Associate Dean - Postgraduate Programs and Academic Governance

About the role

The Associate Dean, Postgraduate Programs and Academic Governance (Associate Dean, PG) is responsible for the strategic leadership, development, governance, and management of postgraduate (PG) programs at the UNSW Business School. This role involves taking delegated responsibility for education governance across the Business School education portfolio as required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate outstanding learning experiences and outcomes for students.
• Develop an environment that promotes continuous improvement in educational performance and governance practice.
• Lead appropriate education governance processes across the broader education portfolio.
• Ensure that the School's programs are recognized by students and employers as leaders in their markets.
• Drive innovation, quality, and impact across a diverse postgraduate portfolio and broader Business School education portfolio.
• Influence program strategy, enhance student outcomes, and strengthen portfolio-wide academic governance practices.

Requirements

• Relevant academic qualifications with a strong track record of excellent educational performance and a strong understanding of postgraduate education and portfolio-wide education governance in a university setting.
• Proven record of management experience and effective leadership and team / relationship building capabilities within a higher education environment.
• Academic Level C-E (or equivalent at an overseas institution) with relevant education leadership and governance experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic and political issues in the higher education sector, as well as of University and Faculty governance and policy and procedural frameworks, including education governance processes across the education portfolio.
• Demonstrated commitment to student welfare and improving student learning experiences and outcomes.
• Clear evidence of political acumen and proven ability to influence, persuade, negotiate and inspire people to act towards a common purpose to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• The ability to ensure a safe, diverse, and respectful working environment which supports high performance and the development of staff.
• The ability to think creatively, to innovate and to implement change within an academic organisation.
• Demonstrated understanding of the delivery of education in a university setting, including an understanding of emerging trends in Business education both within Australia and internationally, or the capacity to quickly develop this understanding.
• Experience with education governance systems, committee processes, program administration platforms and processes, or the capacity to work effectively with such systems, is desirable.

Qualifications

• Relevant academic qualifications with a strong track record of excellent educational performance and a strong understanding of postgraduate education and portfolio-wide education governance in a university setting.
• Academic Level C-E (or equivalent at an overseas institution) with relevant education leadership and governance experience.
• Proven record of management experience and effective leadership and team / relationship building capabilities within a higher education environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic and political issues in the higher education sector, as well as of University and Faculty governance and policy and procedural frameworks, including education governance processes across the education portfolio.
• Demonstrated commitment to student welfare and improving student learning experiences and outcomes.
• Clear evidence of political acumen and proven ability to influence, persuade, negotiate and inspire people to act towards a common purpose to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• The ability to ensure a safe, diverse, and respectful working environment which supports high performance and the development of staff.
• The ability to think creatively, to innovate and to implement change within an academic organisation.
• Demonstrated understanding of the delivery of education in a university setting, including an understanding of emerging trends in Business education both within Australia and internationally, or the capacity to quickly develop this understanding.
• Experience with education governance systems, committee processes, program administration platforms and processes, or the capacity to work effectively with such systems, is desirable.

Skills

• Relevant academic qualifications with a strong track record of excellent educational performance and a strong understanding of postgraduate education and portfolio-wide education governance in a university setting.
• Proven record of management experience and effective leadership and team / relationship building capabilities within a higher education environment.
• Academic Level C-E (or equivalent at an overseas institution) with relevant education leadership and governance experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of strategic and political issues in the higher education sector, as well as of University and Faculty governance and policy and procedural frameworks, including education governance processes across the education portfolio.
• Demonstrated commitment to student welfare and improving student learning experiences and outcomes.
• Clear evidence of political acumen and proven ability to influence, persuade, negotiate and inspire people to act towards a common purpose to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• The ability to ensure a safe, diverse, and respectful working environment which supports high performance and the development of staff.
• The ability to think creatively, to innovate and to implement change within an academic organisation.
• Demonstrated understanding of the delivery of education in a university setting, including an understanding of emerging trends in Business education both within Australia and internationally, or the capacity to quickly develop this understanding.
• Experience with education governance systems, committee processes, program administration platforms and processes, or the capacity to work effectively with such systems, is desirable.

Pay

Level C from $161,619, through to Level E $ 247,295, plus 17% superannuation contributions and annual leave loading.

Schedule

Full-time (35 hours per week).