Vacancies

Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Education

Reference no: 497782
Work type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga
Categories: Executive, Academic - Leadership

• Lead a team to provide high quality learning and teaching, impactful research and community engagement
• Build the Faculty's research performance
• Contribute to the overall strategic development of the university

The role

• Full time, Fixed term (up to 5 years)
• Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst or Wagga Wagga

Charles Sturt University is seeking an impactful and visionary leader for the role of Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Education. This pivotal position is responsible for the overall performance of the faculty in learning and teaching, research productivity, and resource management. The Executive Dean will ensure that all areas of the faculty operate efficiently and cohesively, contributing positively to the university’s mission and values.

About you 

• Hold a PhD and be an established scholar of a national/international standing in a field relevant to the Faculty
• Comprehensive knowledge of the tertiary education sector 
• Demonstrated capacity to strategically lead the faculty’s teaching and research endeavours, aligned to the University’s mission and strategy
• Demonstrated transformative leadership capability, including the ability to engage staff in consultative planning 
• Ability to develop and implement effective governance frameworks  
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage effective liaison with a variety of external organisations to deliver tangible benefit

Benefits

• Enjoy salary packaging and sacrifice options that include novated leasing, self-education expenses, membership to professional associations and child care. 
• Professional development opportunities including leadership development programs for our executive and academic leaders. 
• Reduced cost goods and services through our corporate partners 
• Sporting facilities and onsite childcare facilities, and private dental clinics at Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange and Wagga Wagga campuses (standard fees apply). 
• Support workplace giving to a range of charities or our Staff give program which funds student scholarships. 

Visit our website to learn more about our great range of employee benefits.

About us

The Faculty of Arts and Education is one of three Faculties within the University. Six Schools and Centres offer a diversity of courses in education, communication, social work and human services, library and information studies, theology, humanities, Indigenous Australian studies and Islamic studies.

With over 10,000 students, the Faculty is an innovator in online and blended learning modes. Over 200 academic staff deliver distinctive courses, and are supported by a skilled team of professional staff. On campus courses are delivered at the University’s Wagga Wagga, Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, and Port Macquarie campuses, and at other locations including Sydney and Canberra.

Academic staff within the Faculty undertake high quality, impactful research that engages with governments and professional organisations, nationally, internationally and in regional communities, ensuring excellent supervision for Higher Degree Research students. 

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Charles Sturt University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. This is demonstrated through our Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award and our participation as a member in the Australian Workplace Equality Index. Applications are encouraged from Indigenous Australians; people with a disability; women (particularly for senior and non-traditional roles); people who identify as LGBTIQA+; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

To apply

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Interviews 

Interviews for this position will be held in-person at our Bathurst campus on Thursday 12 December 2024. 

Further information

Additional information is available in the Applicant Information Brochure. To discuss the opportunity, please call us to make an appointment with the Director, Portfolio Strategy and Operations: 

Clare Jonker | Director, Portfolio Strategy and Operations, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) | dvcacademic@csu.edu.au | Ph:02 6338 4111

Closing Date: 11 pm, 24 November 2024

Advertised: 30 Oct 2024 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 24 Nov 2024 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time