Associate Dean – Teaching and Learning; Business

Job Description

Scholars School System is a project of UK CURRICULUM & ACCREDITATION BODY (UKCAB, a registered charity founded in 2006) having campuses across the United Kingdom, is looking for an Associate Dean - Teaching and Learning across all campuses which includes Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bradford, Leicester based in Birmingham campus.

Scholars School System is a national independent higher education provider, offering world class education. Taught programmes delivered in partnership with Leeds Trinity University and courses ranges from Foundation Year to Undergraduate Degrees. Over 5000 (UK and EU) learners have successfully completed their journey in the last five years and current student population is around 3000.

• We share a common set of values across everything we do which helps to define who we are and how we behave.
• We put our students and our community at the heart of all that we do. We foster excellence, innovation and creativity.
• We celebrate diversity, inclusion, equality and the breaking down of barriers to success.
• We have high expectations of ourselves, our students and our partners.

Scholars School System is seeking to appoint an Associate Dean – Business Management to play a key role in supporting the Chief Executive and Senior Management in setting the direction of the School, providing vision, direction and inspirational strategic leadership and championing the enhancement of education for the health and social care portfolio across all campuses.

The Associate Dean of Business Management will support the Executive Team and School Leadership Team to provide strategic and operational leadership to the School’s activities and ambitions, with a emphasis on driving innovation, communicating best practice and promoting a vibrant culture to support the student academic experience within the School. The key driver is promoting success for all our students.

Working with colleagues across the organisation to implement the University Strategy and meeting its key objectives and targets. Actively role model the University’s expected leadership values and behaviours, promoting a culture of equality, diversity, inclusion and environmental sustainability.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership in the development and review of the School’s portfolio of undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes, including the implementation of University policy in learning, teaching and assessment.
• Must Achieve the Ofs, Partners and internal benchmark with minimum 90% in each segment.
• Share collective responsibility and be a positive role model in providing clear and effective leadership to the School, promoting a sense of collegiality and ambition, to deliver academic excellence.
• Have collective responsibility in facilitating the development of strong relationships between departments and across campuses to promote a vibrant and responsive culture to support the highest quality student experience.
• Promote innovation and excellence in student education maximising the benefits of digital and other resources to support learning, with a focus on student partnership and students as change agents.
• Ensures effective communication and collaboration within the School, across the University and with relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure joined up working, identify opportunities, maximise benefits and achieve goals.
• Working with Senior Management Team and Heads of Department within the University’s framework for quality standards, ensure the best academic experience for students on undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes.
• Membership of relevant School Committees/Boards and other working groups and report on delivery against targets and write relevant reports as required in a timely manner.
• Liaise and act as a key point of contact with staff at partner institutions.
• Represent the University nationally to enhance our external profile and to generate benefits for the University as a whole.
• Working with the relevant Senior Management Team play an integral role in ensuring that alignment of best practice and innovation is shared and…