Manager Quality Assurance And Accreditation

• Contribute to the development of the Department's strategy, as well as annual business plans.
• Contribute to the development of the Department's policies and procedures, in line with the overall business objectives of the University, ensuring they promote leading practices and excellence.
• Contribute to the development and management of the Department's budgets and report back on a timely basis to ensure that divergences are addressed promptly.

• Manage the development of the University's educational policies, processes, procedures, workflow diagrams, KPIs (process level) in coordination with the University's colleges.
• Develop, implement and monitor the quality assurance framework within the University.
• Oversee and manage the implementation of education quality assurance programs, disseminate guidelines on education quality assurance, and provide expert guidance within the University.
• Produce data and reports on educational performance in coordination with faculty, measuring it against set standards and KPIs.
• Identify and maintain sound understanding of the operating environment, which may impact education quality.
• Analyze and advise on compliance activity relating to quality standards for education and training.
• Review and execute internal quality assessments and review gap analysis and improvement reports.
• Report on the effectiveness of institutional quality systems to the IRP Director
• Coordinate the University's program accreditation from national and international associations / bodies and manage the University's licensing and renewal activities.
• Liaise with faculty and administrative functions to prepare documents related to licensing and / or accreditation at institutional and / or program levels.
• Liaise with education regulators in UAE as well as with all relevant international program and / or institutional accreditation bodies on matters related to compliance.
• Analyze and advise on effectiveness of University's education quality systems.
• Analyze and monitor quality assurance issues and liaise with management to address the issues.
• Collect, analyze and disseminate institutional data to assess quality of service and University's education outcomes.
• Administer dissemination and collection of identified student surveys and for analyzing results.
• Conduct benchmarking studies to compare the University with other leading institutions / universities to support business case for change and provide leading practices in education quality.
• Ensure adherence to the University's information security policies and procedures, and report breaches or other security risks accordingly.
• Ensure coordination with other departments to facilitate the accomplishment of tasks and responsibilities, as and when needed.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by Line Manager.

• Provide coaching, guidance and mentoring as required to enhance the internal capabilities of the team and ensure the achievement of established objectives and plans.
• Recommend appropriate training courses as per the pre-determined training needs, evaluate their effectiveness, and monitor their results.
• Carry out performance appraisals for subordinates according to planned schedules and recommend necessary actions as per the applied practices.
• Conduct periodic meetings with subordinates to ensure that priorities are clear and workflow is running smoothly.
• Follow-up on employees' administrative affairs such as vacations, leaves and other administrative and related affairs.

• Bachelor degree (Masters preferred) in Quality Assurance/ Education/Administration, or related field

• Expats: A minimum 12 years of relevant experience
• UAE Nationals: A minimum 8 years of relevant experience.

• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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