Organization and Position Description

Chapter 2: POSITION DESCRIPTION

D. DIRECTOR OF THE LANGUAGE CENTER:

Position Title:
Director of English Language Center

Functional Description:
The Director of English Language Center is responsible for the leadership and management of the University’s English Language Center on the campus in Ifrane. He or she is responsible for the development and conduct of an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program that effectively prepares students whose native language is other than English for academic study at AUI.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises the development and conduct of the University's EFL program at all sites.
• Exercises general administrative leadership of the University's English Language Center.
• Is responsible for recruiting, registration and records for students in the University's EFL program.
• Cooperates with the Director of Enrollment Management in student recruiting and admissions.
• Prepares periodic reports on the EFL program.
• Conducts regular evaluations of the effectiveness of the University's EFL program.
• Selects, appoints, supervises and evaluates the faculty and staff of the English Language Center.
• Manages the budgets of the Center.

Reporting Line:
Reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Works cooperatively with the Director of Enrollment Management, the academic deans and the chair of the Department of English.

Span of Control:
Reporting to the Director of the English Language Center are the following:

• Coordinators

Qualifications:
The Director of the English Language Center must hold a doctoral degree in EFL or applied linguistics and have at least five years successful experience in teaching English as a foreign language.

The Director must be knowledgeable about contemporary methodology and technology for teaching EFL and the alternative methods of evaluating and certifying English-language proficiency.

The Director must be an accomplished administrator, have excellent communication and public relations skills and be trilingual, with competence in Arabic, English and French. He or she must understand effective marketing procedures and be sensitive to the role of the University's EFL program in its overall enrollment management program.