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Wondifraw Dejene (Ph.D.)

Community Service Directorate Office


Community Service directorate is, an office under research and community service vice president office, primarily established for connecting Dire Dawa university with the Dire Dawa community. The Office coordinates, assists in, and initiate broader community service projects intended to benefit the larger community of Dire Dawa. It seeks to support, facilitate, and promote collaboration, partnership, and engagement between the university and its many communities.

 

The office primarily focus on addressing socioeconomic ills of the surrounding community through responding to the community’s request for access to basic infrastructures; providing continuous demand-driven trainings for employees of civic organizations in Dire Dawa administration; targeting vulnerable sections of society; enhancing consciousness of the communities on health, education, entrepreneurship, and environment; and etc. 

Major Duties and Responsibilities of the Directorate Office

   Here are some of the duties and responsibilities of the office;

Ø  Coordinate all community engagement and consultancy activities of the University;

Ø  Initiate and implement policies that would enhance the provision of community engagement and consultancy services to develop agencies and other national and international organizations;

Ø  In cooperation with academic department/chairs of the University, promote community engagement and consultancy services for government and other organizations or interested groups on aspects of community engagement.

Ø  Register and keep records of community engagement and consultancy services rendered;

Ø  Identify markets for community engagement and consultancy services in collaboration with relevant units of the University;

Ø  Prepare contract formats and ensure their implementation in consultancy services rendered by units of the University;

Ø  Receive complaints and take the necessary corrective measures in accordance with the rules and regulations of the University's.

Ø  Make periodic follow-up and monitoring of consultancy services and submit annual report to the Presidents and the Senate;

Ø  Develop strategic plan for university's community engagement and consultancy service;

Ø  Play an active role in developing markets for community engagement and consultancy services in collaboration with relevant School/College/Institute and department/chairs and other units of the university;


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