Organizational link: Affiliated with the University's vice presidency for development and Community Partnership.

General Objective: to establish long-term strategic cooperation between the University and Ma'aden company and to work on enhancing and integrating roles to achieve the best results for the benefit of both parties.

Tasks:

• Preparing the office's activity plans and following up on their implementation after approval.
• Supervision of Applied Research and joint research projects between the participating parties.
• Draft agreements in their final form based on the memorandum of understanding signed between the parties.
• Organizing joint meetings between the parties, preparing and documenting the necessary minutes and working to follow up on their implementation.
• Working to remove barriers and obstacles that may arise while implementing joint initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of the industrial and technical infrastructure of the University.
• Enrich students ' educational and research experience and create career opportunities for them.
• Creating consulting and research opportunities for university faculty members and developing their abilities.
• Seeking the necessary support and funding from funding agencies to implement joint initiatives, considering the requirements of the relevant laws and regulations and the approval of the competent authorities.
• Participate in identifying performance measurement indicators for all office-related activities, reviewing and developing them continuously after their adoption.
• Participate in determining the office's human resources, equipment and materials needs and following up on their provision.
• Participate in determining the training needs of the office staff to nominate them for appropriate training programs.
• Preparing periodic reports on the activities and achievements of the office and suggestions for improving performance in it.
• Any other tasks assigned to it.