Academic Lead (LAW)

Online Education Services; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Professional development & mentoring

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave and leave options

EAP access

Job summary

Online Education Services in Australia is seeking an Academic Lead to provide academic and operational leadership across Law units, ensuring exceptional online learning and compliance with higher education standards. Leading a team of Online Learning Advisors, you will drive quality assurance, curriculum governance, stakeholder engagement with university partners, and data-driven improvement.

This is a full-time, remote role with opportunities to shape teaching excellence, staff development, and

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent in business, education management or law.
• Experience leading law programs in higher education.
• Strong capability in quality assurance and curriculum governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a portfolio of units, ensuring high-quality student learning and compliance.
• Drive academic quality and continuous improvement via QA processes and collaboration.
• Provide guidance for complex academic matters, including student escalations.
• Develop and lead a high-performing team of Online Learning Advisors.
• Use performance data to optimise teaching operations and feedback.
• Build partnerships with university stakeholders and internal teams.

Skills

Academic leadership

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Law education leadership

Team building

Education

Postgraduate qualification in business/education or law

Job description

About OES

OES is a vibrant and values led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student focused, innovative and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.

The Opportunity

As an Academic Lead, you will provide academic and operational leadership across a portfolio of units within our Law discipline. Your role will involve ensuring an exceptional online learning experience for students and maintaining the highest standards of academic quality. Leading a team of Online Learning Advisors, you will drive teaching excellence, support continuous curriculum improvement and act as a key escalation point for complex academic matters. You will work closely with university partners and internal stakeholders and will play a critical role in delivering quality outcomes, fostering staff capability, and ensuring compliance with higher education standards and partner requirements.

This is a full-time role and remote based.

Your New Role:

• Lead the successful delivery of a portfolio of units, ensuring a high-quality student learning experience and compliance with OES and university partner academic standards.
• Drive academic quality and continuous improvement by overseeing quality assurance processes and facilitating collaboration between teaching and learning design teams.
• Provide expert guidance and resolution for complex academic matters, including student escalations, complaints, and academic integrity issues.
• Develop and lead a high-performing team of Online Learning Advisors, fostering teaching excellence, capability development, and a strong student-centred culture.
• Use performance and engagement data to optimise teaching operations, improve service delivery, and ensure timely, high-quality feedback for students.
• Build strong partnerships with university stakeholders and internal teams, supporting strategic initiatives, maintaining academic quality, and delivering positive partner outcomes.

Who we need:

• Postgraduate qualification in business, education management or a law related discipline or equivalent professional expertise
• Extensive experience teaching and leading law subjects or programs within a higher education environment.
• Proven academic leadership experience, including oversight of academic quality assurance, curriculum governance, and compliance with higher education standards.
• Demonstrated people leadership capability including experience in performance management, performance reviews and recruitment of staff.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to interpret student metrics and implement targeted improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.

What’s in it for you?

At OES, we're transforming lives through education. You'll join a high-performing, values-led organisation where your work drives meaningful outcomes, and supports one of the world's leading education providers. If you enjoy working with smart people, solving complex challenges, and making a genuine impact, you'll thrive here.As a people-first organisation, we offer a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance, including a fully remote working environment, professional development and mentoring opportunities, health and wellbeing initiatives, annual flu vaccinations, paid parental leave, purchased leave options, study assistance and leave for eligible employees, access to mental health resources and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), income protection insurance, corporate health insurance discounts, and access to our employee benefits platform featuring retail discounts and novated leasing options.

At OES, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, where we encourage candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability, and gender identity to apply.