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Associate Dean - Business & Digital Transformation
GBS UK
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2.9
London
£70,000 - £75,000 a year
Permanent, Full-time
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Department: Academic – as part of our partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) – (subject to validation)

Location: Any GBS UK campus except Leeds (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 a new BSc (Hons) Business & Digital Transformation programme (subject to validation). Reporting to the Dean, you will be 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 in a relevant discipline, or a Master's degree 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.

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