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About the Role

We are seeking an Associate Dean to provide leadership and management for a new BSc (Hons) Business & Digital Transformation programme. You will be accountable for the quality, standards, and academic performance of the programme and serve as the principal subject expert for the discipline across the Faculty.

Responsibilities

Maintain and lead curriculum development and enhancement, ensuring the programme remains current, academically rigorous, and aligned with disciplinary, professional, and sector developments.
Review and enhance learning and teaching resources to ensure quality, consistency, and effective student learning outcomes.
Monitor student engagement and performance, identifying risks and implementing targeted interventions to improve outcomes and satisfaction.
Lead assessment strategy and improvement, ensuring consistent, high-quality assessment practices, strong student outcomes, and compliance with academic standards across all locations.
Review programme, module and cohort performance and monitor continuation, progression, completion, attainment, and graduate outcomes, implementing targeted improvements and reporting risks and priorities to the Dean.
Maintain academic quality, standards, consistency, and continuous improvement ensuring compliance with the awarding partner, regulatory and institutional academic requirements while addressing and escalating quality concerns as needed.
Lead and manage subject specialist lecturers, driving high performance, effective resource deployment, and strong programme quality, student engagement, and outcomes.

Requirements

PhD in a relevant discipline, or a Master's degree with significant professional expertise and standing in the subject area.
Significant experience of teaching and academic management within higher education.
Credibility as a recognised subject expert with academic staff, students, and external stakeholders.
Successful track record of improving programme performance and student outcomes.
Strong understanding of curriculum design, learning and teaching, assessment, academic quality, and academic standards.
Experience of managing academic staff and improving academic performance.
Experience of programme monitoring, review, and enhancement.
Strong understanding of the UK higher education quality and regulatory environment.
Ability to use performance information to identify issues, inform decision-making and deliver continuous improvement.
Excellent communication, judgement, and leadership skills.
Experience of multi-campus or distributed higher education delivery.
Experience of working with awarding partners and collaborative provision.
Experience of programme approval, validation, or revalidation.
Professional body membership or professional recognition relevant to the discipline.
Experience of leading curriculum redesign or major programme enhancement activity.

Skills

Curriculum Relevance and Subject Leadership
Learning Resources and Teaching Effectiveness
Student Engagement and Participation
Assessment Quality, Marking and Efficacy
Programme Performance and Student Outcomes
Academic Quality, Standards and Compliance
Academic Staff Performance
Curriculum design
Learning and teaching
Assessment
Academic quality
Academic standards
Programme monitoring
Programme review
Programme enhancement
UK higher education quality and regulatory environment
Performance information analysis
Decision-making
Continuous improvement
Communication
Judgement
Leadership
Multi-campus or distributed higher education delivery
Working with awarding partners
Collaborative provision
Programme approval
Programme validation
Programme revalidation
Professional body membership
Professional recognition
Curriculum redesign
Major programme enhancement activity

Location

Any GBS UK campus except Leeds

Work Type

On-Site
Full-Time
Permanent

Experience Level

Significant experience of teaching and academic management within higher education
Significant professional expertise and standing within the subject area

Education Level

PhD in a relevant discipline
Master's degree

Salary/Compensations

£70,000 - £75,000 per annum

Benefits

33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
1-day extra leave per year of service (up to 5 days)
Buy/Sell additional holidays (up to 5 days)
Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
Support to gain Fellowship from Advance HE
Pension Scheme
Flexible Benefits (via salary sacrifice)
Cycle to Work
Workplace Nursery
Tech scheme
Health and Dental cover
Women's Health scheme (via Hertlity)
Perks@Work discounts platform
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Discounted gym membership
Discretionary annual performance bonus
Annual salary review
£500 award employee referral scheme

About the Company

GEDU Global Education is a dynamic and innovative group of education providers.
Across our institutions, programmes are designed to have a direct impact on the lives of our students, apprentices and trainees; to equip them with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary for success in their chosen field.

Equal Opportunity

GBS is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. We take our core values seriously and work hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed.