The position

Reporting to the Provost the candidate will oversight the University’s academic quality framework and teaching and learning strategy to strengthen teaching and programme excellence, curriculum development, and student learning experiences across all faculties.

The Vice-Provost will lead institutional initiatives and academic development to advance pedagogy in the classroom for students and faculty, support faculty educational development, and foster a culture of action-oriented innovation and continuous improvement in dynamic times.

Working collaboratively with academic leaders, instructors, and support staff, the successful candidate will enhance the student learning experience through the implementation of high-impact educational practices, reward and recognition of teaching, drive initiatives that enhance the scholarship of teaching and learning and through quality enhancement efforts transform AKU as the university of choice for the next generation of learners in East Africa and Pakistan with a particular emphasis on leveraging digital technologies including the ethical integration of AI in Education.

The requirements

• A doctoral degree with credentials that qualify them for a tenured appointment at the rank of full Professor or Teaching Professor.
• Proven leadership experience in advancing teaching and learning priorities at an institutional level.
• The ability to engage a broad range of stakeholders, including students, faculty, researchers, and the wider community to support transformative and impactful pedagogical innovation,
• The capacity to operationalize new initiatives with clear direction and outcomes.
• Highly accomplished at both recognizing, inspiring and managing change, with a demonstrated commitment to using evidence-based approaches to guide transformation in higher education teaching and learning.
• A strong commitment to wellbeing, employee engagement & belonging along with expertise in instructional innovation and learning assessment.

Sector

Social Development

About the Agency

Chartered in 1983, Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous and self-governing international university, with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries over three continents. An integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network (www.akdn.org), AKU provides higher education in multiple health science and social science disciplines, carries out research pertinent primarily to low- and middle-income countries and operates 7 hospitals (soon 8) and over 325 outreach clinics, all at international standards. It has almost 2,500 students and 14,000 staff. The University is both a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change. As a leading international institution dedicated to excellence and change, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact and access. More information ....

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Kenya

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

• Oversight the University’s academic quality framework and teaching and learning strategy to strengthen teaching and programme excellence, curriculum development, and student learning experiences across all faculties.
• Lead institutional initiatives and academic development to advance pedagogy in the classroom for students and faculty, support faculty educational development, and foster a culture of action-oriented innovation and continuous improvement in dynamic times.
• Enhance the student learning experience through the implementation of high-impact educational practices, reward and recognition of teaching, drive initiatives that enhance the scholarship of teaching and learning and through quality enhancement efforts transform AKU as the university of choice for the next generation of learners in East Africa and Pakistan with a particular emphasis on leveraging digital technologies including the ethical integration of AI in Education.

• Proven leadership experience in advancing teaching and learning priorities at an institutional level.
• The ability to engage a broad range of stakeholders, including students, faculty, researchers, and the wider community to support transformative and impactful pedagogical innovation.
• The capacity to operationalize new initiatives with clear direction and outcomes.
• Highly accomplished at both recognizing, inspiring and managing change, with a demonstrated commitment to using evidence-based approaches to guide transformation in higher education teaching and learning.
• A strong commitment to wellbeing, employee engagement & belonging along with expertise in instructional innovation and learning assessment.

• A doctoral degree with credentials that qualify them for a tenured appointment at the rank of full Professor or Teaching Professor.