Head of Department

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ZBC Recruit Full time

HOD IT Programming to be based in their Umhlanga/Bryanston campus.

HOD Supply Chain Management to be based in their Umhlanga/Bryanston campus.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:


As a senior academic responsible for a department's academic provisioning and delivery across campuses, the HOD will manage the operational delivery and performance to achieve the overall BMS Faculty goals that align to institutional goals.

Provides functional and academic management and leadership and ensures quality assurance across delivery sites and campuses for contact and distance delivery.

Takes a leading role in curriculum innovation, design, development, and implementation for modules in programmes in the department.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic management:

  • Provide leadership to the department in respect of teaching and learning, research and student and lecturer engagement.
  • Codetermine the department's goals and objectives and joint accountability with the Dean.
  • Accountable for the successful implementation of the teaching and learning plans.
  • Enhancing and achieving Faculty projects.
  • Codetermine and develop an annual student success plan, joint accountability with the Dean.
  • Programme and project budgeting.

Operational Management:

  • Managing and supervising all academic spread across campuses and any support staff in the department.
  • Work collaboratively with campus managers and contact and distance MDs
  • The allocation of the workload to lecturing staff.
  • Enhancing staff relations and building the team towards a studentcentred department and a highperformance environment.
  • Attending to matters such as leave, grievances, disputes, training & development.
  • Dealing with student queries and complaints regarding the department/programme offerings.

Teaching, learning and student relations

  • Teach between 1215 hours per week in some modules in the department's qualifications
  • Teaching and learning materials development.
  • Implement faculty teaching and learning practices and processes on campus and distance learning and drive alignment across delivery sites.
  • Improve the design of the qualifications, curriculum, programmes to ensure shortfalls are addressed against external and internal programme evaluations and reviews and evolving trends
  • Research teaching and learning innovative methodologies and contribute to online learning development and management.
  • Innovative use of technology and all media, optimum standardisation levels across delivery sites for programmes, quality assurance to create a rich and diverse learning experience for our students.
  • Determine strategies to improve student success and maximise pass and throughput rates in the minimum time
  • Implement and oversee a secure environment for assessment and moderation.
  • Participate in enrolment planning to ensure optimal enrolment as per faculty plan.
  • Liaise with students and parents, build relationships, and resolve escalations.
  • Be involved in academic transformation projects as deemed appropriate by the GCAO

External Relationships

  • Collaborate and build effective relationships for student success model.
  • Liaise with regional, industry, statutory and professional regulatory bodies where applicable.
  • In consultation with the Dean, position and promote the department through effective marketing and communication, relationships with local government, the community, industry, students, parents and alumni and other stakeholders.
  • Take an active role in building a strategy and implementation plan to position your department strongly in the market.
  • In consultation with the Dean, promote internationalisation and commercialisation.
  • Build and maintain a strong relationship with alumni for lifelong learning pathways.

Management and Leadership

  • Joint accountability with Dean and campus managers for Faculty effectiveness and efficiency inclusive of infrastructure and facilities.
  • Joint accountability with leadership team for management effectiveness of the department.
  • Stakeholder relationship development and effectiveness.
  • Corporate governance conformance, reporting and risk management.
  • Cost management and costeffectiveness of programmes.
  • Support the Dean in preparing the departmental budget that feeds into the faculty budget.
  • Vested interest and holistic development of the lecturing staff in the department.
  • Valuesbased behaviour leadership.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

  • Positive and enthusiastic and high personal standing and integrity.
  • An excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
  • Resultsdriven, able to evaluate performance, provide the necessary support, take difficult decisions and hold people to account.
  • 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

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