Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education

About the role

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of STEM education at scale.

As the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, you will lead education strategy and transformation across RMIT's largest College, based at RMIT's Melbourne CBD campus, working with senior academic leaders to strengthen learning innovation, student experience, academic quality and globally relevant program delivery.

The role sits at the intersection of College and University strategy. You will contextualise and implement RMIT's broader Education Strategy within the STEM College; while also ensuring the College's priorities, opportunities and challenges shape the University's future education agenda.

The successful candidate will bring the academic credibility, strategic judgement and leadership maturity to build trusted influence across Schools, develop a high-performing Education portfolio, and drive meaningful improvement in the quality, relevance and impact of STEM education.

Key priorities

• Lead the development and implementation of the STEM College education strategy, aligned to RMIT's broader Education Strategy and strategic plans.
• Strengthen academic quality, program relevance, viability and student experience across all modes and locations of delivery.
• Provide leadership to Schools in program design, development, renewal and delivery, ensuring programs are informed by international best practice, industry needs and workforce trends.
• Drive innovation in learning and teaching, including digitally enabled education, AI literacy, contemporary assessment practice, academic integrity and future-focused pedagogy.
• Lead education governance and quality assurance across the College, ensuring alignment with accreditation, regulatory and Academic Board requirements.
• Work collaboratively across RMIT's global footprint to understand and translate emerging global, sectoral and market trends into strategic priorities that enhance program relevance, competitiveness and future readiness whilst ensuring equivalence and comparability.
• Build capability and support a high-performance learning and teaching culture across academic and professional teams.
• Contribute to data-informed academic portfolio planning, including program size and shape, pathways, relevance, viability and student demand.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• An established academic career at Professor / Level E, with a PhD in a discipline relevant to STEM.
• Significant senior academic leadership experience, including leading change initiatives that improve learning, teaching, quality and student outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to shape and deliver education strategy in a complex university environment.
• Deep knowledge of contemporary national and international developments in learning and teaching, including online, blended, digital and technology-enabled education.
• Proven experience leading learning transformation through digital innovation at scale, including contemporary assessment and/or AI-enabled education practice.
• Experience developing innovative, globally relevant programs and delivery models across undergraduate and postgraduate education.
• Strong understanding of academic governance, accreditation, regulatory requirements, academic integrity and quality assurance.
• Proven capability to lead across complex stakeholder environments, including Schools, Colleges, portfolios, international entities and external partners.
• A collegial but decisive leadership style, with the ability to influence, align and mobilise academic and professional staff.