Emeritus - Associate Dean - Education & Students

Hiring for Associate Dean (Education and Students), University of Bristol, Mumbai.

About The University Of Bristol :

The University of Bristol's Mumbai campus is an innovative extension of its prestigious UK counterpart, established to promote academic excellence, global collaboration, and impactful industry engagement in one of the world's most dynamic financial hubs.

The campus offers a truly international and cross-cultural academic environment, combining the University's rigorous academic traditions with the fast-evolving Indian and South Asian business landscape.

As part of a growing global network, the Mumbai campus serves as a hub for interdisciplinary learning, applied research, and thought leadership.

Faculty members enjoy access to global partnerships, collaborative research opportunities, and the ability to contribute to high-impact academic programmes that prepare students to meet the challenges of an interconnected world.

About The Role :

This role is a key foundational role to support the delivery of the University's Mumbai Enterprise Campus (MEC), a flagship transnational education initiative of the University of Bristol set to open its doors in 2026, coinciding with the University's 150th anniversary.

The role will provide leadership to develop and structure the MEC's educational offer and its two-way link with the University's main campus in Bristol, reporting to and working closely with the MEC Executive Dean and Director, throughout the first three foundational years of the Campus establishment - with possibility of a contract renewal for an additional term thereafter.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership to deliver an inspiring education, and transformative student experience, embedding new structures and ways of working across Mumbai and Bristol campuses.

The role holder will also work as principal lead in bridging the coordination of the MEC with Faculties in Bristol.

To do so, the role will have dotted lines reporting to University's Pro Vice Chancellor (Education and Students), and collaborating with relevant Associate PVCs (Faculty based and thematic), The will do so alongside an expected close partnership with the Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor in either Arts, Law and Social Sciences (ALSS) or Science and Engineering (S&E), to steward the development of a specific faculty-based MEC coordination function from year 2, depending on disciplinary background of the appointee.

Key Responsibilities :

• Educational Leadership, Culture, and Engagement.
• Reporting to the Executive Dean.

The key responsibilities will be as follow :

Teaching & Research :

Resource Management :

Key Competencies / Attributes :

Leadership and Culture : supports the setting of direction and has the courage to give purpose to help take the MEC forward.

Is able to help inspire people with the vision of the future.

Manages others and their performance with honesty and integrity.

Managing Change : leads and embraces change.

Is able to balance University need for change with MEC needs.

Understands the concerns of colleagues and communicates the reasons for change.

Educational vision : able to articulate a compelling vision for education and student experience that is inspiring, dynamic, and engaging.

Results Focus : takes action to make sure things happen.

Is decisive and able to balance competing needs.

Managing Finance and Resources : ensures the effective use of resources allocating time and people time appropriately in line with objectives and financial constraints.

Collaborative Working : encourages a cohesive, trust-based team approach across the Faculties and University.

Collaborative internationalization : open to working across international boundaries to connect closely with Bristol colleagues and embracing Bristol's ethos and culture of internationalization.

Continual Professional Development : engages in self-development.

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