Deputy Dean Education

**Job no**: 531998
**Work type**: Full Time
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Categories**: Academic Leadership, Professional Leadership
- **One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities**
- **Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion**
- **Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best**

**At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.**

The Faculty of Science teaches approximately 7000 full-time student equivalents, with an academic staff of approximately 600 and general staff of 300. The Faculty operational budget is of the order of $100m annually, excluding business activities and research funds (which also total around $100m annually).

The Faculty is one of the largest and most complex faculties of UNSW Sydney. It comprises the Schools of Aviation, Biological Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences (BABS), Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Mathematics and Statistics, Psychology, and Physics. It also includes several major Research Centres and field stations.

The role of Deputy Dean Education reports to the Dean of Science and has 2 direct reports, Head - Science Education, and Associate Dean - Lifelong Learning, with 2 academic staff having a dotted line report into the role.

This position also leads the Education Team of 15 professional staff,

This position will work closely with Heads of School, Faculty Executive Team, School Teaching Directors, Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) Division of External Engagement, and senior academics in the Faculty.

The Deputy Dean Education may also hold an academic position within a School in Science and will report to the Head of School for work performed in this capacity.

**About the role**
- **Level D/E plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading**
- **Fixed Term - 3 to 5 years**
- **Full-time (35 hours per week)**

**Leadership and Strategic Development**
- Deputise for the Dean in all aspects of Faculty education business, as required.
- Contribute to the strategic and operational leadership of Science as a member of the Dean’s Executive Team.
- Develop and implement, with the Dean, a coherent Program and Curriculum innovation strategy.
- Develop and lead strategy on Faculty student load growth for all coursework programs and the composition of the Faculty’s portfolio of programs.
- Provide strategic advice to the Dean on international, sector-wide and University reforms in education, on education priorities and strategies and mechanisms to achieve these priorities.

**Promotion and Advocacy**
- Promote the Faculty’s education capability and education profile, both locally and internationally, to position the University as education destination in Science for the leading academics, collaborators and students.
- Advocate for Science academic programs at University level, and externally.

**Integration of Research and Teaching**
- Integrate Science research strengths into teaching programs and provide opportunities for student involvement in research activities.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of University-wide approaches to general education that are relevant to all current and future students.

**Innovation and Excellence in Education**
- Strengthen interdisciplinary education activities and drive innovative activities in education to foster a culture of education excellence.
- Lead and support a systematic and coordinated approach to experimentation and innovation across the Faculty, including developing resourcing strategies.
- Develop, coordinate and lead Faculty initiatives that establish a reputation for being entrepreneurial and a leader in innovation in education across the University and globally.

**Student and Faculty support**
- Ensure mechanisms to identify, assess and monitor the education performance of faculty academics and students of high potential is supported regardless of gender, cultural background, disability or Indigenous origin.
- Ensure students are viewed as partners in education to drive innovation in learning and teaching.

**Operational Management**
- Provide high level management oversight of the activities undertaken by the education team for the Faculty including student led projects, high quality assurance practices and the management of the degrees.
- Work with the available resources and systems across Science to develop strategies and plans that will ensure the effective implementation of new education focussed initiatives and compliance requirements.
- Provide advice and support to Heads of School and Director’s of Teaching on the effective implementation of new policies and practices.
- Provide strategic advice and support to academic staff regarding the development of learning and teaching practice and the scholarship of teaching.
- Provide strategic advice and support to academic staff o