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Job Description/Responsibilities

Position Summary

Lead and strengthen the university’s academic ecosystem by providing strategic leadership across

schools/departments, ensuring academic quality, regulatory compliance, faculty effectiveness, curriculum

relevance, student outcomes, and continuous academic improvement.

Key Responsibilities

 Provide strategic leadership for academic planning, implementation, monitoring, and continuous

improvement across schools/departments.

 Work closely with Deans, Heads of Departments, faculty members, and university leadership to achieve

academic objectives.

 Drive curriculum review, programme development, academic innovation, and alignment with industry and

emerging trends.

 Ensure compliance with applicable UGC, statutory, accreditation, and university academic requirements.

 Strengthen teaching-learning processes, academic calendars, examination coordination, and student

academic support systems.

 Lead faculty planning, academic workload optimisation, performance monitoring, mentoring, and faculty

development initiatives.

 Promote research, publications, consultancy, funded projects, collaborations, and interdisciplinary

academic initiatives.

 Support accreditation, ranking, quality assurance, audits, and institutional documentation.

 Use academic data and student feedback to improve retention, progression, employability, and learning

outcomes.

 Represent the university in academic forums and build collaborations with institutions, industry, and

professional bodies.

Educational Qualification

 Ph.D. in a relevant academic discipline from a recognised university/institution.

 Strong academic and administrative leadership credentials; additional qualifications in academic

management are desirable.

Experience

 Typically 12+ years of relevant academic experience with substantial leadership/administrative exposure.

 Experience as Dean, Associate Dean, Director, Head of Institution/School, or equivalent senior academic

leadership role preferred.

 Higher education experience with demonstrated responsibility for academic quality, faculty management,

and institutional development.

Key Competencies

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 Academic leadership and strategic planning

 Knowledge of higher-education regulations and accreditation processes

 Faculty leadership and people management

 Curriculum and academic quality management

 Research and institutional development orientation

 Strong communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

 Improvement in academic quality and programme outcomes

 Faculty recruitment, development, and performance effectiveness

 Accreditation/compliance readiness

 Research and collaboration growth

 Student progression, employability, and satisfaction

 Successful implementation of academic strategic initiatives

Candidate Preference / Additional Notes

 For Waknaghat campus, preference will be given to suitable local/regional candidates to support

leadership continuity and campus engagement.

Skills

• Academic Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Higher Education Administration
• Academic Quality Management
• Curriculum Development
• Programme Development
• UGC Compliance
• Accreditation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Faculty Management
• Faculty Development
• Academic Workload Optimisation
• Teaching-Learning Processes
• Examination Coordination
• Student Support
• Research Management
• Publications
• Consultancy
• Funded Projects
• Institutional Development
• Quality Assurance
• Academic Audits
• Institutional Documentation
• Student Outcomes
• Student Employability
• Student Retention
• Academic Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Industry Collaboration
• Institutional Partnerships
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Performance Monitoring
• Decision Making
• Communication
• Academic Innovation
• Ranking Management
• Continuous Improvement