Academic Programme Convenor

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Eduvos Full time

Job Advert Summary:


Eduvos is looking to employ the services of a regional Academic Programme Convener (Faculty of Information Technology), to be based at our Mowbray campus, and also oversee Bloemfontein, East London, and Nelson Mandela Bay campuses, on a permanent basis.


Type of position:

Permanent employment opportunity

The Position:

To manage the day-to-day delivery of lecturing of IT qualifications.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum qualification:

  • Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computing, or IT related
  • Relevant PhD degree will be preferable

Experience:

  • At least five years' experience as a lecturer in the higher education industry
  • At least two years' experience in educational management and leadership

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

As the Academic Programme Convener, you will be primarily responsible for the following:
Accountability areas - operating / financial results accountable for:

  • Accountable for the operational delivery of lecturing related to Information Technology programmes across campuses and offerings (lecturer performance)
  • Accountable for the performance of the community of practice and alignment with development hub

Operational process outputs:

  • Fulfil the role of lecturer (ad hoc if required) but the main focus of the role is to manage academic delivery / managing the lecturers

Management:

  • Budgets
  • Input into academic budget
  • SCA claims processing
  • Operational planning e.g., programme implementation planning and training (per mode of delivery) incl. sequence, prerequisites, etc. (academic planner)
  • Monitoring, control, corrective action
  • Reporting regular feedback as per program manager requirements and Head of Programmes
  • Escalations / Decisions / Problem solving 1st point of contact for student complaints
  • Resourcing and capacity management (people; equipment)

Leadership:

  • Assistance with talent acquisition, selection and onboarding
  • Individual performance management role clarity and objectives; reviews; feedback; corrective actions
  • Culture and climate and change

Functional and Behavioural Competencies:

Functional competencies:

  • Computer literacy well developed MS Office skills
  • Working knowledge of learning systems (LMS)
  • Good understanding of qualification frameworks and academic processes and governance structures
  • Good understanding of management principles and remote managerial abilities

Behavioural competencies:

  • Initiative and responsibility:
  • People leadership and development:
  • Relations and networking
  • Effective communication
  • Professional and technical expertise
  • Selfdevelopment
  • Analysis and judgment / problem solving
  • Systematic approach (planning and organising)
  • Execution attention to detail
  • Steadiness (emotional tenacity)


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