• Bilingual: Fluent in both Arabic and English.
• Gender/Age: Male, ideally between 40–50 years old.
• Academic Rank: Full Professor.
• Higher Education Leadership: Extensive senior academic leadership experience, preferably at Dean, Vice President or equivalent level.
• Academic Program Development: Proven experience in designing and launching new academic programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
• Accreditation: Strong experience with UAE CAA and national/international accreditation, program accreditation, and institutional accreditation.
• Academic Operations: Strong experience in curriculum development, faculty workload/allocation, performance management, academic planning, governance, and institutional policies.
• Student Growth: Demonstrated experience contributing to student recruitment, enrollment growth, retention, student success, and overall institutional growth.
• Research Profile: Strong and established research record, including publications, citations, research leadership, grants, and ideally patents or other research outputs.
• Faculty Leadership: Experience managing and developing large faculty teams, including recruitment, performance management, professional development, and academic quality.
• Industry Exposure: Strong relationships with industry and experience developing industry–academia partnerships, experiential learning, employability initiatives, and external collaborations.
• Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated experience in institutional strategic planning, KPI development, governance, quality enhancement, and driving university-wide initiatives.
• Digital Transformation: Exposure to digital transformation of academic and student services, data-driven decision-making, and academic management systems.
• University Growth: Experience in a growing or transforming higher education institution would be highly valuable, particularly where the candidate has contributed directly to student growth, program expansion, accreditation, and institutional development.
UAE Experience is preferred: Strong preference for candidates with substantial UAE higher education experience and a good understanding of the local regulatory and accreditation environment.
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Universal Way Academy · Dubai - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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