Associate Dean - Business Management

Location: Birmingham Campus (With responsibilities across all the campuses including Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bradford and Leicester)

Reports to: CEO

Purpose:

Scholars School System, a project of UK CURRICULUM & ACCREDITATION BODY (UKCAB, a registered charity founded in 2006), is seeking an Associate Dean-Business Management to provide strategic and operational leadership to the school activities and ambitions. This role focuses on enhancing education in business management, driving innovation, and fostering a vibrant academic culture across campuses.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership in developing and reviewing the school’s undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes, ensuring alignment with university policies on learning, teaching, and assessment.
• Foster strong relationships between departments and campuses, ensuring a responsive culture to support the best student experience.
• Drive innovation in student education by leveraging digital resources and fostering student partnerships.
• Work with Senior Management and Heads of Department to deliver a high-quality academic experience for students.
• Serve on School Committees/Boards, reporting on progress and delivering reports as needed.
• Liaise with partner institutions and represent the University nationally to enhance its external profile.
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring all staff and students feel valued and supported.
• Line manages the Business Management Team, ensuring staff development and appropriate staffing levels for teaching activities. 

Requirement

Essential

• PHD in business related field
• Significant experience at a senior leadership level in Higher Education
• Must have leadership or management level 5 qualification (CMI/ILM) / MA/ MSc
• Higher Education teaching qualification PGCert/SFHEA

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive.
• Up to £5K annual incentives pro-rata give quarterly on meeting KPIs upon successful probation period
• Basic hours are 9am-6pm on site.
• Trips away from the office are often required.
• Holiday entitlement is 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday

Job type:

• Full time, Permanent

To apply please send your CV to info@scholarsschool.ac.uk via the 'Apply' button.

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