Vice President For Academic Affairs (EMIRATI)

We are hiring a 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 – 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 for a senior higher education leadership opportunity in the 𝐔𝐀𝐄 🇦🇪.This role is ideal for an accomplished academic leader who can shape academic strategy, strengthen institutional quality, expand academic offerings, and lead faculty and student success initiatives across a growing university environment.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬-Provide university-wide academic leadership, translating institutional strategy into clear academic priorities, governance frameworks, and measurable outcomes.-Lead the development and expansion of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, ensuring academic relevance, quality, and alignment with regulatory expectations.-Strengthen institutional and programme accreditation readiness while maintaining high standards across curriculum, academic policies, and quality assurance.-Oversee faculty effectiveness across recruitment, deployment, performance, development, and academic standards, building a strong and high-performing academic community.-Drive student growth and success by supporting initiatives related to enrolment, retention, academic experience, progression, and graduate outcomes.-Advance research, industry engagement, and digital transformation across academic operations, encouraging stronger external partnerships, innovation, and data-driven decision making.𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬-Full Professor with a strong academic and research profile, including recognised publications, citations, research leadership, and relevant scholarly achievements.-Extensive senior leadership experience within higher education, ideally at Dean, Vice President, Provost, or equivalent executive academic level.-Strong experience in academic programme development, curriculum governance, institutional planning, faculty leadership, and university-wide academic operations.-Proven knowledge of accreditation and quality frameworks, with UAE CAA experience and exposure to national or international accreditation highly preferred.-Demonstrated success contributing to university growth through programme expansion, student recruitment and retention, research development, and institutional improvement.-Fluency in both Arabic and English, with strong strategic leadership, stakeholder management, industry engagement, and digital transformation capability.𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠This is an opportunity to influence the academic direction of a growing institution, shape future programmes, strengthen quality and accreditation, and play a central role in long-term institutional development.𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲If you are a senior academic leader with a strong record in institutional growth, academic quality, faculty leadership, and programme development, we would be pleased to hear from you.***Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted***