Vice Provost Teaching & Learning-AKU, Nairobi, Kenya

By The Aga Khan University, Karachi  for Network of Quality, Teaching and Learning                                                                                          Qualification:

• Doctoral degree with credentials that qualify them for a tenured appointment at the rank of full Professor or Teaching Professor.

Experience:

• Proven leadership experience in advancing teaching and learning priorities at an institutional level.                                                                           

Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to engage a broad range of stakeholders, including students, faculty, researchers, and the wider community to support transformative and impactful pedagogical innovation, 
• Capacity to operationalize new initiatives with clear direction and outcomes. Highly accomplished at both recognizing, inspiring and managing change, with a demonstrated commitment to using evidence-based approaches to guide transformation in higher education teaching and learning. Strong commitment to well being, employee engagement & belonging along with expertise in.  
• Develop an institutional culture around teaching and learning and oversee the implementation of best practice standards in academic quality, teaching and learning.
• Lead and direct the provision of QTL support services on Quality of academic and CE/CPD programmes globally, Education development for faculty globally on pedagogy, supervision, curriculum, course design, teaching effectiveness, teaching dossier development, Orientation of new faculty to teaching, inculcating AKU principles and AKU graduate attributes, Teaching technology across the spectrum at AKU and Identifying support for signature pedagogies such as case-based learning. Establish and provide strategic sustainable direction to the AKU Teachers’ Academy.
• Enhance synergies and resource efficiencies with others proving TL support such as DED and CIME. Partner with others (Commission for University Education CUE, National Council for Higher Education Uganda NCHE, Tanzania Commission for Universities TCU and Higher Education Commission Pakistan, HCE) to develop academic leadership capacities for faculty leaders.
• Professionalize teaching in HE and support for learning through cyclical accreditation by Advance HE (UK) to provide Fellowships as a qualification and incentive.
• Institutionalize evidence-based Teaching Dossiers as a part of promotion and the development of transparent evidence-based Teaching Awards.
• Disseminate good practices in HE quality and education development in the regions we serve, to influence regulatory policies.
• Take overall responsibility of budgeting, recruitment, retention, mentoring and professional development of employees in the QTL Networks. Fundraise for HTD Teachers Academy.