Dean for Female College of Excellence

Alderwood Recruitment

Saudi Arabia

Ref: QP780-114

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Are you an experienced Senior Manager with operational experience in a FE/HE setting? Do you have any experience of working in the Middle East or a desire to further your career internationally with a prestigious College of Excellence in Saudi Arabia?

Alderwood are currently representing one of the largest College of Excellence in Saudi Arabia which is part of one of the world's largest global education providers operating across 25 countries.

We are seeking to appoint a Dean who will have overall strategic and operational responsibility of the institute to execute its vision and mission. The Dean will be responsible for implementing an ongoing business growth plan to drive student's enrollments, promote student retention, faculty recruitment and retention, and maintain academic quality assurance. The role of the Dean involves leading, planning, managing budgetary and human resources, implementing and evaluating the educational program and responding to change.

Job Description:
- Develop a strategy including budget and performance measures to review the progress of the institute
- Plan to attract, recruit, develop and retain the human resource capital required to achieve the strategic goals as per LVSA recruitment policies.
- Manage employee remuneration, training and development
- Manage the total annual budget of the Institute
- Develop strategic partnerships with key local organizations to advance the Institute
- Communicate effectively to stakeholders and public
- Perform other related work as required

Salary & Remuneration:
- A tax free salary of $80,000 per annum (Approx. £60,391 dependant on exchange rates)
- Accommodation provided or 25% housing allowance
- 15% Transport allowance
- 12 month contract + 10% end of years service bonus
- Family sponsorship available
- Medical Insurance
- Return Flights

Requirements

- Minimum Bachelors degree required, Masters preferred
- Minimum of 6 years Senior Management level experience in Higher Education, vocational education preferred.
- Ability to demonstrate excellent communication, planning, problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to lead, manage and motivate teams
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills to lead a culturally diverse personnel, and diverse vocational curriculum areas
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, employees, shareholders and the community
- Ability to create culture of innovation and have an effective response to change
- Prior work experience in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is preferred.

About the Company

At Alderwood, we pride ourselves on best practice recruitment, tailored for the Work Based Learning, Welfare to Work and Education sectors. Our core values and attributes are important to use and underline our proven ability to deliver results

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