Deputy Dean and Associate Dean, Academic and Partnerships

Job No.:563010

Work type:Continuing, Fixed Term

Deputy Dean - School of Law

• Fixed Term role in conjunction with substantive full-time Academic appointment
• Leadership Role
• Lead the Schools engagement with academic and industry partners

About the Role:

This role manages the Department's academic staff in single Department Schools. They are responsible for staffing and recruitment, determining academic workloads, developing and implementing academic workload planning recruitment, probation, promotion, AWP, career success and culture and the other academic staff management responsibilities of Heads of Department in multi-Department Schools. The role is also responsible for leading the School's engagement with academic and industry partners and all partnership activity is driven by our university strategy to build mutually-beneficial partnerships that create opportunities for our students, staff and communities.

Duties will include but not limited to:

• leading and managing all elements of academic staffing, capability, performance and culture, including academic workforce planning, academic workload planning, recruitment, induction, mentoring, skills and leadership development, performance management and Career Success, promotion, retention, succession planning
• determining academic workload allocations, including teaching loads, for continuing, fixed term and contract staff

• ensuring AQF compliance of teaching staff, including by determining and approving AQF equivalence and maintaining a register of AQF compliance
• Actively and collegially participating in the leadership of the School and the University, including as a member of the School Executive and the Senior Leadership Group
• Developing, maintaining and strengthening a portfolio of academic partnerships that support delivery of targets under the School's Strategy
• Supporting early screening of prospective partnerships for fit with university strategy and compliance requirements, including foreign interference obligations
• Working closely with the central portfolios to ensure appropriate due diligence, review and monitoring of partnership performance and compliance with legislation and policy
• Ensuring activity in the School's partnerships portfolio aligns with and supports the University's strategy for regional Victoria

Skills and Knowledge required to be successful in this role:

• Demonstrated success as an established academic and leader in a field relevant to the School's coursework programs and capacity to develop and implement strategies to improve the academic culture and performance in the School.

• Demonstrated effectiveness and leadership in curriculum development and teaching with a proven commitment to excellence in teaching.

• Completion of a PhD

• Outstanding leadership, interpersonal, communication, management and presentation skills including the ability to inspire, motivate and lead

• Demonstrated excellent decision-making, problem-solving and negotiation skills.

• Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership to ensure that the School achieves its strategic goals and KPIs and contributes effectively to the University strategy

• Demonstrated sophisticated understanding of the relevant legislation, policies, current issues and emerging opportunities in clinical/school-based educational partnerships.

• Demonstrated capacity to develop effective policies, procedures, strategies and planning documentation and the ability to review and monitor performance against plans and targets
• Exceptional organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently to meet competing deadlines

About La Trobe

Working at La Trobe is more than just a job. People choose to work and develop fulfilling careers here because it is an opportunity to demonstrate excellence and help transform lives.

When you join La Trobe, you become part of an extraordinary university with exceptional people, partners and communities across Victoria. We are a university built on partnerships and shared values which, coupled with ambition and purpose, permeates everything the university does.

We are a forward-looking, culturally inclusive university, continuously reviewing, improving and transforming how we work so that we can respond swiftly and positively to disruption. We are embracing new, flexible ways to work, learn and collaborate to ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to succeed and make a difference.