Executive Director, Student Services

5 days ago


Doha, Qatar Qatar Foundation Full time

To direct students financial, social and wellbeing services, fostering a healthy living, learning and social environment and ensuring all students’ needs are met. Detailed Description
- Develop, implement, and monitor the student services aspect of the Higher Education strategy.
- Oversee and coordinate the Student Services of Qatar Foundation (QF) Higher Education Institutes to identify strategic opportunities for collaboration & improvement to promote cohesion, efficiency & effectiveness.
- Set financial aid policy and ensure alignment of student financial services provisions with the Higher Education strategy.
- Oversee the annual evaluation of the student financial services functions to ensure policies and procedures are followed and funds awarded are in alignment with QF Higher Education guidelines.
- Identify new sources for financial aid, scholarships, and grants to maximize opportunities of financial support for students.
- Oversee the student housing function in coordination with relevant QF divisions/departments to ensure a healthy living environment for students and that all their needs are met.
- Lead the development of student wellbeing initiatives across Education City and enable coordinated efforts with QF Higher Education Institutes; ensure sufficient and appropriate counseling services are available to all HEI students.
- Develop and implement local and international student outreach and recruitment strategy to attract a larger, broader, and more diverse pool of applicants.
- Drive expanded and coordinated extracurricular program of activities aimed at enriching student life and nurturing a sense of student belonging to QF as a whole.

Job Requirements
- Master’s degree in a relevant field of study with 8-10 years of full-time work experience in student affairs, 5 of which at a senior supervisory level
- Background in student affairs, welfare and recruitment is preferred
- Exceptional understanding of student priorities and perspectives
- Exceptional skills in management of customer service functions
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage

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