Head Of School

**Company overview**:

- CIC Higher Education is a specialist higher education provider in Melbourne offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees for international students. CIC Higher Education provides specialised teaching and support services tailored to the needs of international students. The College's multicultural and inclusive environment provides students with the appropriate venue to integrate and get to know Australia and other cultures while the staff's experience helps international students adjust to the Australian educational system.CIC Higher Education is part of EduCo, a diversified, post-secondary education company dedicated to helping international students achieve their academic and career goals. EduCo is a globally connected team of international education professionals that helps connect international students with a network of universities worldwide.

**The Position**:
Opportunity for an experienced IT leader in new position of **Head of School (Information Systems) **to provide academic leadership, assist with the implementation of strategic plans and ensure that courses of study are delivered effectively to ensure a positive student experience.

You will have responsibility for managing all academic areas of the School of Information Systems. Reporting to the Dean, the role will be to manage all academic staff (full-time, part-time and sessional) in the School of Information Systems and ensure all relevant academic governance activities are in place. The Head of School will be considered a "champion" for scholarly activity and be expected to play an active role in external academic and professional activities to enhance the reputation of the College.

The Head of School will be expected to play a significant role in ensuring compliance with the HESF2021 and the relevant ESOS National Code standards whilst ensuring that all courses within the School are contemporary, modern and innovative in preparing students to be equipped learners.

The position will work closely with the Dean to ensure a cohesive approach is applied across all academic functions of the School of Information Systems. The role will require a teaching component.

**Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities**:

- Lead the development of comprehensive and pedagogically sound learning material
- Lead the evaluation of program and course curricula
- Provide leadership, promoting an accountable, collegial, student-centred culture
- Take ownership of the relevant components of the OGSM, T&L Plan and Strategic Plan and embed goals and measures within performance goals for academic staff
- Establish and maintain a strong culture of academic scholarship and engagement
- In conjunction with the Dean, develop strategies for successful academic on-boarding of new students, and provision of course-specific transition advice for final-year students
- Contribute to the induction of new academic staff, ensuring the School is sufficiently resourced with teaching staff to ensure a SSR of 30:1 is maintained at all times
- Monitor institutional key performance indicators (KPI's) and academic governance key indicators
- Develop sustainable partnerships with key external stakeholders
- Teaching of selected units.

This role will require the incumbent to perform the duties in the physical office unless otherwise agreed with the Dean and/or CEO. At the direction of the company, this role may from time to time be required to work remotely (away from the physical office location). Regardless of work location key targets, tasks, goals and projects must be delivered in accordance with position description and area or entity OGSM (Objective, Goals, Strategies and Measures).

**About You**:
Qualifications, technical skills, and experience required for this role include:

- Qualification required: AQF10 qualification in an Information Systems related field
- Qualification preferred: Graduate Certificate in T&L (Higher Education) or equivalent
- Demonstrated teaching experience in an Information Systems related field
- Demonstrated positive contribution to CIC's core values and culture
- Demonstrated ability in developing applied curriculum in the relevant courses
- Demonstrated planning, organisational and communications skills in an academic environment
- Demonstrated experience in various administrative roles in an academic environment
- Nationally recognised scholarly leadership with demonstrating skills and knowledge of up to date developments in T&L and/or the discipline
- Demonstrated experience in engagement with external professional bodies and/or associations
- Experience in working with academic governance committees in driving curriculum change
- Experience in leading teams of staff in a higher education setting
- Demonstrated proficiency with report writing and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems
- Demonstrated high level of attention to detail, accuracy, time management and organisational skills.

**Ben