{"id":11108,"date":"2019-04-29T11:31:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T11:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/?p=11108"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T08:23:35","slug":"academic-operations-director-vacancy-at-dublin-international-foundation-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/academic-operations-director-vacancy-at-dublin-international-foundation-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Operations Director Vacancy at Dublin International Foundation College."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/job-vacancy.jpg\" alt=\"Job vacancy text on screen of a tablet\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/job-vacancy.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/job-vacancy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/job-vacancy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>Due to an exciting expansion programme, DIFC now wants to appoint an Academic Operations Director to participate in the growth of the business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Role: Academic Operations Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Planning Management &amp; Control of Colleges (3)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Planning: resources \u2013 management, staff, facilities<\/li>\n<li>Management: management team, meetings, reports + control<\/li>\n<li>Budget KPI \u2013 customer satisfaction % exam success % placement %<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Facilities Planning + Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan for sales numbers by course etc.<\/li>\n<li>Maximise space utilisation % + cost per student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Management and Staff Planning<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up organisations structure &amp; management team<\/li>\n<li>Plan for sales numbers \u2013 optimum class sizes (15)<\/li>\n<li>Teachers capacity utilisation 90% \u2013 cost per class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong> External Relationships<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>NCUK \u2013 GCD \u2013 Irish HEI \u2013 Partner Universities Ireland &amp; UK \u2013 QQI \u2013 INIS \u2013 MEI \u2013 English Schools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong> Financial Planning + Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Budget cost % in line with company profitability<\/li>\n<li>Cost control monthly accounts A \/ B \u2013 action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong> Student Services \u2013 Line Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Manager responsible for Dublin \/ Cork \/ Galway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><strong> Placement \u2013 Dublin \/ Cork \/ Galway \u2013 Line Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Placement 90% each year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><strong> Operations Management<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>HR Management<\/li>\n<li>IT Management<\/li>\n<li>Resources and facilities management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><strong> Business Development and Growth of Business<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Work closely with Commercial Director regarding new products and link ups Ireland + overseas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><strong> Member of Senior Management Team<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Re strategy and planning 3 \u2013 5 years<\/li>\n<li>Co profitability and value of business<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Role Requirements\/Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masters \u2013 MBA<\/li>\n<li>Experience in management \u2013 5 years\n<ul>\n<li>Academic Management<\/li>\n<li>General Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Proven track record in management<\/li>\n<li>People skills<\/li>\n<li>Ambition to grow the business<\/li>\n<li>HR experience \u2013 managing staff<\/li>\n<li>Able to work with external organisations at high level<\/li>\n<li>Financial planning and management experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reporting to<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 CEO of DIFC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting Date<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 June 2019<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salary Package<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Attractive salary package will be offered reflecting the seniority of the position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants can apply directly to Diarmuid Moroney (CEO of DIFC) at <strong><a href=\"mailto:Diarmuid@difc.ie\">Diarmuid@difc.ie<\/a>.<\/strong> CVs will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application deadline<\/strong> \u2013 Friday 10th May 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About DIFC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dublin International Foundation College (DIFC)<\/strong>\u00a0was established in 1999 and has now grown to become Ireland\u2019s leading Foundation College with centres in Dublin, Cork and a new centre opening in Galway this year.<\/p>\n<p>We signed an exclusive agreement for Ireland with one of the world\u2019s foremost foundation providers NCUK, with a global network of Study Centres in more than 24 countries over four continents. Since 1987, NCUK has placed\u00a0<strong>over 30,000 international students<\/strong>\u00a0on to a wide range of university degree courses at universities in the UK &amp; Europe, Ireland, USA, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to an exciting expansion programme, DIFC now wants to appoint an Academic Operations Director to participate in the growth of the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_custom_body_class":"","_custom_post_class":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.difc.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}