Programme Academic Lead - Social Sciences
Education, Higher Education
Minimum Requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of the South African higher education systems and regulatory framework.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Teaching and Learning theory and interventions.
- The ability to provide student support services.
- The ability to work with and learn more about digitalized academic platforms.
- The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
- Ability to adhere to rules and strictly follow work regulations.
- Deadline orientated and can work well under pressure.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Initiative and responsibility
- Constructive teamwork, relations and networking
- Influence
- Analysis and judgement
- Innovation and change
- Systematic approach (planning and organising)
- Steadiness (emotional tenacity)
- Communication
- Honours' degree in Social Science
- Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education would be advantageous.
- Master's degree would be an add advantage
- 1- 3 Coordination of teaching and learning activities
- An understanding of the current South African Higher Education regulatory framework and its impact on higher education and private colleges
- Work Experience:
- 2- 3 years Higher Education Teaching experience
- 5yrs Industry Experience
- Key competencies:
- Bachelor's degree in Social Science
- 2- 3 years Higher Education Teaching
- 5yrs Industry
- The ability to provide
Responsibilities
- Academic Development and Performance Monitoring
- Direct academic student engagement
- Teaching and learning in and out of the classroom
- Contributes to programme improvements (content and assessments)
- Accountable for coordination of students on-boarding
- Coordination of a programme and curriculum review
- Participate in material and assessment development
- Coordination of students’ admissions into programmes
- Coordination of student consultations
- Programme ownership and responsibility
- Campus academic performance
- Campus Timetables
- Creation and promotion of academic culture on campus
- The ability to work with and learn more about digitalized academic platforms.
- The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
- Ability to adhere to rules and strictly follow work regulations.
- Deadline orientated and can work well under pressure.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Initiative and responsibility
- Constructive teamwork, relations and networking
- Influence
- Analysis and judgement
- Innovation and change
- Systematic approach (planning and organising)
- Steadiness (emotional tenacity)
- Communication
- To teach/lecture allocated modules. To engage and prepare students for assessments by tracking module pacers, identifying and supporting at risk students, managing general student administrative support, and developing assessments by engaging with the Central Academic Team. Assisting the Programme Coordinator in tracking and analysing of academic results to evaluate the performance of the module and to identify “at risk modules”.
- Key Performance Area:
- Academic Support
- Teaching & Learning Delivery
- Programme Coordination
- Academic Management and Leadership
- Management of resources Responsible for recruitment and management of
- Full Time Lecturers
- and development
- On boarding of all academic and
- Academic and
- Management of resources
- Responsible for recruitment and management of
- Independent Contractors
