Dr. Fazluz Zaman
Doctorate of Business Administration; GC Higher Ed; MEd, MBA (HRM); M. Int'l Bus, DVET, DTDD, Dip Quality AuditingAcademic Casual
School of Business and Law
I have over 19 years of academic lecturing, practising quality assurance and compliance process and embracing administrative experience. I am currently engaging as sessional teaching staff to teach management and marketing courses to higher education providers. I have experienced in maintaining compliance of diverse domestic Registered Training Organization (RTO) and Commonwealth Register of Institutions Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) colleges. I am also a consultant for a well-renowned childcare group, and I facilitate professional development for a community-based trainer’s group.
In 2018-19, I was the director of Academic Affairs and Compliance at a domestic RTO and CRICOS college in Sydney. I have acquired diverse skills from various qualifications covering the fields of Project Management, WHS, QMS, Risk Management, Leadership and Marketing. In 2017, I completed my Doctorate of Business Administration in WHS, and I have Postgraduate Degrees in Education, HRM and International Business.
Expertise: Higher education teaching and quality assurance, VET teaching and compliance and facilitating professional development and career settlement.
Proven experience teaching marketing, management, and HRM subjects, applying domestic RTO, transitioning to the CRICOS college, ongoing quality assurance, as well as compliance and program management at several educational institutions.
Universities Studied At
HIGHER EDUCATION
2017 University of Newcastle, Australia
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
2014 University of Wollongong, Sydney, Australia
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GCHE)
2011 University of Technology (UTS)
Master of Education, major in Adult Education
2005-6 University of Technology (UTS)
Master of Business Administration (HRM)
2000 University of Wollongong, Sydney, Australia
Master of International Business
Previous teaching
July 2014 – now
Montessori Academy - Consultant, Industry-based Academic team
Mar 2018 – now
Position (Teaching): Sessional academic - Taught and continue to teach at the following Higher Education institutions
Edith Cowan University – VIT (Victorian Institute of Technology) (from Jan 2020) - https://www.vit.edu.au/master-of-business-administration-mba/
Central Queensland University, Sydney Campus (from Jul 2019) - https://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/locations/sydney
Federation University Australia – Academies Australasia Polytechnic - Sydney (from July 2014) - http://www.academies.edu.au/our-colleges-sydney.html#AAI
Federation University Australia – IIBIT, Sydney (from March 2018) - https://www.iibit.edu.au/
Jun 2017 – now
RPLupskill Pty Ltd
Position (Management and Training): Principal facilitator of PD Programs; Company Director
Feb 2018 - May 2019
Institute of Business and Management Australia
Position (Management): Program Director, Academic Affairs and Compliance (Part Time)
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Higher College of Technology
Al Ain Women’s College, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Position (Teaching): Instructor/Faculty, Trade Skills Program (TSP)
Feb 2016 to Feb 2017
Australian Education and Learning Institute, Sydney
Position (Management): Academic, Compliance and Business Development Manager - AQF Level III, IV, V and VI
Professional Memberships
Project Management Institute
Australian Human Resource Institute
Responsibilities
Education Management
· Extensive experience in understanding and applying Vocational Compliance and Higher Education Quality Assurance requirements
· Facilitate and improve staff through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring them
· Ability to liaise with the full range of stakeholders
· Articulate creative and active listening capability to understand and respond across business levels.
· Apply Microsoft Office including Excel (advanced), Word, PowerPoint, Project, Office 365
· Conceptualize and administer risk management strategies and contribute new knowledge to develop risk mitigation capabilities
· Analysing business needs to develop processes for change management at the organisational level
· Quick analytical ability
· Accountability for self and team members’ contributions
· Demonstrated leadership in the areas of teaching and managing small to medium size academic initiatives.
Teaching
· Flexible to teach in diverse pedagogical learning styles, facilitate learning as per student cohort context
· Ability to interact in various face to face, distance and technological learning environments
· Familiarity with and coordination of various learning management systems (LMS) such as Moodle, Blackboard Collaborate, Canvass and online class arrangement i.e. Zoom and Microsoft Teams to incorporate it into lesson plans.
· Lead the faculty and administration team to engage in assessment design, validation and moderation
· Participate to improve face to face classroom management and execute flexible teaching methods to facilitate transitioning from face to face to online transition
· Consistent updating of professional currency though formal coursework and Professional Development
Key Achievements
Montessori Academy - Secured $200K government Smart and Skilled Funding consecutively in 2016-17 and 2017-18 financial year
Sessional academic at the Higher Education institutions - Average teaching rating 4.7 and above in a 5-point scale
RPLupskill Pty Ltd - At least 250 trainers across NSW are familiar with my name and services this RPLupskill offers - Qualifications upgrade and conducted 5 Face to Face in-house workshops and 1 webinar for the community trainers’ and serviced 4 CRICOS colleges
Institute of Business and Management Australia - Registered as the CRICOS provider for 420 capacities and secured 7 years unconditional registration to operate
Computer Software
MS Office Package
SPSS
MS Project
Office 365
Consultancy Work
Specialise in
VET College Set up
VET Add to Scope - New Courses
VET Compliance and Quality Assurance
VET Registration and Re-registration Process
VET - Conduct Professional Development in recent VET issues