JOB TITLE:

Director, Jean and Norma Holder Hospitality Institute

SALARY:

$8,185.87 (S06)

WORK AREA:

Jean and Norma Holder Hospitality Institute

TIME OF WORK:

6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Sunday to Saturday on a shift system but should not exceeding forty (40) hours per week with two days off and one (1) hour for lunch.

REPORTS TO:

The Principal

LIAISES/WORKS WITH:

The Management Team

The Advisory Committee

All staff and students of the Jean and Norma Holder Hospitality Institute

SUMMARY OF CORE FUNCTIONS:

The Director, as the professional and administrative head of the Institute, is responsible

to the Board of Management, through the Principal, for the organization and

administration of the Institute.

LIST OF DUTIES:

A. Administrative and Professional Responsibilities

• Is responsible for the transmission and translation of the Institute’s goals and operational philosophy into sound educational programmes and practices and for the creation of a healthy learning environment within the Institute.
• Is responsible for the planning and implementation of training programmes, consistent with the College’s philosophy and in conjunction with National and Regional bodies to meet the manpower needs of the country.
• Keeps effective channels of communication open, and seeks to promote high levels of morale and motivation, healthy interpersonal relationships and a supportive socio-emotional climate throughout the Institute.
• Ensures that the Institute’s code of ethics is known and adhered to by staff and students.

B. Responsibilities to Staff

• Keeps informed of up-to-date literature, research and teaching methods, encourages the same among staff, and holds regular discussions on such matters.
• Ensures through departmental organization that subjects are adequately prepared and taught and that their significance and purpose are understood.
• Establish systems of supervision and evaluation, which ensure that effective teaching methods and practices are employed within the Institute.
• Assists in the identification and selection of staff and suitable resource persons as teachers, consultants and examiners.
• Assumes responsibility for ensuring the continuity of the teaching programme makes arrangements for adjustments caused by absences, makes recommendations for the filling of vacancies and promotions within the Institute.
• Maintains records in relation to staff in accordance with prescribed evaluation forms.
• Encourages the personal and professional development of all members of staff, and the development of such extra and co-curricular activities as are deemed in the best interest of the students and the Institute.
• Meets with all staff periodically to brief them on current development and projections and to allow them the opportunity to make inputs into the administration and development of the Institute and the College as a whole.
• Promotes and encourages curriculum development, implementation and renewal.
• Sets up machinery to ensure the attainment and maintenance of academic and professional standards, which are consistent with performance expectations of Professional Associations.
• Makes arrangement, in collaboration with the Deputy Principal, for effective organization and supervision of all examinations, internal and external.
• Prepares teaching/training schedules in collaboration with the Management Team for efficient, effective and economical use of staff.
• Holds staff meetings at least once a week.

C. Management of Students’ Affairs

• Makes arrangements for the recruitment, selection and admission of students in collaboration with tutorial staff.
• Maintains standards of discipline and conduct consistent with the College’s regulations.
• Holds meetings with students in order to resolve problems, monitor progress and cultivate correct attitudes.
• Ensures that student records are completed at the end of each term and submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
• Review periodically texts, publications and instructional material used by students and makes recommendations accordingly.
• Establish a system for the continuous assessment of students in respect of attendance, performance in homework, coursework and fieldwork (including clinical and industrial attachments), and discipline in general.

D. Liaison Functions

• Holds Divisional Advisory Committee meetings at least once per term in order to establish and maintain links with professional organizations, employing agencies, Government Departments, other educational institutions and international agencies.
• Establishes and promotes integration between discipline and subjects within and among the Divisions.
• Serves as the liaison manager between the Principal and College Advisory Committee and Institute Management Staff.
• Liaises with counterparts in Industry, Commerce and Government Institutions, as required by programmes conducted in the Institute.

E. Financial Responsibilities

• Prepares the estimates of expenditure, requisitions appropriate materials and monitors expenditure, including claims made for part-time and over-time payment.
• Acquires familiarity with the Institute’s financial statement and keeps a check on balances available for use from Institutes estimates.

F. Responsibilities for Building Facilities and Resources

• Should try to ensure that buildings and furnishing in the Institute concerned are kept in proper repair, and that equipment and machines where used, are kept safe and in good working condition.
• Keeps up-to-date inventories.

Performs any other reasonable duty that he/she may be called upon to do by any duly authorized person.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• A Degree or equivalent.
• Teaching qualifications and teaching experience.
• Relevant experience in the industry.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the mission and vision of the organization.
• Extensive knowledge of the functions and duties of the post and how they contribute to the mission and vision.
• Relevant knowledge of the Public Service Act CAP. 25.
• Relevant knowledge of the Employment Rights Act (ERA) 2012-19.
• Relevant knowledge of the Safety & Health 2005-12.
• General knowledge of the BCC Staff Manual.
• Computer literacy.
• Telephone etiquette.
• Knowledge of operating electronic equipment provided.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Proficiency in the use of all Microsoft applications.
• Demonstration of good Time Management skills.
• Demonstration of effective Interpersonal Relationship skills.
• Excellent Oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work speedily and accurately under pressure.
• Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to work with young people.
• Familiarity with Applied Information Technology.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

ON THE JOB TRAINING: As required

DESIRABLE TRAITS:

• Must be prepared to keep up to date in the profession.
• Must be willing to encourage and support organizational initiatives.
• Must be willing to share information, knowledge and resources with others when required to do so;
• Must maintain high moral and ethical standards.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:

• Permanent in nature.
• Forty-two (42) days’ vacation leave per calendar year, fourteen (14) of which must be taken annually or lost. There is a maximum accumulation of one hundred and twenty-six (126) days. In either case, five (5) of the fourteen (14) days must be taken consecutively.
• Twenty-one (21) days sick leave may be granted per calendar year in the case of serving officers, and fourteen (14) days per calendar year in the case of temporary officers.