participating in the preparation of service contracts in the framework of

research projects and coordinating the terms of reference for the contracts;

5) preparing agreements with sponsors in the framework of research grants and

coordinating the terms of reference for the contracts;

6) providing assistance in resolving the issues related to the School activities;

7) providing consultative and advisory support to the faculty regarding

procurement, budgeting and other issues within his/her competence;

8) assisting and participating in the School events, including activities related to

students admission;

9) drafting correspondence in the range of his/her functional duties;

10) participation in identification, evaluation, management and monitoring of

risks within the framework of supervised direction;

11) timely and proper fulfillment of other orders of the Dean, the and the

University management within the framework of his/her responsibilities and powers.

Higher-professional, preferable from the higher education institutions with English language of instruction;

Preferred majors:

-Technical;

-Engineering and Technical;

-Educational Management;

-Economics;

-Pedagogy;

-Linguistics;

-Management

-Arts

Knowledge

• Knowledge of educational legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• knowledge of education system in the field of business administration in Kazakhstan and abroad;
• knowledge of MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint;
• fluent in English, Kazakh, Russian

Skills

• group and individual activity planning skills;
• skills in preparing and conducting presentations;
• reporting skills;
• document management skills;
• statistical data processing and database management skills;
• negotiation and negotiation skills and conclusion of contracts;
• critical thinking;
• building effective relationships;
• sociability;
• teamwork;
• responsibility;
• developed leadership qualities, the ability to provide advice on issues within the competence;
• stress tolerance, creative approach to strategic and operational tasks/problems;
• high organizational skills, the ability to clearly define priority tasks, allocate resources necessary to solve functional tasks;
•  responsiveness, tolerance

Additional information

• Working hours are from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
• Medical insurance after 3 months probation period

Recruitment and selection processRecruitment 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

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