S.L. 327.480 Art. 9Duties of the Director.

The duties of the Vice-Chairman/Director shall include:

(a) general responsibility for the running of the Centre in terms of the aims listed in paragraph 4(a) to (i);

(b) compiling and submitting to the Registrar of the University by not later than January of each academic year, an updated comprehensive prospectus of the content descriptions of all current and projected study-units offered by members of the Centre as per guidelines established by the Programme Validation Committee;

(c) promoting the development and implementation of the Centre’s curricula, entrepreneurial activities, business incubation activities and research programmes;

(d) ensuring that the study-units offered by the staff members of the Centre are delivered in accordance with the advertised programme of studies; the Director must ensure that lecturing staff under his remit deliver all lectures, seminars and tutorials assigned to them respectively, at the time and venue advertised in the official timetable, and that any deviations thereof are formally registered, and the students duly notified in good time;

(e) delivering and implementing the strategic plan of the Centre and the Business Incubator under the guidance of the Board;

(f) promoting students’ academic and personal welfare and providing first-line support to students with any difficulties they may encounter during their studies in academic programmes offered by the Centre;

(g) monitoring the running of examinations in the Centre and ensuring that all assessment and examination results are submitted to the Registrar’s Office within following deadlines: • January session - by the end of March; • May/June session - final year results by not later than two working days prior the final year degree classification board but in any case not later than end of July, other results as early as possible but not later than the end of July; • September session - by the end of September;

(h) liaising with the Director of Corporate Research and Knowledge Transfer as required, to ensure the smooth day-to-day operations of the Business Incubator;

(i) administering the Centre in full consultation with the members; monitoring and approving requests for leave of absence of members of the Centre; maintaining universities, institutions, entrepreneurial organizations and business incubators both local and international;

(k) chairing meetings of the Board in the absence and with the permission of the Chairman;

(l) ensuring and facilitating the further development and training of academic and non-academic staff;

(m) participating at any meeting of the University congruent with the post;

(n) representing the Centre during official functions of the University;

(o) compiling and submitting to the Secretary of the University by the end of September of each academic year, an annual report approved by the Board, outlining the activities of the Centre and the Business Incubator for the outgoing year, which should include, amongst others, information that may be requested by the Secretary: a comprehensive list of recent publications of all members of the Centre; a synopsis of all projects involving members of the Centre which are wholly or partially externally funded; a list of all conferences/seminars/meetings attended abroad by members of the Centre during term time; and an outline of the Centre’s collaboration with third parties including local industry, Government or civil society at large; a management report focusing on the activities of the Business Incubator;

(p) compiling and submitting to the Director of Finance of the University, by not later than end of May of each academic year budgetary estimates approved by the Board for the following year including a manpower plan for the Centre and the Business Incubator, to cover the projected teaching, research and administration workload of the Centre and the Incubator, and based on the projected workload for each Resident Academic member of the Centre and Visiting Teaching Staff, and the Administrative staff of the Business Incubator;

(q) monitoring the performance of the non-academic staff attached to the Centre;

(r) authorising the Centre’s procurement of equipment; ensuring that the resources assigned to the Centre -whether human or other - are utilized fully and efficiently;

(s) performing other duties which may be assigned by the University from time to time.

(b) shall be a Resident Academic engaged with the University on a full-time basis for the duration of his tenure as Director;

(c) should not be engaged in any other activity outside the University which may be in conflict with, or distract him/her from, his duties at the University;

(d) is expected to be present on campus or any designated University of Malta site at least during normal office hours from Monday to Friday throughout the year subject to the exigencies of an academic in accordance with the University’s practices and needs and subject to normal leave entitlement and public holidays as provided for at law; should his absence be necessary and justified he must ensure that he is immediately contactable through the secretarial staff of the Centre;

(e) shall not give access to any information to any third party that is not associated with the University of Malta, about any work or data that relates to tasks conducted at the University of Malta without the prior approval of the University of Malta; all work carried out within the Centre must be treated according to Maltese data protection legislation;

(f) is to abide with the statutes, regulations and policies of the University of Malta, which are in force now or will become effective in the duration of his tenure.