Assistant Director, Executive Education Proposals & Content - Office of Executive Education

Position Summary

Program Ideation, Discovery & Proposal Development

• Develop and refine client facing proposals and program narratives that articulate rationale, audience, learning outcomes, curriculum structure, delivery format, and value proposition across OEPE’s program verticals
• Draft and edit required documentation for proposals, including program descriptions, concept notes, curriculum descriptions, course synopses, learning outcomes, competency frameworks, and assessment narratives
• Collaborate with faculty and academic leadership to ensure clarity, coherence, and academic integrity in client facing proposals and all program materials
• Support internal governance and approval workflows by incorporating feedback from academic committees, legal review, and senior leadership
• Incorporate data to meet client and program proposal needs
• Work collaboratively with clients, ministry staff, academic directors, and faculty during the ideation, discovery, and proposal development stages
• Develop and write RFP response requirements, including capability priorities and formal proposal standards.

Academic & Program Narrative Development

• Produce tailored written materials for executive custom programs, including proposals responding to RFPs and enterprise or ministry partners
• Develop proposals across academic verticals that include documentation for programs, market rationale, curriculum progression, and employability outcomes
• Support academic governance and approval workflows by preparing, revising, and quality-assuring proposal program documentation for committee review, legal and policy compliance, safeguarding standards when applicable, and senior leadership approval

Copy Editing, Editorial Quality & Brand Consistency

• Serve as OEPE’s lead copy editor and editorial authority
• Edit all OEPE assets including websites, brochures, handbooks, correspondence and governance documents to ensure consistency, professionalism, and decision-readiness
• Create and maintain standardized templates, terminology, and reusable language across OEPE program types
• Manage and track version control and coordinate revisions across multiple stakeholders and timelines throughout the approval process

Required Education

• Master's Degree in one of the following or a closely related field:

+ Higher Education Administration

+ Instructional Design / Learning Sciences

Required Experience

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience producing academic, programmatic, and/or professional education written materials (e.g., program proposals, curriculum documentation, course descriptions, learning outcomes, assessment narratives)
• Demonstrated experience partnering with faculty and academic leadership to translate subject-matter expertise into clear, structured program documentation
• Experience writing for multiple audiences
• Track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects, tight deadlines, and concurrent deliverables
• Produce polished, structured, evidence-based academic documents with strong narrative logic and precision
• Articulate learning outcomes, competencies, assessment strategies, and curriculum progression in clear, defensible language
• Write within institutional policy frameworks, incorporate committee feedback, and maintain documentation integrity and audit readiness
• Reconcile inputs from faculty, instructional design, marketing, admissions, legal/risk, and leadership into a single coherent narrative
• Interpret market inputs, client needs, and institutional strategy to shape program rationale, differentiation, and value proposition
• Manage multiple drafts, approvals, and deadlines using disciplined version control and documentation workflows
• Handle sensitive internal materials, draft decision memos, and support leadership-level initiatives with discretion

Preferred Education

• Doctoral Degree
• Certificate in Instructional Design or Learning Experience Design
• Certificate in Writing or technical communication

Preferred Experience

• Structure persuasive proposals for enterprise/ministry clients, including outcomes frameworks, impact measures, and implementation narratives
• Write evaluation plans and success metrics (KPIs), including learner outcomes, organizational impact, and quality assurance indicators
• Adapt program and proposal narratives into web-ready copy, collateral, pitch decks, FAQs, and email campaigns
• Produce clear, inclusive, learner-centered writing and apply accessibility-aware content practices
• Align program documentation with UAE and Abu Dhabi accreditation expectations as applicable
• Tailor messaging for UAE and GCC stakeholders and diverse audiences

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