Director of Studies, ILSC Melbourne

Role: Director of Studies

Reports to: National Academic Director ELICOS & Pathways

Location: Melbourne

Description: 

ILSC is one of Australia's most recognised language schools, and the Director of Studies ILSC Melbourne is a role that is key to leading our academic operations at our Melbourne CBD campus.

ILSC is known for the quality, rigour and variety of programs that are tailored to best meet international student needs and interests. The Director of Studies (DoS) is a key leadership role, and is responsible for ensuring the ILSC mission of a transformative learning environment for students and staff at ILSC is consistently upheld. The DoS leads the local ILSC campus Academic Team, overseeing all aspects of academic programs and academic operations.

The DoS is also a key member of the National ELICOS Academic Management Team, reporting to the National Academic Director ELICOS & Pathways, and working closely with other ILSC DoSs, the ILSC Admin Team, and the ILSC Global Curriculum Team, ensuring the continued alignment, development and overall success of the ILSC campus, ILSC Australia and ILSC Education Group as a whole.

Job Duties: 

The duties of this position include, but are not limited, to:

• Overall academic leadership, ensuring outstanding quality of learning and teaching:
  • regularly reviewing learning and teaching outcomes, ensuring solid student progression and an excellent student experience 
    
  • promoting continual professional development and growth, and empowering and encouraging staff to realise their full potential
    
  • continually reviewing and improving processes and procedures, including embracing innovation from both internal and external sources
    
• Overall management of the academic team, ensuring a collaborative, supportive and professional ethos: 
  • modelling and encouraging clear, regular, and multi-directional communication
    
  • upholding, managing, and inspiring optimum staff performance and facilitating both collaborative and autonomous continuous professional development 
    
  • embracing diversity and staff contributions, and nurturing and celebrating a respectful and collegiate culture
    
• Ensuring academic delivery and resourcing meet and exceed customer expectations within budgetary constraints
  
• Ensuring regulatory compliance on a local level, with solid understanding of regulatory and workplace requirements (including: ESOS Act, National Code 2018, ELICOS Standards 2018, NEAS, NES, Post-Secondary Award 2020, WHS, state-based Working with Children employer responsibilities)
  
• Keeping up to date with industry trends and sector shifts and innovations
  
• Actively participating in the broader ELT profession and SIGs, representing and promoting ILSC
  
• Collaborating with ILSC Group's national and global leadership teams:
  • development of academic strategy and procedures and contribution to global curriculum and assessment renewal
    
  • development of and contribution to teacher recruitment process
    
  • development and advancement of local and national initiatives that support and cultivate ILSC's core values and strategic goals
    
• With the National Academic Director and other management team members, developing and delivering on the college's directions, plans and KPIs
  
• With the National Director Campus Operations, and the National Director Student Services, ensuring the smooth running of campus operations and ensuring quality and timely maintenance of learning & teaching spaces 
  
• Liaising with and supporting other departments within ILSC Education Group, in mutual support of the school functions, including, but not exclusively, advisors, registrars, accommodation and sales
  
• Other related duties or projects as determined by the National Academic Director
  

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Attributes: 

• Recognised Bachelor degree 
• Trinity DipTESOL, Cambridge DELTA, or MA TESOL (or equivalent)   
• Minimum three years' leadership and management experience in quality English language institutions 
• Passionate about English language teaching and international education
• Strong communication and leadership skills 
• Excellent people management and soft skills
• Proactive, with strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills 
• Excellent organisational and computer skills 
• Ability to multitask with strong attention to detail 
• Highly developed interpersonal, networking and influencing skills
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent work ethic
• Strong MS Office & student management systems skills
• Current Working with Children Check
• Full Australian work rights 

Education and Experience Required

• Excellent understanding of TESOL methodology, programs, curriculum design, and assessment practices
• Experience recruiting new teachers and managing complex timetables and academic calendars
• Demonstrated focus on continuous personal and team professional development 
• Strong connections and relationships with various industry stakeholders 
• Demonstrated experience in leading compliance audits (desirable)
• Experience in teacher training (desirable)
• IDLTM (desirable)

Contact Information: 

While we thank all applicants, only those who are shortlisted will be contacted.

About ELS, ILSC & Greystone College

A world leader in language education & vocational training, ILSC Education Group, which opened its first language school in Vancouver, Canada in 1991 and Greystone College in 2002, offers life-changing educational experiences in Canada, Australia, Ireland and India, some of the world's most attractive and popular English-speaking work and study destinations. Since opening its first school in Vancouver, BC, Canada, ILSC has become a world leader in language and career training and has grown to include 10 incredible locations around the world, in Vancouver, Toronto and Montréal, Canada; New Delhi, India; and Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, Australia; and Dublin, Ireland; as well as two online language schools, ILSC HELLO and ILSC ALLO. In 2025, ILSC Education Group launched Greystone Institute, a new Higher Education provider in Brisbane.

In early 2022, ILSC Education Group joined forces with ELS Educational Services, bringing together over 100 years of combined experience delivering life-changing learning experiences to international students. Since 1961, when ELS Educational Services opened its first school in Washington DC, ELS has developed a global reputation for delivering top-quality English language programs. ELS now has the most extensive network of on-campus English language programs and University partners, across the USA. 

Our mission is to provide our global community with transformative learning, living and work experiences by offering the finest language, career and higher education programs.

Our Core Values

PASSION: To enrich & transform people's lives

INNOVATION: To evolve through creativity & diversity.

RESPECT: To treat everyone with compassion & dignity.

COLLABORATION: To build community & achieve more together.

INTEGRITY: To act responsibly & ethically in everything we do.

ELS, ILSC and Greystone College are committed to providing a barrier-free environment and are proud to be Equal Employment Opportunity employers.

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