Associate Dean for Academic Excellence & Partnerships

PLANETA CORPORACIÓN, SRL; Roma; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Rome Business School seeks an Associate Dean for Academic Quality, Accreditation & Partnerships to lead the school’s quality assurance, accreditation and university-partnership activities in Rome. You will drive a scalable framework supporting growth of Bachelor and Master programmes and ensure compliance with external standards.

The role blends academic leadership, governance and stakeholder management, overseeing programme reviews, accreditation projects and university collaborations with

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Rome Business School Academic Quality Assurance framework.
• Establish clear academic standards, policies, procedures and quality-control mechanisms across programmes.
• Ensure systematic implementation of programme review and improvement processes.
• Oversee the institutional quality cycle, including programme reviews, academic quality reviews, teaching-quality monitoring and improvement plans.
• Ensure that academic decisions and quality actions are documented, traceable and consistently implemented.
• Promote a culture of evidence-based academic improvement across the School.
• Define and lead the School's academic accreditation strategy in coordination with the Dean and senior management.
• Manage existing accreditation requirements and new accreditation projects.
• Coordinate accreditation applications, documentation, evidence collection, self-assessment processes and external reviews.
• Monitor compliance with accreditation standards and ensure that agreed improvement actions are implemented.
• Maintain institutional readiness for accreditation audits and peer-review visits.
• Lead the academic component of relationships with partner universities and higher-education institutions.
• Support the identification, assessment and development of new academic partnerships.
• Coordinate academic negotiations regarding programme validation, franchising, recognition, credit structures, academic regulations and quality requirements.
• Ensure that RBS programmes delivered in partnership with universities comply with the academic standards and requirements of the relevant partner institution.
• Provide leadership for the development and management of university-related projects.
• Supervise the University Projects function and establish appropriate project-management and governance mechanisms.
• Support the development of Bachelor programmes and other university-linked academic initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant academic and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders involved in programme approval, validation and implementation.
• Establish and monitor standards related to curriculum quality, learning outcomes, assessment, academic depth and programme coherence.
• Work closely with Academic Affairs & Research and Academic Innovation to ensure that quality requirements are embedded both in programme design and programme delivery.
• Define quality expectations relating to faculty qualifications and academic performance in coordination with the Faculty Management function.
• Lead and develop the Quality, Accreditation and University Projects team.
• Establish clear responsibilities, objectives and KPIs.
• Build the capabilities required for the future growth of the function.
• Promote effective collaboration across Academic Affairs, Academic Innovation, Research, Faculty Management and other School functions.
• Provide regular reports to the Dean on academic quality, accreditation, university partnerships and strategic academic projects.
• Identify academic and regulatory risks and propose corrective actions.
• Participate in relevant academic governance bodies and senior management discussions.
• Represent Rome Business School, where appropriate, in meetings with universities, accreditation bodies and external academic stakeholders.

Job description

Rome Business School seeks an Associate Dean for Academic Quality, Accreditation & Partnerships to lead the school’s quality assurance, accreditation and university-partnership activities in Rome. You will drive a scalable framework supporting growth of Bachelor and Master programmes and ensure compliance with external standards.

The role blends academic leadership, governance and stakeholder management, overseeing programme reviews, accreditation projects and university collaborations with