Tena koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera. Open Polytechnic, a business division of Te Pukenga is Aotearoa New Zealand's specialist online learning provider. We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of approximately 30,000 akonga each year. We're a place where you can make a difference.
We offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our akonga are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way.
About the role We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced candidate to lead our Learning Delivery directorate as Acting Executive Director Learning Delivery. As a secondment from your permanent substantive role, this is expected to be for a fixed term of up to 6 months to cover parental leave for the incumbent. The period of appointment is from early February 2025 to August 2025.
The Executive Director Learning Delivery is part of the polytechnic's Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for the delivery of learning and teaching activities. This includes facilitation and teaching, student mentoring, assessment, research, and associated educational support services.
This role is open to current permanent employees of Te Pukenga only. Open Polytechnic offers flexible working arrangements to our kaimahi. In this role, as a member of the polytechnic's Executive leadership team, regular attendance on campus is an expectation.
The ideal candidate will have A higher level tertiary qualification Senior management experience Experience in tertiary education and academic leadership, with a good understanding of distance learning and e-learning Experience leading and managing professionally qualified staff Sound knowledge of digital educational delivery and associated staff training and competence requirements Cultural capability skills and professional practice that recognises the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi About us: The Kuratini Tuwhera has an enviable reputation in the vocational sector with a campus situated in the Hutt Valley. We offer free education for our people and their whanau, free car parking on campus, flexible working options, a modernised working environment, subsidised school holiday programmes for your children, free fitness classes, and an on-site café.
If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Please outline in your cover letter why you wish to pursue this opportunity.
Applications must be submitted online via our careers' website. Contact ****** with any questions about the role.
Applications close on Monday 18 November 2024. Noho ora mai. Tena koe. Reference: 34772 Posted: 08 Nov 2024 Closes: 18 Nov 2024 12:00 Expertise: Executive Management Work type: Fixed Term Location: Lower Hutt
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