Assistant Director, Executive Education Proposals & Content - Office of Executive Education
On-siteAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Job Summary
Develop and refine client-facing proposals and program narratives that articulate rationale, audience needs, learning outcomes, and value propositions across executive education verticals. Draft and edit documentation including concept notes, curriculum descriptions, competency frameworks, and assessment narratives to ensure academic integrity and decision-readiness. Collaborate with faculty, academic leadership, and clients during ideation and discovery stages to produce tailored materials for RFPs, enterprise partners, and ministry staff. Serve as the lead copy editor for all OEPE assets, maintaining standardized templates, terminology, and version control while coordinating revisions across multiple stakeholders. Incorporate data and feedback from legal, governance, and senior leadership to prepare robust program documentation for committee review and approval workflows.
Required Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Higher Education Administration
- Master's Degree in Education Policy
- Master's Degree in Instructional Design / Learning Sciences
- Master's Degree in Communications or Strategic Communications
- Master's Degree in English, Rhetoric, or Writing
- 7+ years of progressively responsible experience producing academic, programmatic, and/or professional education written materials
- Demonstrated experience partnering with faculty and academic leadership to translate subject-matter expertise into clear, structured program documentation
- Experience writing for multiple audiences
- Track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects, tight deadlines, and concurrent deliverables
- Ability to produce polished, structured, evidence-based academic documents with strong narrative logic and precision
- Ability to articulate learning outcomes, competencies, assessment strategies, and curriculum progression in clear, defensible language
- Ability to write within institutional policy frameworks, incorporate committee feedback, and maintain documentation integrity and audit readiness
- Ability to reconcile inputs from faculty, instructional design, marketing, admissions, legal/risk, and leadership into a single coherent narrative
- Ability to interpret market inputs, client needs, and institutional strategy to shape program rationale, differentiation, and value proposition
- Ability to manage multiple drafts, approvals, and deadlines using disciplined version control and documentation workflows
- Ability to handle sensitive internal materials, draft decision memos, and support leadership-level initiatives with discretion
Desired Qualifications
- Doctoral Degree
- Certificate in Instructional Design or Learning Experience Design
- Certificate in Writing or technical communication
- Project Management Certificate
- Experience structuring persuasive proposals for enterprise/ministry clients, including outcomes frameworks, impact measures, and implementation narratives
- Experience writing evaluation plans and success metrics (KPIs), including learner outcomes, organizational impact, and quality assurance indicators
- Experience adapting program and proposal narratives into web-ready copy, collateral, pitch decks, FAQs, and email campaigns
- Experience producing clear, inclusive, learner-centered writing and applying accessibility-aware content practices
- Experience aligning program documentation with UAE and Abu Dhabi accreditation expectations as applicable
- Experience tailoring messaging for UAE and GCC stakeholders and diverse audiences
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