Duty and Responsibility of Dean:

  • Supervise the teaching-learning, research and community service and support activities of
    the college.
  • Follow up the implementation of AC decisions and the strategic plan of the college.
  • Review the internal structure, policies and regulations of the administration of the college
    and make recommendations to the AC.
  • Execute or cause to be executed policies and directives issued as well as decisions and
    orders given by the college AC and Senate.
  • Establish relationship with local and foreign higher education institutions in consultation
    with appropriate organs where he finds it useful for the realization of the objective of the
    college, signs and implement agreements concluded on behalf of the college.
  • Represent the college in all its dealings with third parties.
     Produce and disseminate approved quarterly and annual reports on the activities of the
    college as well as other necessary reports to AC, concerned process owner and other
    stakeholders.
  • Follow-up and support schools within a college, departments and centers and support teams
    to discharge their duties and responsibilities effectively.
  • Maintain standard support services so as to create conducive working environment.
  • Propose to the AC the establishment of new programs, and revision of existing programs,
    research units, and research centers as required by periodic need assessment, dissolution or
    amalgamation of programs.
  • Ensure the balance between teaching, research and community service of the college by
    working in close collaboration with the departments.
  • Honor the accepted code of ethics for academic, research and community service works.
  • Contribute to meet the needs of the college, departments, research centers, and research
    units in terms of academics, research and community service process.
  • Maintain the college employment plan by actively searching excellent academic staff on
    fulltime or part-time basis, on the request of departments, either from Ethiopia or abroad.
  • Create award system and promote and present for award staff of the college.
  • Mobilize resources in order to achieve strategic plan of the College.
  • Initiate national and international research and community service fund and keep the track
    for those already exist.
  • Establish linkage between the community and the academic unit for effective
    accomplishment of the core processes.
  • Initiate and support the establishment of business enterprise.
  •  Encourage and support income generation for the University through consultancy and
    community service projects.
  • Advertise and manage the intellectual asset of the academic unit to enable the university
    income generation aspirations.
  • Organize the academic unit’s annual academic and research work plan.
  • Promote the core processes of the academic unit among customers and stakeholders
    through open houses and the media.
  • Initiate and inculcate team spirit in the office to accomplish effectively and efficiently the
    teaching-learning, research and community service activities of the academic unit in
    particular and of the University in general.
  • Ensure recognition of creative performances and outcomes.
  • Coordinate continuing education programs, professional development courses, seminars,
    workshops and similar educational programs.
  • Coordinate the formulation of criteria for admission of students to the academic unit and
    departments and participate in the placement of the same.
  • Plan and implement the welfare of both staff and students.
  • Ensure the proper maintenance of student records in the academic unit according to
    accepted standards of record keeping involving index, tracking of record movement, the
    security of custodianship and staffing accountability.
  • Following endorsement by the academic affairs vice president, signs and implements
    agreements concluded on behalf of the college.
  • Submit quarterly and annual reports to the academic, research, technology transfer and
    community service vice president representative on the activities and financial affairs of the
    college.
  • Carry out any other relevant tasks assigned to him by the academic, research, technology
    transfer and community service vice president and the AC.
  • Conduct performance evaluation of department heads, vice dean and coordinators under
    his/her supervision