Faculty Lead – Academic Quality

Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences

The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences is AUT’s largest and most diverse faculty, bringing together health, sport, and science disciplines with a strong commitment to excellent teaching, impactful research, equity, and community outcomes. Our six schools include Science, Community and Public Health, Acute and Primary Health, Allied Health, Nursing, and Sport, Exercise and Health.

This is an exciting time to join the Faculty as we continue to strengthen our academic structures, governance, quality systems, and ways of working. We are seeking an outstanding academic leader who can help shape a coherent, confident, and future-focused approach to academic quality and standards across a complex and multidisciplinary academic environment.

The Opportunity | Te Whiwhinga mahi

We are seeking a highly credible senior academic to take up the role of Faculty Lead – Academic Quality. This is a three-year academic secondment opportunity reporting to the Associate Dean Academic, with a substantive underlying academic appointment in a relevant discipline within the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences.

This is a rare opportunity to provide faculty-wide academic leadership in an area that sits at the heart of excellent education: the quality, validity, fairness, and consistency of academic decision-making. The role will lead through expertise, influence, and scholarly credibility, working with academic colleagues to strengthen shared understanding of academic standards, assessment design, and quality assurance.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Associate Dean Academic, the Head of Academic Office, School leadership teams, Programme Leaders, faculty committees, AUT’s Academic Quality Office, and external academic and professional networks. The role provides academic leadership on standards, assessment philosophy, and quality assurance as matters of academic practice, while working in partnership with professional staff colleagues responsible for quality systems, regulatory compliance, and academic process administration.

Key areas of focus include:

• Providing faculty-wide academic leadership on academic standards, assessment quality, and consistency of academic decision-making.
• Supporting clear and shared understandings of academic standards and achievement thresholds across programmes.
• Advising on assessment validity, fairness, constructive alignment, moderation, and standards-based assessment.
• Contributing expert academic input into quality assurance mechanisms, including programme approvals, periodic reviews, accreditation activity, and external reference points.
• Identifying academic risks related to standards, assessment quality, equity impacts, and quality assurance.
• Providing clear, scholarly advice to faculty governance and leadership forums.
• Supporting academic decision-making that is evidence-informed, equitable, and aligned with Te Kete and Te Aronui.

This role does not carry line management responsibility. Its impact will come through academic credibility, peer leadership, sound judgement, and the ability to build trust across disciplines, programmes, schools, and professional teams.

About you | Ko wai koe

You will bring an open, engaging, and collaborative approach, with the flexibility to respond to changing requirements, and actively contribute to a positive and collegial environment. You will demonstrate cultural humility, awareness, and respect when engaging with indigenous peoples and culturally diverse communities. Experience supporting indigenous, equity, or inclusion focused initiatives is highly desirable.

What we offer | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

At AUT, you’ll be part of a values-led university that supports you to thrive in your academic career. We offer:

• Flexible working and a strong, caring culture that supports
• Clear, visible pathways to grow your academic profile and global
• Recognition frameworks that reflect your contributions to teaching, research, citizenship and living our values.
• Mentoring and support for research grants, sabbaticals and publication.
• Access to our labs, simulation centres and real-world research
• Māori and Pacific development programmes that strengthen our shared
• Cultural capability uplift development programmes for all staff
• Professional development and funded study pathways to keep you moving forward.
• Free gym membership.

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

Along with your full academic CV (including a complete list of publications, if applicable) please also submit a cover letter explaining which specific role is of interest, and how your experience specifically aligns with the selection criteria outlined below.

All applications must be submitted through the online application process.