IT Lecturer

Our client is looking for an **IT Lecturer **for their Cape Town campus.

**JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**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.
- Staying current by reading widely and producing published work in the field.
- Conducting research, and writing papers, proposals, journal articles, and books.
- Develop ideas for generating income and promoting the Institution.

**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,
- Identify areas where current provision requires revision or improvement and contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.
- Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
- Ensure that module design and delivery comply with quality standards and regulations of the University.

**Pastoral care**
- Be responsible for the pastoral care of students within a specified area.
- Providing support to other colleagues.
- Act as a mentor, giving first-line 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.
- Refer students as appropriate to services providing further support.
- Depending on work area (for example, laboratories, workshops, studios), conduct risk assessments, take steps to reduce hazards and take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others.
- Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and develop productive working relationships with other staff members.

**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.
- Results-driven, 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 time-management 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 Honours degree (NQF 8) in related field of study with sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the related field.
- BSc honours degree for IT lecturer
- A relevant Master's degree (NQF 9) or near completion of a Master's degree would be advantageous.
- Previous teaching experience (contact, blended and distance learning).
- Published work would be advantageous.
- Flexibility, resilience, and willingness to work extended hours to reach deliverables.
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills.
- Where applicable/mandatory, professional registration with a relevant Board.

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (preferred)

**Education**:

- Honours (required)