Head of Subject

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen International Study Centre.
Salary: up to £43,787.06 per annum

Heads of Subject will provide the leadership and vision to deliver excellent student outcomes; quality assurance and enhancement that is commended by the QAA; and curriculum innovation which embeds strong collaborative working with both the University and the network.
You will be responsible for leading and supporting our academic team. Reporting to the Head of Curriculum and Quality, you will work closely with senior colleagues within and outside of the Centre and be accountable for the delivery of contractually required progression rates to the University.
The post-holder will take responsibility for all programme matters within the programme area they are responsible for (engineering, computing, and life sciences).
The successful candidate will have recent and successful academic line management experience in a relevant subject discipline and have proven ability to engage with a HEI in collaborative developments.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Leadership

• Communicate our vision to drive forward continuous improvement and enable the Centre to achieve the aspirational targets for student outcomes. Communicate our vision for the development of the academic partnership with the host university, including appropriate articulation routes that maximise opportunities for recruitment to the college
• Communicate our vision for the development of programme pathways to meet the overall strategic aims of the Centre as an effective, attractive, and high-quality pathway to UK HE. Contribute to planning and development including human resources; academic development; learning, teaching, and assessment; and academic quality assurance and enhancement, as part of the Centre Management Team (CMT).
• Attend and actively contribute to relevant University partnership Boards and Committees, work with university colleagues through approved liaison points and report regularly on these through the deliberative and management structures.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and identify appropriate actions to solve problems and enhance delivery with the other Heads of Subject and the Head of Curriculum and Quality.

Academic management

• Provide effective and efficient academic management and co-ordination of staff resources across the academic and progression support teams in the College, working closely with the other Heads of Subject and the Head of Curriculum and Quality.
• Ensure the recruitment of academic staff is planned, timely and compliant and ensure that the academic team meet key minimum expectations/compliance in their duties and provide feedback on their performance.
• Participate in regular meetings with teaching and support staff and represent the Centre at appropriate events and meetings within the College, the partner university and externally.

Quality assurance and enhancement

• Taking responsibility for academic standards, the quality of learning opportunities, the accuracy and completeness of published information, ensuring that they are managed appropriately and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the College.
• Take responsibility and accountability for the effective operation of the Programme Committees and implementation of the D&Es (Development and Enhancement Plans) to drive forward continuous improvements in the ECLS department.
• Take responsibility for ensuring that the Centre is fully compliant with Study Group s, LJMU s and relevant external agencies quality frameworks, policies, procedures, and codes of practice.
• Take responsibility for actioning the Centre Action Plan (CAP); within the CAP there will be cognate actions which will form the D&Es which you are responsible for and contribute to ensuring that the College s Quality Assurance framework is implemented across all academic teams and lead on the development of the relevant sections of the Annual Monitoring Report.
• Contribute to analysing data and feedback from a wide variety of sources to monitor progress towards progression targets, planning and implementing remedial actions where necessary.
  
  Produce reports, analysis and evaluation for all internal and external scrutiny processes as directed by the Head of Curriculum and Quality.

Operations

• Work closely with the Head of Student Experience and their function to ensure that timetables and assessment schedules are delivered effectively, staff are recruited compliantly, and SET (Student Experience Team) and Academic staff work together as one team.
  
  Contribute to delivering the curriculum effectively and efficiently (teaching load to be a maximum of 10 hours per week).
• Work closely with the other Heads of Subject and academic staff to ensure that appropriate, current, and relevant subject, academic skills, and language development are integrated and embedded in the programme, aligned with the partnership articulation.
  
  Contribute to the delivery and assessment of provision.
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