Head of Academic Department / Academic Director

• Ensure that the quality policy and quality management system is well understood, implemented and maintained by the department
• Formulate policies and procedures, implement and monitor work plans and key performance indicators for Academic Department
• Ensure that all personnel under your supervision are trained and/or have appropriate experience to perform the job independently
• Ensure that work carried out by personnel under your supervision is in accordance with the documented requirements
• Manage and develop the academic programmes by ensuring that the programmes adhere to the School's academic direction, philosophy and the highest quality and keep abreast of latest developments
• Manage the teacher deployment of the programmes, ranging from selection, orientation to monitoring of teacher's performance
• Define and manage the training and development needs of the organization and individuals
• Coordinate with QA team and subject specialist to uphold the quality and standards in the academic framework, benchmarking with national standards
• Ensure that the learning outcome is managed and in line with the School's specifications
• Develop and collaborate with key academic partners in line with academic strategy

Requirements:

• Candidates must possess at least a relevant Master's Degree
• Academic qualifications or professional qualifications and experience in Media Production / Mass Communication
• Teaching and/or instructional qualifications and experience will be advantageous
• Experienced with working with students, parents/guardians and stakeholders
• At least 3 to 5 year(s) of working experience in private education institutions(PEI) in management role will be advantageous for this position
• Proactive and self-starter
• Eye for detail; Meticulous with work
• Able to cope in a high pressure, fast paced environment
• Able to multi-task and accurately keep track of multiple ongoing work matters, deadlines and tasks

The following qualities will also be advantageous for the candidate:

• Good understanding of the Private Education Industry (PEI) industry and PEI operations in Singapore.
• Good understanding of ERF and EduTrust regulations and the ability to implement and operationalise the principles of the regulations into actual school affairs.
• Ability to communicate and correspond with relevant stakeholders and different agencies on various issues requiring sensitivity in handling.

Interested candidates may send their CV to MAC (Reg No. R1221300) at [Confidential Information] quoting the job title in the Subject line. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.