Job No: APTAV129117#007
* Continuing, full-time role of Professor in Education/Arts with a three (3) year, part‐time (0.6 FTE) leadership assignment as Deputy Dean, Strategy and Capability.
* Provide strategic academic leadership to advance workforce planning, policy governance, internal engagement, and capability development.
* Join a nationally and internationally recognised leader in research impact and teacher education.
* ACU offers 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions.
About the Role
Operating within the Faculty of Education and Arts, the Deputy Dean, Strategy and Capability, is a senior faculty executive role responsible for leading and delivering the faculty's people and workforce agenda and commitments, with a particular focus on mentoring and academic careers, in collaboration with research and teaching portfolio leaders to support human flourishing and the common good. This role provides high‐level academic leadership to advance the faculty's strategic priorities in workforce planning, policy governance, internal engagement, and capability development, working closely with the Executive Dean, Heads of School and Institute and Centre Directors. The role promotes and ensures academic and teaching quality, fosters research and scholarly excellence, and promotes the faculty's national and international standing. The Deputy Dean will take executive oversight of agreed key strategic projects for the faculty and deputise for the Executive Dean as required.
This opportunity comprises a temporary part‐time (0.6 FTE) academic assignment of Deputy Dean, Strategy and Capability for a period of three (3) years, renewable based on performance and underpinned by a continuing academic E level appointment, dependent on the experience, expertise and capability of the successful candidate. The incumbent will be expected to engage in teaching within their discipline.
Contact: My-Dung Dieng, Director – PSH Faculty of Education & Arts, Email: my-dung.dieng@acu.edu.au
What We Offer
* Total remuneration valued to $260,037 – $260,037 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $220,723 – $220,723 (pro rata) pa (Academic Level E Increment 1), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
* 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed‐term staff.
* Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
* As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging.
Applications close: 20‐APR‐2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time.
The position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and/or Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP) (ACT only).
ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences.
Location: QLD, Australia
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