IQAC Coordinator Academic Quality & Accreditation

Company: Vivekananda Global University

Workplace Type: On-site

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Employment Type: Full-time

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Industry: Higher Education

Job Function: Education / Quality Assurance

Job Description

About the Role

Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, invites applications for the position of IQAC Coordinator. Reporting to the Director, IQAC, the Coordinator will lead institution-wide academic quality and accreditation initiatives, ensuring our Schools and Faculties meet and exceed national and international quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate institutional academic quality initiatives across all Schools/Faculties.
• Ensure curriculum development and revision align with NEP 2020, UGC regulations, statutory requirements and accreditation standards.
• Coordinate academic and administrative audits, programme reviews and quality enhancement exercises.
• Drive the implementation and monitoring of Outcome-Based Education (OBE), including CO-PO mapping, attainment and assessment processes.
• Monitor teaching-learning practices and promote innovative pedagogy, experiential learning, case-based learning and technology-enabled education.
• Coordinate the preparation and maintenance of documentation for NAAC, NBA, AACSB and other applicable accreditation frameworks.
• Maintain the institutional accreditation compliance calendar and track the closure of observations and action points.
• Collect evidence from Schools/Departments and validate it before submission.
• Identify academic quality gaps and recommend corrective and improvement measures.
• Develop quality benchmarks and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for academic processes.
• Prepare periodic reports and action-taken reports for IQAC review and management.

Key Performance Areas

• Accreditation compliance and timely submission of evidence
• Completion of academic audits
• Curriculum review and enhancement
• OBE/CO-PO attainment compliance
• Teaching-learning quality indicators
• Closure of identified academic quality gaps
• Timely IQAC reports and action-taken reports

Qualifications and Experience

• [Ph.D. / Postgraduate degree] in any discipline
• [X–Y years] of experience in higher education, with at least [X years] in IQAC, accreditation or academic quality roles
• Hands-on experience with NAAC (SSR/AQAR), NBA (SAR) and/or AACSB processes
• Sound understanding of NEP 2020, UGC regulations and OBE frameworks

Skills

• Strong coordination and stakeholder management across academic units
• Excellent documentation, data analysis and report-writing skills
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Proficiency in MS Office/Google Workspace; familiarity with ERP or accreditation software is an advantage