Requirements
The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in public policy, higher education administration, or law, with at least 5 years of experience in faculty policy development, institutional research, or academic leadership. Essential skills include benchmarking, policy drafting and structuring, analytical thinking, stakeholder coordination, and executive-level communication. Familiarity with higher education and multicultural environments is preferred.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Administration & Secretarial
Company Industry
Education & Training
Application open:
Full-time
Job purpose:
Lead the development, review, and institutional alignment of faculty-related policies across the university. The role is responsible for translating benchmarking insights and internal audits into clear, implementable policy/guidelines frameworks, while coordinating stakeholder input and supporting leadership decision-making through structured analysis and communication. The role operates with a high degree of day-to-day independence, while ensuring that all policy/guidelines documents and faculty-facing communications are reviewed and approved by the associate director prior to issuance or distribution.
Key responsibilities:
Policy/guidelines development and institutional alignment
Lead the development of faculty-related policies, including drafting, structuring, and revising policy/guidelines documents and guidelines, for associate director review and approval prior to finalization.
Translate institutional priorities into formal policy/guidelines frameworks across areas such as tenure and promotion, faculty appointments, teaching load, and faculty conduct and governance.
Ensure internal consistency and alignment across faculty-related policies, identifying overlaps, gaps, and conflicts.
Support restructuring and standardization of the university’s faculty policy/guidelines architecture (e.g., faculty handbook organization, policy/guidelines/guideline categorization), with proposed changes routed through the associate director prior to implementation.
Policy/guidelines audit and benchmarking
Conduct comprehensive audits of existing faculty-related policies/guidelines across the university.
Identify inconsistencies, redundancies, and areas requiring revision or consolidation.
Lead benchmarking exercises against peer institutions to inform faculty policy/guidelines/guideline design and updates.
Synthesize benchmarking data into actionable recommendations for leadership.
Stakeholder coordination for policy/guidelines development
Coordinate input and feedback from key stakeholders including deans, provost, academic appointments, HR, research office, and senior leadership.
Facilitate discussions and working sessions to refine faculty policy/guidelines direction and resolve ambiguities.
Track faculty policy/guidelines development timelines, approvals, and dependencies across functions.
Leadership communication and decision support
Develop structured presentations, briefing materials, and reports for the vice provost for faculty excellence and advancement.
Support internal approval processes through well-documented rationale and comparative analysis.
Policy/guidelines-related communications
Draft communications related to faculty policy/guidelines updates, changes, and implementations, for associate director review and approval prior to distribution.
Ensure clarity, consistency, and accessibility of faculty policy/guidelines information for faculty audiences.
Collaborate with communications/marketing teams to align messaging and dissemination channels.
Develop templates and standardized formats for faculty policy/guidelines communication.
Faculty lifecycle policy/guidelines integration
Ensure alignment between faculty policy/guidelines frameworks and faculty lifecycle processes (orientation, reviews, career progression).
Support integration of faculty policy/guidelines changes into existing faculty programs and institutional processes.
Provide faculty policy/guidelines input into faculty-facing initiatives where relevant.
Academic qualifications:
Master’s degree in public policy/guidelines, higher education administration, law, or a related field.
Essential
5 years of experience in faculty policy/guidelines development, institutional research, or academic leadership and administration.
Demonstrated experience in:
Conducting benchmarking and translating findings into structured outputs
Faculty policy/guidelines drafting and structuring
Analytical thinking and synthesis
Institutional benchmarking
Stakeholder coordination
Executive-level communication (written and presentation)
Ability to translate ambiguity into structured outputs
Preferred
Familiarity with working in higher education, international organizations, and multicultural environments.
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