The successful candidate will report to the Director, Department of International Programmes and Global Initiatives.
The Scholars and Students Services Officer is a strategic and operational role essential to advancing the Women’s University in Africa’s internationalisation agenda. The post exists to coordinate, support, and operationalise student and staff mobility, partnerships, curriculum and research internationalisation, cultural exchanges, alumni engagement, and the University’s regional and global commitments. The role ensures that international programmes are well-administered, compliant, impactful, and aligned with the University’s mission, gender-responsive mandate and global positioning.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate recruitment, admission, orientation, and support services for inbound international students.
- Facilitate outbound mobility programmes including exchanges, visiting student schemes, internships, and short-term study abroad.
- Liaise with faculties, registry, immigration authorities, and partner institutions to ensure smooth mobility processes.
- Monitor student mobility data, trends, and compliance with institutional and national regulations.
- Coordinate visiting scholars, researchers, fellows, and academic exchange programmes.
- Facilitate outbound academic and professional staff mobility for teaching, research, training, and capacity-building.
- Support logistical arrangements including invitations, agreements, visas, accommodation, and reporting requirements.
- Support faculties in embedding international, regional, and inter-cultural perspectives in curricula.
- Coordinate visiting lecturers, joint teaching initiatives, and collaborative online international learning (COIL) activities.
- Assist with curriculum benchmarking against international standards and partner institutions.
- Support international research collaboration initiatives, joint grants, and scholarly exchanges.
- Maintain a database of international research partners, funding calls, and collaborative opportunities.
- Assist in coordinating visiting researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and research internships.
- Support the identification, development, and management of strategic partnerships with universities, international organisations, and development agencies.
- Coordinate MoUs, MoAs, partnership reviews, and reporting in line with institutional policy.
- Maintain an up-to-date partnerships registry and support partnership activation.
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