Economics Lecturer

2 weeks ago

Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology Full time

FACULTY OF:
BMS

POSITION:

LECTURER

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.

General:

Preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars.
Setting and grading assignments, tests, and exams.
Attending and participating in meetings, conferences, and other events in and outside of the

Institution.

All academic staff are expected to engage in activities associated with the Institution's promotion, marketing, and public outreach.
Contribute to student recruitment, placements, and student retention.
Administrative duties in areas such as admissions, timetabling, examinations, and assessment of progress and student attendance.
Collaborating with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand knowledge base.
Participating in training opportunities and initiatives at the Institution.

2.

Student learning experience:

Use appropriate learning, teaching, support and assessment methods.
Developing curricula and course material that can be used across several platforms.
Supervise student projects and the academic elements of field trips, and, where appropriate, placements,

University.

3. Pastoral care

Be responsible for the pastoral care of students within a specified area.
Providing support to other colleagues.
Act as a mentor, giving firstline support to students.
Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances.
Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

Positive and enthusiastic and high personal standing and integrity.
Ability to inspire students with your passion.
An excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
Resultsdriven, able to evaluate performance, provide the necessary support, take difficult decisions and hold people accountable.
A team player paired with leadership skills and intellectual capacity to improve standards and student achievement/outcomes.
Someone who drives excellence through valuing and developing others.
An innovative thinker with an informed and critical awareness of the prevailing and evolving global trends in education.
Able to work under pressure, with excellent organisational and timemanagement skills and high attention to detail with a willingness to take on multiple tasks.
Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved.
Adaptable with a flexible mindset and openness to new ideas.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A relevant Honors degree (NQF 8) in related field of study with sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the related field.

Must be able to lecture the following modules:

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Ability to commute/relocate:

Centurion, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Education: