Academic Quality Officer - Dubai Campus
Role Overview
The Academic Quality Officer is part of the Academic Quality team based at the Dubai campus.
The role focuses on accreditation, review and audit events, university licence and programme approval, and regulatory data returns.
The post supports a coherent approach to maintaining academic quality and standards across modes and locations.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
The Academic Quality Officer is part of the Academic Quality team based at the Dubai campus.
The role focuses on accreditation, review and audit events, university licence and programme approval, and regulatory data returns.
The post supports a coherent approach to maintaining academic quality and standards across modes and locations.
Directorate and team
Global Registry and Academic Support supports students and staff through the student lifecycle and maintains student, programme, and course records.
The Directorate also supports academic and professional services staff on regulations, policies, quality matters, and student support services.
The Academic Quality Division covers quality assurance, academic enhancement, accreditation, and academic partnerships.
Dubai and Malaysia teams liaise with central professional support teams and are managed locally by an Academic Quality Manager.
Key duties
- Gather university data for regulatory returns to CAA, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and KHDA.
- Draft accreditation documentation for review and submission.
- Coordinate accreditation, licensure, and audit events for university licence and programme approval or re-approval and report on events when required.
- Represent the Dubai campus with local regulators and maintain internal stakeholder relationships.
- Provide guidance on academic quality procedures and local regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Support external partnership approval, review, renewal, and annual monitoring, and related policy development.
- Coordinate Dubai PSRB accreditation reporting and support Schools during accreditation events.
- Assist with campus academic reviews and enhancement workshops and other academic-related reviews as required.
Campus and work pattern
- The role is based at the Dubai campus.
- The position is 1 FTE, full-time.
Requirements
- The role supports academic quality work across locations and modes of provision and requires coordination with academic colleagues, professional service teams, and regulatory authorities.
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