Call for Applications | Director – Professional and Continuing Education, PACE

In recognition of its mission to promote excellence in legal education, and to broaden access to the highest standards of learning in the law for all, NLSIU’s Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) Team provides a post-graduate master’s degree, and several post-graduate diplomas for students from all backgrounds. The PACE team designs and delivers training programmes for several leading organizations and government agencies. These programmes blend a deep understanding of the theoretical aspects of the law, practical know-how, and applications and examples from the field.

The University, accordingly, invites online applications from dynamic and accomplished professionals who have experience in online and offline learning and training programmes for professionals at all levels of experience, for the position of Director – Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). This is a full-time position, based out of the NLSIU campus in Bangalore involving field and desk work and will report to the Vice Chancellor, NLSIU.

The Director – Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), will be responsible for undertaking the following tasks:

• Overall strategic responsibility of the department;
• Overall end-to-end administration of PACE programmes – degree, diploma, certificate and training programmes as well as academic administration of the on-campus programmes;
• Handling end-to-end compliance and regulatory issues;
• Responsible for the preparation of proposals and the communication of proposals to external organizations
• Administering and drafting rules and regulations for all the programmes;
• Managing deliverables with regard to training programmes;
• Responsible for the management of MOU deliverables;
• Appointing or engaging faculty and resource persons for a seamless delivery of programmes;
• Overall financial responsibility of PACE and exercise of prudent decisions in financial matters;
• Analysis of feedback from various programmes;
• Creating and administering coherency of academic criteria across programmes. Ensuring academic rigor and integrity is not compromised in the programmes;
• Designing and managing course delivery pedagogy;
• Managing and resolving student, staff, academic fellows and faculty grievances;
• Ensuring a seamless conduct of exams and assessments;
• Managing delegation and work allocation within the department;
• Any other work assigned by the Vice Chancellor or Registrar

The deadline for the submission of the application has been extended to 5 pm, November 5, 2024. (View corrigendum)

For more details, view the official notification here.
To apply, click here.