Thank you for your interest in the position of Dean, Healthcare Sciences. This role presents a unique opportunity for the College as we develop innovative ways of expanding the portfolio, attracting new students, developing and sustaining a research culture and expanding partnerships across the wider health sector.

An international university as reflected in our people, our places, and our research, JCU takes quiet pride in being recognised as a leading tertiary institution in Australia, our Asia-Pacific region and among the universities of the world. The Academy recognises the grand challenges facing the world today and the particular role that will be played out in the Tropics.

The Academy is uniquely positioned to deliver excellence through teaching, learning and research within the Colleges and Research Centres. Teachers and researchers within the Academy have achieved national and international recognition.

The Academy also provides collaborative leadership with the Colleges and ensures that the Colleges are able to deliver the core business of learning and teaching, research/scholarship, leadership and service, and engagement, and contribute effectively to the strategic agenda. The Division office drives the strategic objectives of the Division and services a proportion of College administrative operations.

The Colleges of the Academy include:

• Arts, Society and Education
• Business, Law and Governance
• Healthcare Sciences
• Medicine and Dentistry
• Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences
• Science and Engineering

JCU attracts the very best staff locally, nationally and globally who deliver and support a high quality student experience, research outcomes, and industry engagement. The University has a diverse, inclusive and supportive workforce where staff respect and trust each other. It is a workforce that feels engaged and inspired, and is consistently high performing.

JCU is committed to promoting gender equity and diversity and achieved Athena SWAN Bronze accreditation in 2020 and a commitment to increasing opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Strategy.

We’re excited to welcome candidates with an entrepreneurial mindset, proven strategic leadership and whose values align with ours: excellence; authenticity; integrity and respect.

JCU's values are the qualities that define what we stand for. They capture the standards that we live by and guide the way we behave and work together.

• AUTHENTICITY:  Working in, with and for the communities in which we are based, we are responsive to their needs and champions for transformative education and research. In doing so we act ethically, transparently and with generosity of spirit.
• EXCELLENCE:  Our global reputation for cutting-edge research and education is built upon on our responsiveness to the unique characteristics of the places in which we work and our commitment to excel in everything we do.
• INTEGRITY:  We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professional and scientific conduct.  We are proactive in identifying and acting on barriers to inclusiveness and diversity in all aspects of university life.
• RESPECT:  JCU fosters a respectful environment for robust debate and a diversity of ideas, engaging our staff, students and the broader community in a supportive, culturally respectful and connected community of higher learning.
  

These priorities describe our key areas of strategic focus and the core capabilities we will harness to help deliver on the University’s objectives.

• TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION:  JCU measures itself by the success of our students. Our curriculum emphasises experiential learning, student agency, and technology enhanced learning; assuring seamless integration and equivalency across delivery sites and modes.  Effective pathway and student support programs extend access and widen participation in higher education, including regional, remote, Indigenous, first-in-family, and international students.  All students gain lifelong learning skills and enduring connections with our University.
• IMPACTFUL RESEARCH  Our global position as a world-class research university capitalises on existing strengths and expertise, and focuses our investment on emerging challenges and opportunities for our region, the Tropics and beyond.  We provide research excellence, innovation and commercialisation opportunities that deliver impact to our communities and end-users. We provide real world solutions to the problems of today and tomorrow.
• EMPOWERING OUR PEOPLE:  The accomplishments of our University are an aggregate of the achievements and success of our people.  We are focused on ensuring that our staff and students are valued and enabled through an inclusive and respectful learning environment, and that our workforce reflects our strategic priorities.
• A CIVIC UNIVERSITY:  Through our relationship and partnerships with our communities, we create opportunities and address local challenges.  As a place-based knowledge partner, the University delivers education, research and policy advice to government. We influence policy, strategic planning and integrated responses for the social, cultural and economic benefit of our Place.
  
• SECURING OUR FUTURE:  To create opportunities and enduring benefits for our region and beyond the University must be financially sustainable.  We ensure that our actions today enhance the range of social, cultural, environmental and economic options available to future generations.
  

   

The Dean, Healthcare Sciences is accountable for:

1. The success of the College’s teaching, research and engagement programs as evidenced by: staff, student satisfaction and engagement measures; research, financial, risk and reputational outcomes and delivery of the JCU Corporate Strategy.
2. The ongoing innovation and refinement of the curriculum portfolio, realising expansion and engagement opportunities, which attend to the changing needs of the nursing and allied health disciplines, professions and industries.
   
3. Mitigating risks through sound planning, governance, quality control practices and leading a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and accountability.
   
4. Delivering learning and teaching, research and engagement outcomes through cross-campus, cross-discipline collaborations and ongoing expansion of programs, products and services.
   
5. People management and leadership through organisational change and cultural transformation, which builds a performance culture characterised by continuous improvement, respect, engagement and accountability where people feel valued and supported to deliver tangible outcomes and realise their potential.

1. A PhD or equivalent qualification with a significant record of internationally eminent academic and research achievements within nursing or an allied health discipline.
2. Demonstrated superior leadership and senior management experience with an ability to manage and lead through periods of change, uncertainty and growth with an entrepreneurial focus.
3. Demonstrated strategic knowledge of the higher education sector and discipline specific challenges, directions and opportunities specifically for learning, teaching and research and industry driven programs.
4. Proven ability to perform high level strategic planning, program and managerial functions with clear accountability for performance and quality management.
5. Demonstrated ability to cultivate culture change and deliver outcomes through the maintenance of highly engaged, respectful, safe and healthy teams.