Providing leadership and strategic direction to an integrated academic portfolio, maintaining and developing academic excellence, contemporary sector-leading content delivery, and outstanding service and support to the institute’s students.
The Brief
Our team was pleased to partner with a premier business education institute in the appointment of its new Academic Dean.
This key executive role provides leadership and strategic direction to their integrated academic portfolio, promoting the institute as a quality provider of internationally accredited higher education and engaging with relevant regulators and colleagues sector-wide. With a focus on continuous improvement, the role will ensure a highly contemporary approach to leading teaching and learning, ensuring delivery is focused on the quality of teaching, assessment, and the student journey.
Candidate net Promote Score
Future Leadership combines truly personalised relationships with innovative technology solutions to ensure an approachable and efficient process for all our Net Promoter Score across clients, successful candidates and unsuccessful candidates is well above industry standard.
Candidates supported every year
We maintain genuine relationships with past candidates and continue to support them with leadership solutions long term, after they land their role.
Senior Women Appointed since 2002
Over half of the executive search assignments undertaken by our team have resulted in the appointment of outstanding female or LGBTQI+ leaders to high profile roles.
Candidate Retention Rate for 12 months since 2002
Our thorough briefing process and ability to engage passive candidates mean that we go to great lengths to find the right person for the role – long term!
The Process
Our research for this key position included outreach to our existing networks and detailed mapping of academic leaders in the business discipline in Australia and New Zealand.
An online advertising campaign supported search activities and candidates were interviewed by Future Leadership consultants to assess capabilities and cultural fit. A close partnership with the institute’s Chief Executive Officer ensured ongoing calibration of the developing field.
Emerging Capabilities
Curriculum
This skill involves understanding the structure and content of an educational program. It encompasses the selection and organisation of courses, materials, and instructional strategies to meet educational objectives and cater to diverse student needs.
Education Management
This skill refers to the ability to oversee and administer educational programmes and initiatives. It includes planning, executing, and evaluating programmes to ensure they meet educational standards and objectives, managing resources efficiently, and leading educational institutions or departments effectively.
Curriculum Development
This skill entails the design and revision of educational curricula to ensure they are up-to-date, relevant, and meet the learning needs of students. It involves researching current educational trends, aligning curricula with educational standards and goals, and integrating innovative teaching methods and technologies.
Curriculum Assessment
This skill involves evaluating the effectiveness of a curriculum in achieving educational objectives. It includes developing and implementing assessment tools to measure learning outcomes, analysing assessment data to identify areas for improvement, and refining curricula based on feedback and educational research.
Educational Leadership
This skill is about guiding and influencing the educational direction and policy of an institution. It involves setting educational goals, inspiring and motivating staff, and driving organisational change to enhance educational outcomes and student learning experiences.
The Outcome
Bringing over 30 years’ leadership experience in national and international education, a senior educational leader was appointed to this important position.
The Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, his academic background is as a geographer and he has previously held multiple leadership roles at Flinders University. Additionally, he brings extensive experience in leading professional and membership organisations and is a current director of an accreditation Board and a health care insurance board too. More than a decade ago, he also received the Prime Minister’s award for Australian University Teacher of the Year and has subsequently accepted numerous significant Australian and international awards and fellowships for contributions to higher education, geography, and professional service.
