Postgraduate Program Lead

Excelon Associates is partnering with a higher education institution to recruit a forward-thinking, innovative, and student-centered academic leader to serve as Postgraduate Program Lead. This individual will thrive in an inclusive academic environment and demonstrate a passion for transforming lives through education, research, and community engagement.

The Postgraduate Program Lead will provide academic and intellectual leadership for taught graduate programs, ensuring academic excellence, research-informed instruction, and strong progression pathways into advanced study, research careers, and professional practice. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping a sustainable, equitable, and high-performing postgraduate portfolio.

• Serve as Postgraduate Program Lead, with responsibility for curriculum integrity, academic standards, and continuous enhancement.
• Lead validation, review, and reapproval processes for graduate programs.
• Ensure alignment between postgraduate teaching, research activity, and institutional strategy.
• Coordinate academic teams, assessment strategies, and external examiners.

• Supervise postgraduate dissertations, capstone projects, and applied research initiatives.
• Ensure assessment and feedback meet rigorous graduate academic standards.
• Support students transitioning into doctoral study, research careers, or advanced professional roles.

• Maintain an active and credible research profile appropriate to postgraduate leadership.
• Publish scholarly work or demonstrate equivalent professional outputs.
• Contribute to research income generation, partnerships, and interdisciplinary initiatives.
• Integrate research, innovation, and professional practice into graduate curricula.

• Support postgraduate recruitment, applicant engagement, and conversion initiatives.
• Enhance the graduate student experience, progression, and overall satisfaction.
• Engage with alumni, employers, and professional organizations to strengthen program reputation and career outcomes.

• Participate in doctoral, research, and postgraduate committees.
• Represent graduate programs internally and externally.
• Champion equity, diversity, inclusion, and academic integrity across postgraduate provision.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Doctorate (PhD or Professional Doctorate) in a relevant field.
• Experience teaching at the graduate level.
• Experience with postgraduate program leadership, coordination, or supervision.
• Active research, scholarly, or advanced professional practice profile.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusive postgraduate education and supervision.

• Senior Fellowship (or equivalent recognition) from a recognized higher education teaching body.
• Experience securing research funding, leading enterprise initiatives, or supervising doctoral candidates.
• Experience delivering international or transnational postgraduate programs.

This opportunity is ideal for an academic leader who combines intellectual rigor, research credibility, and a deep commitment to graduate student success. Excelon Associates invites applications from candidates ready to shape the future of postgraduate education and contribute to an institution dedicated to academic excellence and inclusive impact.

Excelon does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital or veteran status, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.