Chief Academic Officer

About the role

The College of Law, a non-university higher education provider delivering practical legal training, continuing legal education and accredited postgraduate programs, is seeking a Chief Academic Officer. As the college's most senior academic leader and a member of the Executive Committee, you report to the Group Chief Executive Officer and are accountable for the quality, integrity and relevance of everything taught. The college is also considering an alternative organisational design, so some accountabilities may change.

Key responsibilities

• Lead academic governance, compliance and quality assurance with higher education regulators and admitting authorities, and support the independent Academic Board, which you may chair.
• Provide strategic leadership of award curricula, ensuring qualifications are rigorous, professionally relevant and future focused.
• Lead teaching quality and the capability of the academic and teaching workforce.
• Champion student learning, achievement and outcomes.
• Lead a research and scholarship strategy aligned to the College's mission.
• Build relationships with the legal profession, law firms, courts, regulators and universities as a senior ambassador for the College.

Required profile

• Senior academic leader with significant experience leading academic strategy, curriculum and teaching and learning in a complex higher education environment, preferably in legal education or a related professional discipline.
• Doctoral-level postgraduate qualification or equivalent academic and professional standing, with a strong record of academic achievement, scholarship, research or professional practice.
• Understanding of academic governance, quality assurance, academic integrity and the Australian higher education regulatory environment.
• Credibility and networks in the legal profession or higher education sector; ability to lead change, build high-performing academic teams and operate at executive and governing body level.
• Flexible working hours and willingness to travel interstate and internationally to support operations across Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Applications close on 22 October 2026. Applicants submit a cover letter of no more than two pages and a resume of no more than four pages through the recruiter's website.