[Hiring] Academic Lead @Online Education Services

Role Description

As an Academic Lead, you will provide academic and operational leadership across a portfolio of units within our Law discipline. Your role will involve ensuring an exceptional online learning experience for students and maintaining the highest standards of academic quality.

• Lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of units, ensuring a high-quality student learning experience and compliance with OES and university partner academic standards.
• Drive academic quality and continuous improvement by overseeing quality assurance processes and facilitating collaboration between teaching and learning design teams.
• Provide expert guidance and resolution for complex academic matters, including student escalations, complaints, and academic integrity issues.
• Develop and lead a high-performing team of Online Learning Advisors, fostering teaching excellence, capability development, and a strong student-centred culture.
• Use performance and engagement data to optimise teaching operations, improve service delivery, and ensure timely, high-quality feedback for students.
• Build strong partnerships with university stakeholders and internal teams, supporting strategic initiatives, maintaining academic quality, and delivering positive partner outcomes.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in business, education management or a law related discipline or equivalent professional expertise.
• Extensive experience teaching and leading law subjects or programs within a higher education environment.
• Proven academic leadership experience, including oversight of academic quality assurance, curriculum governance, and compliance with higher education standards.
• Demonstrated people leadership capability including experience in performance management, performance reviews and recruitment of staff.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to interpret student metrics and implement targeted improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

Benefits

• Fully remote working environment.
• Professional development and mentoring opportunities.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Paid parental leave.
• Purchased leave options.
• Study assistance and leave for eligible employees.
• Access to mental health resources and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Income protection insurance.
• Corporate health insurance discounts.
• Access to our employee benefits platform featuring retail discounts and novated leasing options.