Associate Dean for academic quality, accreditations and partnerships

• Accreditation Bodies

Rome Business School

Rome Business School is one of the leading Business Schools in Italy which offers Master and MBA programs both on campus and online, as well as Executive Education training programs. We always maintain an international vision, and our mission is to train global leaders equipped to manage companies all over the world from an innovative and sustainable perspective.

Rome Business School is the most international Business School in Italy with more than 2.100 students per year coming from 161 countries, counting also with 269 university partnerships and agreements in 26 countries and 4 continents worldwide. Rome Business School is strongly connected with the world of work: +616 companies partner for networking, job opportunities and Master lectures.

Descripción de la oferta

The Associate Dean for Academic Quality, Accreditation & Partnerships is responsible for leading and developing Rome Business School's academic quality assurance, accreditation, university partnership and university-project functions.

The role is expected to build a robust and scalable academic quality framework capable of supporting the continued growth of RBS, the development of Bachelor and Master programmes, new university partnerships, official or university-validated programmes, and national and international accreditation processes.

The position combines academic leadership, quality governance, external relationship management and project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Academic Quality Governance
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the RBS Academic Quality Assurance framework.
• Establish clear academic standards, policies, procedures and quality-control mechanisms across programmes.
• Ensure systematic implementation of programme review and improvement processes.
• Oversee the institutional quality cycle, including programme reviews, academic quality reviews, teaching-quality monitoring and improvement plans.
• Ensure that academic decisions and quality actions are documented, traceable and consistently implemented.
• Promote a culture of evidence-based academic improvement across the School.
• Accreditation
• Define and lead the School's academic accreditation strategy in coordination with the Dean and senior management.
• Manage existing accreditation requirements and new accreditation projects.
• Coordinate accreditation applications, documentation, evidence collection, self-assessment processes and external reviews.
• Monitor compliance with accreditation standards and ensure that agreed improvement actions are implemented.
• Maintain institutional readiness for accreditation audits and peer-review visits.
• University Partnerships
• Lead the academic component of relationships with partner universities and higher-education institutions.
• Support the identification, assessment and development of new academic partnerships.
• Coordinate academic negotiations regarding programme validation, franchising, recognition, credit structures, academic regulations and quality requirements.
• Ensure that RBS programmes delivered in partnership with universities comply with the academic standards and requirements of the relevant partner institution.
• University and Official Programme Projects
• Provide leadership for the development and management of university-related projects.
• Supervise the University Projects function and establish appropriate project-management and governance mechanisms.
• Support the development of Bachelor programmes and other university-linked academic initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant academic and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate internal stakeholders involved in programme approval, validation and implementation.
• Academic Standards
• Establish and monitor standards related to curriculum quality, learning outcomes, assessment, academic depth and programme coherence.
• Work closely with Academic Affairs & Research and Academic Innovation to ensure that quality requirements are embedded both in programme design and programme delivery.
• Define quality expectations relating to faculty qualifications and academic performance in coordination with the Faculty Management function.
• Team Leadership
• Lead and develop the Quality, Accreditation and University Projects team.
• Establish clear responsibilities, objectives and KPIs.
• Build the capabilities required for the future growth of the function.
• Promote effective collaboration across Academic Affairs, Academic Innovation, Research, Faculty Management and other School functions.
• Reporting and Institutional Governance