Academic Program Director

Summary

Join Study Group Digital Learning as a Program Director to lead an innovative online university preparation program for high school students in the Middle East. This full-time, fixed-term (January 2025 – November 2025) remote position based in the UK requires strong leadership and a clear vision for success. You will manage the Program team, ensure excellent student outcomes, and maintain high quality assurance standards. The role involves collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, budget management, and adherence to safeguarding regulations. Apply promptly for consideration.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Leadership and/or management training or demonstrable experience of leading complex educational programmes for a minimum of 3 years
• Teaching qualification

Responsibilities

• Lead the wider Program team ensuring that people managers are leading their teams consistently, effectively, and compassionately
• Measure and track people’s contribution to the company objectives and develop their potential
• Encourage adherence to diversity, inclusion and belonging in everything we do
• Create an environment that attracts, maintains and develops people in whatever role they do
• Recruit the highest calibre of people ensuring adherence to safeguarding and hiring compliance in collaboration with central teams
• Ensure the Program is run as efficiently as possible within agreed budgets
• Collaborate with central teams to ensure that the management information data for costs is both accurate and timely
• Create an environment where all staff are treated with respect and dignity and that they treat students in the same manner
• Ensure teaching is effective and efficient. Observations are conducted to ensure the quality of learning, teaching and assessment in accordance with the strategy and guidance
• Maintain an environment where all staff have an opportunity to contribute to the success of the Program and have opportunities for development
• Maintain excellent standards for safeguarding
• Act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Ensure that pastoral care standards are excellent
• Ensure student attendance and engagement with their studies is high and if not, robust procedures are in place to rectify
• Ensure full compliance with external bodies or Program partner requirements
• Maintain the highest standards of student induction, timetabling, learning and teaching, within costs and on budget
• Effectively develop curriculum and conduct fair assessments
• Implement suitable monitoring and reporting for different stakeholder audiences
• Implement approaches to capture student voice on the Program and manage feedback and complaints
• Ensure effective learning practice and use of technology
• Ensure full compliance with any external body or partner requirements
• Ensure relevant records are accurate and up to date
• Ensure full compliance with external bodies and partner
• Report data and management information where appropriate and required
• Ensure effective communication

Preferred Qualifications

• Leading in an academic environment
• Developing annual budgets and managing finances against an agreed budget
• Planning and running complex education courses and programmes
• Stakeholder management and engagement in complex environments
• Involvement in Key Project(s)
• University Application processes and advice
• The International Student environment
• Teaching in UK secondary, further education or pathway sector and/or teaching international students
• Leading and facilitating change
• Leading and/or working in digitally enabled environments

Benefits

Remote work