Vice President For Academic Affairs (EMIRATI)

We are hiring a – for a senior higher education leadership opportunity in the .

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.

-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.

-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.

This 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.

If 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***