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Associate Dean - Business
GEDU Global Education
London, England, United Kingdom£70,000 – £75,000["Full time"]
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Department: Academic – as part of our partnership with University of Suffolk
(UoS)
Location: Any GBS UK campus (On-Site)
Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 per annum
Type of Contract: Full-Time, Permanent (40 hours per week)
Our Vision: Changing lives through education
The role: We are seeking an Associate Dean to provide leadership and management
for the BA (Hons) Global Business (Business Management) with Foundation Year
programme delivered as part of our partnership with UoS. Reporting to the Dean,
the Associate Dean
• Business is accountable for the quality, standards, and
academic performance of the programme and serves as the principal subject expert
for the discipline across the Faculty.
Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Role Responsibilities:
• Curriculum Relevance and Subject Leadership
• Maintains and leads curriculum
development and enhancement, ensuring the programme remains current,
academically rigorous, and aligned with disciplinary, professional, and
sector developments
• Learning Resources and Teaching Effectiveness
• Reviews and enhances learning
and teaching resources to ensure quality, consistency, and effective student
learning outcomes
• Student Engagement and Participation
• Monitors student engagement and
performance, identifying risks and implementing targeted interventions to
improve outcomes and satisfaction
• Assessment Quality, Marking and Efficacy
• Leads assessment strategy and
improvement, ensuring consistent, high-quality assessment practices, strong
student outcomes, and compliance with academic standards across all locations
• Programme Performance and Student Outcomes
• Reviews programme, module and
cohort performance and monitors continuation, progression, completion,
attainment, and graduate outcomes, implementing targeted improvements and
reporting risks and priorities to the Dean
• Academic Quality, Standards and Compliance
• Maintains 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
• Academic Staff Performance
• Leads and manages subject specialist lecturers,
driving high performance, effective resource deployment, and strong programme
quality, student engagement, and outcomes
Essential Skills and Experience:
• PhD or a Master's degree in a relevant discipline, together with significant
professional expertise and standing within 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
Desirable Skills and Experience:
• 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
What we offer:
• Time off that fits your lifestyle - 33 days annual leave (including bank
holidays), 1-day extra leave per year of service (up to 5 days) and Buy/Sell
additional holidays (up to 5 days)
• Opportunities for growth
• Tuition reimbursement for career development
courses and support to gain Fellowship from Advance HE
• Pension Scheme and Flexible Benefits (via salary sacrifice)
• Cycle to Work,
Workplace Nursery, Tech scheme, Health and Dental cover, Women's Health
scheme (via Hertlity) and much more
• Savings and wellbeing support
• Perks@Work discounts platform, Employee
Assistance Programme (EAP), discounted gym membership and much more
• Reward for your impact - discretionary annual performance bonus, annual
salary review, £500 award employee referral scheme
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.
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.