Operations Manager Skills in Higher Education Institutions

Course Objectives

·     This program is designed to improving the performance and quality of higher education institutions in terms of financing and HR related issues.

·    It is a comprehensive program tackles the details of budgeting models and financing techniques. Moreover, it is serving as a guideline for HR staff on how to attract academics and choose the best of them.

·  The program also discusses in details the policies and procedures tailored to for higher education institutions in particular.

·  Understanding the 6 most common financial models used in higher educational institutions

·       Finding the most experienced academics and retain them

·    Setting measures for the qualifications you would like to see in your staff

·       Learning about the rights and responsibilities of your staff

Who Should Attend? 

·       HR professionals

·       Academics

·       Deans

·       Universities administrative

Course Content

Day 1

·       International standards and basics of human resources

·       Educational Planning & Degree Works (Major/Career exploration)

·       Study abroad programs

·       Financial administration in higher education

·       Budgeting models in higher education

·       Incremental Budgeting

·       Zero-Based Budgeting

·       Activity-Based Budgeting

·       Responsibility Center Management

·       Centralized Budgeting vs. Decentralized Budgeting

·       Performance-Based Budgeting

Day 2

·       Strategic financial risks

·       Strategic financial analysis tools

·       Financial ratios & metrics

·       Risk management

·       Operational risk

·       Financial models determining risk exposure

·       Making profits

·       Endowments

Day 3

·       Effective recruitment and selection

·       Sources of recruits

·       Position profile

·       Systemization

·       Selecting candidates based on calculated decisions

·       Interviewing skills

·       Recruiting of students

Day 4

·       Leadership in education

·       Communication with students and counseling

·       HR policies and procedures

·       Formulating and implementing regulations

·       Collaborative programs and flexible learning

·       Employability and personal development planning

·       Equality, diversity and disability

Day 5

·       Internal review procedures

·       Research policies and guidelines

·  Wages calculation in relation to costs of higher education and other factors

·       Pension, retirement and benefit plan

·       Compensation

·       Insurance benefits

·       Preparing statistics

·       Internal and interim financial reports