Academic Director (Business Management) at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David

Full Time (37 hours, 1 FTE)

Salary: Grade 9 / £56,048 – £63,059 per annum plus £3,654 per annum London Weighting Allowance

Location: London and at other locations as necessary 

The Institute of Inner-City Learning is seeking to appoint an Academic Director (Business Management) at its London Campus. 

THE ROLE

The Academic Director’s focus on academic leadership and curriculum development, together with the day-to-day management of academic staff, curriculum delivery and the effective and efficient deployment of resources. The post holder will work closely with the Provost/Head of Institute, Executive Dean of London Campus, Dean of Birmingham Campus, Assistant Dean Quality and Enhancement (ADQE), other Assistant Deans, as well as the IICL’s existing team of three Academic Directors, based across the Institute to oversee and develop the London campus’ academic portfolios to ensure all campuses operate within a cohesive and consistent academic development plan and framework.

As member of the London Campus management team, the post holder will deputise for Senior Managers as appropriate. The postholder will support the delivery of weekend provision in London and be required on campus during some weekends. 

Main duties will include:

• Provide strategic and proactive leadership for named academic programmes and programme boards;
• Enhance and develop the Institute’s reputation as a provider of high-quality Higher Education programmes within the Insitute;
• Develop a strong, popular and sustainable curriculum, with the aim of increasing the Institute’s student enrolment, retention and employment targets;
• Work closely with the Provost/Head of Institute, IICL Senior Management and others (as appropriate) to initiate and develop interdisciplinary programmes across UWTSD’s other academic Institutes;
• Be an exemplar to and command respect from the Academic Team on learning, teaching and/or other scholarly activity;
• Provide leadership and line management to all Programme Managers within respective portfolios to ensure consistency and high-quality student experience and satisfaction across the Institute;
• Support the Institute’s ADQE and others to manage all quality assurance aspects of the portfolio, including auditing, data analysis and reporting.

REQUIREMENTS

You should also have:

• A Doctoral qualification in at least one of the following disciplines: Business Management, Health & Social Care and/or Computing.
• Evidence of current knowledge and understanding of the key drivers of the UK HE sector and the ability to ensure that these are reflected within the academic portfolio.
• Proven and demonstrable experience in the design and development of curriculum content and learning and teaching practice.
• Proven experience of quality assurance and quality enhancement, including compliance with the regulatory framework, audit, analysis and reporting requirements.

Please view the Job Description for further details, where you will also find a list of the essential and desirable ‘Person Specification’ criteria.

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Annual leave entitlement is 35 days annual leave per year (plus 8 bank holidays & 4 University closure days)

HOW TO APPLY

Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to start your application. Each page of your application will be saved when you click ‘Next’ or ‘Previous’.

Please note, this application process does not include the option to submit a CV. Therefore, your application will be assessed based on your answers to the application questions only and, in particular, your Supporting Statement.

We expect interviews to take place in week commencing 19^th June 2023.

Closing date: Monday 5^th June 2023, 11:59pm.