Position 1: Career Advisor, School of IT and Engineering (SITE)
POSITION SUMMARY
Career Advisor at ADA Career Management Centre (CMC) delivers programs and services designed to assist ADA students in the area of career preparation and leadership development skills. The Career Advisor works collaboratively with students, faculty and corporations to integrate services and meet the needs of ADA students in their career preparation process.
REQUIREMENTS
• Master’s degree in the related fields of HR, Counseling or Psychology, Social Sciences;
• At least 2-3 years experience in career advising and services, HR & Development, corporate recruitment or recruitment consultancy. Prior experience providing career counseling or advising for undergraduate/graduate students in a university setting is a plus;
• Ability to work effectively with student and adult clients;
• Ability to work with individuals and groups. Must be proficient with technology (MS Office Suite) and interested in identifying and adopting technology to reach and connect with our target audience.
• Open and friendly personable attitude;
• Strong customer service orientation; creativity, ability to assume responsibility, take initiative and motivate others;
• Proven ability to design, present and deliver programs/workshops;
• Well developed organizational skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills; strong verbal and written communications skills;
• Knowledge of recruiting, career services, career development and student development is a must;
• Proficiency in Azeri and English languages is a must.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:
• Provide professional assistance and/or consultation to undergraduate students of IT & Engineering School who requests help in planning or implementing his/her career direction;
• Administer professional formal and informal assessments to help students identify their areas of interest, values, potential and competences;
• Assist in the development and delivery of career education and outreach programs, including credit-bearing course of Career Development Skills & Strategies;
• Assist with the liaison and consultative relations with faculty, staff, administration and student organizations of SITE;
• Deliver formal courses, seminars and workshops in career and professional development;
• Maintain all counseling records as appropriate for performance of counseling functions;
• Represent CMC at campus/community functions such as Career Week and other events and programs;
• Support in establishment of interview opportunities and job opportunities for current students and alumni through campus visits from potential employers and job fairs;
• Integrate and coordinate wide-ranging career and experiential learning programs and services, including career advising and development, service learning, internships, volunteerism and work-study programs;
• Assist as required, with any evaluative procedures to be used to measure the effectiveness of services delivered by the CMC;
• Collaborate with faculty and staff and support the Director to identify current and future needs of students of different majors in SITE, providing direction, support, and information on career development issues;
• Actively assist in development and marketing of services and programs offered by the CMC to students and employers;
• Meet with individual students to provide career advising and conduct mock interviews as requested;
• Advise on vision, direction, implementation strategies and assessment plans for career development and services;
• Support in utilization and development of career information resources;
• Perform other duties as assigned by Director of CMC.
Position 2: Financial Analyst
POSITION SUMMARY
Performs financial analysis of strategic and operations investments, initiatives and projects of the university, makes recommendations on the financial and economic perspectives of investments, contributes to development of the financial analysis and budgeting system, capability and business processes. Performs financial analysis of investment spending in the budget as and when necessary. Undertakes necessary financial and economic analyses with the aim of enhancing capital structure and resource allocation efficiency of the university. Supports preparation and execution of the budget. Contributes to the design and implementation of financial/accounting systems and reports. Develops and delivers financial management training programs as needed.
REQUIREMENTS
• Capability to provide professional technical support and guidance in financial analysis, modeling and reporting.
• Capability to provide professional technical support and guidance on developing and executing budgeting.
• Good knowledge of principles, processes, and standards for integrated financial analysis and reporting.
• Capability to compile, analyze, interpret, and present complex annual financial reports, statements, and/or projections.
• Capability to analyze and re-engineer business processes, systems and procedures in respect to budgeting and financial analysis, to formulate and propose enhancements to relevant policies and processes, and to develop and execute new strategies and procedures.
• Capability to plan, execute and administer financial information and control systems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, drive to take initiatives, and effective collaboration skills.
• Good knowledge of national financial accounting and reporting rules / regulations.
• Capability to develop and conduct training programs and/or workshops.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, financial economics;
• Applied financial modeling skills;
• Must have excellent communication and writing skills in Azerbaijani and English;
• A master’s degree in business administration or finance, with excellent capability for using MS Excel or other data / statistics software;
• 3 years of direct experience in budgeting, financial and economic analysis, financial management functions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:
• Lends full advisory and technical support to the preparation, execution and evaluation of the university budget.
• Supports development of the budgeting system, relevant policies and business processes.
• Conducts financial cost-benefit and sensitivity analyses of strategic initiatives and investment projects.
• Conducts cost-effectiveness analysis of investment projects and spending (when cost-benefit analysis is not an optimal option).
• Develops integrated revenue/expense analyses, projections, reports, and presentations, compiles and develops detailed cost estimates of programs and operations.
• Conducts comparative analysis of the budget and investment projects by comparing actual results versus projected estimates, analyzes causes of any deviation, identifies lessons learnt and makes recommendations for improving the budgeting, financial and investment analysis processes and techniques further.
• Provides technical support to development of effective methodology for cost and revenue estimations, develops cost co-efficient and standards as needed.
• Contributes to development of necessary policies, businesses processes and systems for conducting effective financial analysis of investments.
• Conducts regular reviews and analyses of financial results of the university, develops recommendations for improving financial results, capital structure and resource allocations.
• Collaborates with academic and functional units to ensure consistent reporting and full compliance with financial reporting and university’s budgeting policies and procedures.
• Analyzes internal financial reporting systems and procedures of the University, and recommends enhancements.
• Contributes to development and execution of automatized financial analysis applications and tools.
• Contributes to identification and mitigation of macro, financial and operational risks in capital allocation and financial management processes of the university.
• Develops, designs and executes necessary trainings and coaching on all aspects of financial analysis and budgeting including systems, rules and business processes.
• Performs other tasks and duties as assigned.
Interested candidates are requested to submit, preferably in Word or PDF format, attached to an e-mail message: (1) a letter of interest specifying particular suitability for the position, when available and minimum expected salary (in AZN), (2) an updated resume and (3) the names, email and business addresses of at least 3 references.
Send materials via e-mail to [email protected] specifying the Job Title in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The cut-off date for application is June 16, 2017.
ADA University offers a competitive remuneration package and attractive conditions of employment of high standard.
For more information about ADA University, please visit www.ada.edu.az
