Dean IBAT College Dublin

at  Global University Systems

IBAT College Dublin is Ireland’s leading enterprise-focused third level institution. It provides a perfect blend of high quality undergraduate, postgraduate and professional education with a state-of-the-art learning environment in a range of subject areas including business, accounting, ICT and management. The college was established in 2004 in Swords, Co. Dublin, but has since opened a new campus (in 2011) in the heart of the city centre, Wellington Quay in Temple Bar. This modern, purpose built campus houses five floors of teaching and learning facilities including classrooms, an auditorium, IT labs, a library, an MBA debating chamber as well as student recreation and study areas with high speed Wi-Fi throughout.
At IBAT College Dublin, we pride ourselves on how we guide, support and mentor our students throughout their college experience and into their working lives. Employers need graduates that can hit the ground running and our students enjoy some of the most applied course content and teaching techniques in the country. A key objective of IBAT College Dublin is to ensure students have a positive, useful and engaging experience during their period of study. One of our biggest strengths is our people. The Academic Team at IBAT College Dublin is made up of faculty with significant lecturing experience and many years industry experience. We understand the challenges that exist within industry, our priority is to ensure that our graduates are fully prepared to differentiate themselves in the workplace when they graduate.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters degree with extensive professional success and achievement in a Higher Education Environment.
• Familiarity with major partners in a Higher Education Institution.
• Significant skills and experience in education/research/enterprise programme delivery.
• Good working knowledge QQI policies.
• Proven track record in the validation/revalidation of programmes (e.g. curriculum design and redesign in line with internal and external inputs).

OTHER SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Excellent communication skills.
• Commitment to maintain compliance with relevant Health & Safety policies and to sustain a working environment sensitive to the well being of employees.
• Ability to successfully lead and manage change through an organisation (especially growth).
• Ability to demonstrate alignment with the core values e.g. regarding equality and diversity, in all areas of work; champion those behaviours in the School.
• Apply and actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion principles to the responsibilities of the role.
• Entrepreneurial ability in order to identify and develop new opportunities to enhance the College’s reputation, brand, status.
• Team member and team leader when appropriate.

Managing People: Manage and support your people’s work productivity, performance, wellbeing and development to maximise their contribution and enable personal growth

• Workload and performance: Ensure accountability for an effective line management structure; ensure that all staff in the School are allocated duties/workload equitably and are clear about their responsibilities and that they are adequately managed, mentored and/or monitored.
• Staff Appointment: Take a personal role for ensuring programmes are adequately staffed, in a timely manner, for current delivery and have in place an approved pool of resource for lecturing should the need arise. Ensure any request for a new full-time appointment has full justification and is aligned with College strategy.
• Staff development: Ensure the provision of an environment conducive to the development of staff and students.
• Ensure line managers are skilled to provide mentoring and development to include preparation for promotion to ensure potential is fulfilled.
• Responsibility for the implementation of a performance framework that utilises metrics and objectives for education and research and is in line with College requirements and goals. Be accountable for ensuring the monitoring and management of all staff performance through individual staff appraisal e.g. moderation of assessments.
• Staff engagement: To plan and implement a strategy for regular staff engagement to ensure that staff contribute to and engage with the School and College strategy including organisational change.
• Student Experience: Ensuring that you personally lead the way in delivering an exceptional Student experience from Induction to Alumni.
• Managing Financial Decisions: Make well-informed and timely financial decisions regarding devolved budgets (if applicable), taking into consideration the impact of these decisions on the financial sustainability of a programme, the School or the wider institution.
• Managing Compliance: Responsibility for ensuring you and your teams understand and apply the relevant policies and guidelines to maintain operational compliance.
• Managing Risk: Responsibility for managing risks effectively and ensuring plans are put in place to mitigate risk or maximise potential, where appropriate.
• Embedding Collegiality: work with colleagues in a collegiate way.