Dean Academics-Premium College-Confidential Opportunity- Major Metro City - INDIA

Today’s search focus: DEAN ACADEMICS for a premium college affiliated with a leading University, with an expert faculty and an Advisory Council comprised of international industry leaders and influencers that aims to reimagine education within India. The college has academic accreditation and collaboration with the leading global institutes in education. Position based in a major metro city in INDIA.

The college aims to deliver world class, international grade programmes at diploma, certificate and undergraduate levels for both students as well as working professionals – giving graduates essential tools to become highly employable across numerous sectors, and, in turn, promote further growth within the domestic landscape. The education structure is aimed at providing the ideal foundation for managerial and leadership development, entrepreneurship, and lifelong learning. 

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Job Purpose:

To Collaborate with the Institutional Head, Dean Academic serves as the chief academic officer of the college and is responsible for educational policy and academic programs. This includes program review and improvement, accreditation and self-evaluation, assessment of student learning and advancement of student success, academic personnel decisions, budget development, enrolment management, fiscal accountability, program and curriculum development, and the encouragement and improvement of teaching and learning.

 To be focused and committed to facilitating, teaching, learning and academic excellence in order to promote student success, be a creative & visionary leader who will inspire staff, students and the community.

 To be an innovative thinker who seeks innovative solutions to problem solving and is a critical thinker with outstanding interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, is highly ethical, trustworthy, credible, loyal and is respectful of diverse views and opinions.

To be flexible and inter-culturally competent person whose leadership style is collegial, approachable, and accessible on campus with all other stakeholders.

To be able to delegate responsibility and authority while maintaining accountability.

To foster cohesion and a sense of working together for the good of the Institution and is committed to the effective use of technology within academic and administrative environments.

Key Result Areas 

Supporting Actions

Academic Goals & Expectations 

“Establishes a Mission and Vision Focused on Shared Goals and High Expectations”

 Engages all stakeholders in the development and implementation of a shared vision of learning, a strong organizational mission, and high, measurable goals that prepare every student to succeed in post-secondary learning and to become responsible and contributing citizens.

 Articulates a vision and develops implementation strategies for change that result in measurable achievement gains for all students and close the achievement gaps.

 Fosters a shared commitment to high expectations for student achievement, high standards of teaching and learning, and a culturally competent environment where diversity is valued.

 Establishes rigorous, measurable goals for instructional program decisions and staff learning experiences that are consistent with the Institution’s’ mission, vision, and core beliefs.

 Student Performance

“Provides Instructional Leadership for High Student Academic Performance”

Facilitates the development and communication of a shared vision and Institution’s culture of effective teaching and instructional practices that reflect high expectations, engage all students, and accommodate diverse learning styles, needs, interests, and levels of readiness

Provides the structure and opportunity for the development, alignment, implementation, and evaluation of relevant and rigorous curricula tied to state academic and college and career readiness standards.

 Facilitates reflective practice, inquiry, and action research to identify and monitor the impact of interventions and determine high-yield instructional strategies that improve student learning.

Supports the need for quality, collaborative staff learning experiences that are guided by data and research, planned by staff, job embedded, and based on the Institution’s learning needs.

 Staff Performance

“Manages Human Resources for Quality Instruction and Professional Growth”

 Develops a strategic action plan with staff that includes targets to improve student achievement school wide and close achievement gaps with low performing student groups.

Implements a cohesive approach to recruitment, placement, induction, and retention of highly qualified and effective staff.

Routinely observes instruction and provides ongoing feedback and coaching to teachers and other staff in a fair and equitable manner in order to support professional growth.

Provides effective and timely supervision and evaluation aligned with local district goals, state regulations, and contract provisions and uses these processes to facilitate development, remediation and/or removal of underperforming staff members.

 Communication & Collaboration Skills

 “Builds Professional and Ethical Relationships through Collaboration and Effective Communication”

Demonstrates and communicates values, beliefs, and attitudes that make the well-being and academic success of all students the basis for all decision making.

Employs conflict resolution and proactive problem-solving strategies in a wide variety of situations and circumstances.

Demonstrates strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and facilitates groups effectively.

Ensures that the school is in compliance with local, state, and federal laws, standards, and regulations as well as local district and Institution’s policies.

Performance Management

“Strategically Manages Resources for Systemic Performance Accountability”

 Overall “Performance Management”

Distributes leadership responsibilities, shares decision-making, and supervises daily ongoing management structures and practices to enhance teaching and learning.                                                                                                                                      

Operations Performance Management

Maintains a safe environment by addressing real and potential challenges to the physical and emotional safety and security of students and staff that interfere with teaching and learning.

Manages the organization, operations, and resources to promote student success and maintain a safe, efficient, and effective learning environment.

Financial Performance Management

Develops and implements a budget process that manages fiscal expenditures consistent with district and school goals, policies, and available resources and that is focused on and results in improved student achievement.

Shaping and be responsible for controlling the Faculty budget within the funding constraints set during the budget-setting cycle.

Relationships:

Relationship Type

Frequency

Nature 

Internal

Personnel (As per organization Chart)

Regular

Direction, target setting & review.

EE Committee

Regular

Reporting, Reviews

 Cross Functional Departments

Need basis

Need assimilation, review of ongoing processes and feedback.

 External

 Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with external parties including customers and advisors.

 Need basis

 Desired Qualifications

 A Master’s Degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) by a recognized University.

A Ph.D. Degree in concerned/allied/relevant discipline(s) in the institution concerned with evidence of published work and research guidance.

A minimum score as stipulated in the Academic Performance Indicator (API) based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS), as set out in this Regulation in Appendix III for direct recruitment of Professors in Colleges.

A total experience of fifteen years of teaching/research/administration in Universities, Colleges and other institutions of higher education.

Understanding mission, its educational and financial issues, State University/ UGC rules and the changing role of self-financed degree colleges

Demonstrated advocacy for and addressing the needs of the underprepared student;

Commitment to academic quality and standards

Retired, Eminent Professors’ are also welcome to apply for the aforementioned post.

 Remuneration

 Fixed Component (as per Industry Standards + Annual Profitability Share)

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