Website Higher Colleges of Technology
The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT; Arabic: كليّات التقنيّة العليا) was established in 1988 as one of the largest institutions of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During the 2012–2013 academic year, there were 11,232 female and 6,855 male students enrolled at 17 campuses throughout the country.
Academic Support Officer
Title Academic Support Officer
Location Selected Location(s)
Position Available To All Candidates
Posting Date 28-Jul-2025
Closing Date 05-Aug-2025
Position Summary
Academic Support Officers will serve as a pool to support PTLs, APC, Faculty, and students within a program relevant to academic-based administrative tasks.
Main Responsibilities
Familiarize with the resilient practices and approaches to adapt and adjust to the changing environment to protect and restore the organization’s resources and business continuation in times of any major change/ crisis.
Provide academic and administrative support to the Program Team Leader, Academic Program Chair, Faculty, and students within the program, exercising confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.
Perform administrative tasks such as meeting scheduling, minute writing, room booking, travel arrangement, and stationery replenishment
Liaise with other departments within HCT, including ED /Director Office, Campus management, Student Engagement, Employability, System Registrar, HR, Procurement, Finance, IT, etc.
Collate information from relevant stakeholders and prepare regular and ad-hoc reports and statistical analyses.
Draft various reports, presentations, and email correspondence
Understand and implement related policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines.
Keep and maintain relevant records (such as student, faculty, program, and course records) and honor privacy, security, and confidentiality of sensitive information.
Provide support related to academic services and student registration at peak times.
Provide administrative support in quality review/assessment and accreditation reports/applications.
Requirements
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required e.g. Business Administration.
• Full English proficiency is required. Arabic is desirable.
• Intermediate computer literacy is required e.g. MS Office.
Minimum of 0-2 years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent customer focus and ability to work in a positive manner with a variety of people (students, faculty, staff, and administrators).
To apply for this job please visit recruit.hct.ac.ae.