Academic Director

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Duke Corporate Education Full time

Position Summary:


The Academic Director (AD) is responsible for the academic operations portfolio, including accountability for programme design, student affairs, teaching and learning, assessment management, quality assurance and policy implementation to ensure academic integrity, security and compliance.

This includes compliance with the accreditation criteria of the various Quality Councils while providing the highest standards of institutional operational efficiencies in the best interest of the student's learning experience and success.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Management of Duke CE's (Africa) overall accreditation status and stakeholder management required for Duke CE to remain in good standing with all relevant authorities
  • Maintain academic and institutional compliance as prescribed by national legislation
  • Establish appropriate governances and processes to ensure quality control and compliance with the respective regulations of DHET, CHE and the QCTO
  • Oversee and facilitate all prescribed committee meetings
  • Register and comply with the relevant regulatory body instructions insofar as legislative requirements are concerned.
  • Maintain all the academic processes, procedures and systems specified to maintain legislative accreditation.
  • Owns the stakeholder management process for all authorities, building relationships and navigating the accreditation environment as it evolves in South Africa
  • Builds relationships with authorities supporting a sustainable trajectory for Duke CE's growth ambitions in South Africa
  • Own and control the quality assurance of all academic operations and support systems
  • Design and develop programmes to align to industry requirements
  • Design and register new learning programmes with the relevant Quality Councils
  • Oversee the development of learning content for various modes of delivery
  • Ensure that all the necessary systems, policies and procedures are in place and maintained to ensure that teaching and learning strategies are conceptualised, developed, and implemented.
  • Oversee the improvement and development of existing programmes by leveraging internal and external resources (including knowledge resources, portfolios of evidence, and any other content linked to programmes)
  • Manage both academic and support staff to ensure academic integrity and excellence
  • Manage the learner management system, ensuring the integrity of learner data within the protection of personal information regulatory prescripts
  • Development of Programme Advisory Boards for industry input into curriculum reviews and update to keep relevance both during initial design and for review of existing curricula and endorsement of the curriculum by professional bodies where appropriate
  • Manage the quality of academic programme delivery
  • Collaborate with Client Directors in the delivery of academic programmes
  • Quality assures the implementation of the teaching and learning strategy to deliver exceptional learner experience
  • Manage all assessment processes including moderation and certification
  • Orchestrate oncampus graduation processes
  • Support the Registrar in the provision of administrative services to ensure data integrity
  • People leadership
  • Inspire and lead the team to superior performance and engagement
  • Support the development plans of the team and ensure appropriate onboarding, performance evaluations and feedback and career path support & advocacy
  • Incorporate development of team members and self into daily work and routines; and creates opportunities for feedback between all team members
  • Support the highest professional standards and uphold Duke CE values.

Requirements:

Position Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

  • Extensive knowledge and experience in the DHET, CHE and QCTO regulatory landscape
  • Proven track record in academic leadership
  • Proven track record in designing and registering programmes with the CHE and the QCTO
  • Experience in Instructional design including the development of digital learning content
  • Proven track record in managing learner experiences from recruitment to certification including student support services
  • Experience in managing both academic and support staff
  • Extensive knowledge in the quality assurance of teaching and learning experiences
  • Experience in managing assessments and certification including digital assessments
  • Experience in managing resources required for a distance learning institution
  • Extensive knowledge in providing oversight for effective programme administration
  • Ability to effectively lead and engage others
  • Ability to work effectively independently as well as in a team
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Enjoys working in a fastpaced, customeroriented environment in which commitment to a common mission and reliance upon and support of other team members is expected and valued

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Relevant Master's degree or a

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