Faulty Dean, Ayale Triku (PhD)

As per Article 39 of the Senate Legislation (May 2019), the powers and responsibilities of deans include, but are not limited to, the following:

#  Formulating the AU's strategic and annual plans and submitting the plan for the Academic Vice President and Research and Community Service for approval;

#  Communicating and inculcating the AU's strategy, vision, mission, and objectives to AU members, and internal and external stakeholders;

#  Directs t-learning, research, community service, technology transfer, quality enhancement, and other issues in the AU.

#  Developing, together with the AU vice Deans/vice Directors and Academic Council, core process performance standards, procedures, and guidelines;

#  Oversee the proper functioning of the academic unit-level administrative bodies (registrar, finance, human resources, general services, procurement, and others);

#  Implementing continuous quality management and process improvement initiatives;

#  Ensuring customer and stakeholder satisfaction with the AU's core processes and programs;

#  Developing better work systems, environments, and incentive systems so as to improve the motivation of staff, efficiency, and effectiveness; Establishing and maintaining bilateral and multilateral partnerships with international and local bodies;

#  Representing and advocating for his AU in internal and external affairs and in external intellectual and social affairs and events; attending and speaking on behalf of his AU at the annual process and university meeting

#  Ensuring the provision of resources, facilities, training, and education needed for the AU’s staff; ensuring that the budget for scholarship-related costs, such as airfare, is allocated in their annual plans.

#  Allocating budget for RCS activities and following up on their proper implementation and utilization.

#  Ensuring the delivery of adequate, continuous, and relevant staff development, training, and education programs in collaboration with international partners, university leadership, and others;

#  Authorizing temporary degrees issued by the AU and original degrees, together with the President;

#  Creating, improving, and maintaining core processes in academic, research, community services, and technology transfer; Developing appropriate staff development programs in line with the target performance goals of the AU's core processes;

#  Conducting periodic and continuous impact assessment and evaluation