Doctoral Research Administrator
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Job category: Others: Education and Training
Location: Durban
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
EE position: Yes
Introduction
MANCOSA, a DHET-registered and CHE-accredited private higher education distance education provider offering undergraduate and postgraduate Education qualifications, has the following vacancy available: Doctoral Research Administrator
CORE PURPOSE
The Doctoral Research Administrator plays a key administrative role in advancing MANCOSA’s doctoral research programme support service, with an equal focus on:
- Supporting the doctoral students' research assessment, progress and throughput.
- Compliance support across the doctoral research lifecycle, and
- Supporting the DBA Administrator, Student Support Administrator, DBA Programme Coordinators, M-HREC administrator, and Senior Research Associates.
The incumbent will contribute to providing end-to-end administrative and compliance support across the doctoral research lifecycle. The administrator will oversee and control the:
- student project progress report tracking,
- supervisor onboarding, contracts, and database maintenance,
- supervision progress tracking,
- examination process and tracking,
- ratification process,
- doctoral thesis archiving,
- doctoral research portal and data filing,
- ensuring on-time, accurate, and report-ready processes for an excellent student experience.
CORE FUNCTIONS
- General Administration, including student support and supervisor onboarding.
- Project progress reports for doctoral students.
- Doctoral examinations.
- Quality assurance compliance.
QUALIFICATION(S)
- Master's degree is an added advantage.
- Preferably: Specialisation in business, administration, management, or in cognate fields.
EXPERIENCE
- 2 years of administrative experience.
- Higher education research experience is advantageous.
- Working with master's and doctoral students is advantageous.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in digital admin tools and MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Honesty and integrity.
- Willingness to work weekends
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Collaborative mindset in a diverse workplace.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Must be able to work during weekends when requested.
- Must be capable of working with visual and auditory input.
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