Teaching & Learning Specialist

2 weeks ago

Bellville, South Africa University of the Western Cape Full time

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that educates the students across multiple disciplines, including Accounting, Economics, Finance, Industrial Psychology (Human Resources Management), Information Systems, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Institute for Social Development (ISD), Management and Entrepreneurship, Political Studies, School of Government (including Public Administration) and the Academic Literacies Programme.

The T&L Specialist will be responsible for developing and facilitating the implementation of the faculty Teaching and Learning plan.

**The successful incumbent will be responsible for**:

- Working closely with Departments with regards to the design and implementation of Teaching and Learning strategies and interventions
- Assisting departments with the development of new programmes and review of existing ones
- Assisting Departments to internally review and reflect on their Teaching and Learning practices
- Collaborating with Departments to implement curriculum and academic literacy initiatives, as well as facilitating the integration of academic literacy into undergraduate curricula
- Facilitating the development of disciplinary and faculty graduate attributes, and monitoring the incorporation of these into Teaching and Learning activities and assessment tasks
- Facilitating and disseminating innovative pedagogical practices within Departments in the Faculty
- Initiating and implementing professional staff development in the area of Teaching and Learning
- Supporting research into the challenges of teaching and learning in the Faculty and co-developing strategies to address these
- Managing the faculty Academic and Tutor Coordinator and the faculty Graduate Assistant Coordinator
- Responsible for implementation of Faculty Operating Plan as related to Learning and Teaching
- Other related duties as assigned by the Dean/Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning

**Minimum Requirements**
- A Doctoral degree
- Relevant expertise in key areas of Teaching and Learning practice and theory in a higher education context
- Record of academic publications (at least 3 peer-reviewed or accredited journal articles)

**Added Advantages**:

- Engagement in scholarship on higher educational pedagogies and teaching
- Experience in curriculum development

**Key competencies**:

- Sound communication and interpersonal skills
- Facilitation and presentation skills
- Coaching and mentoring skills, with the ability to develop others
- Student focused approach
- Quality orientation
- Ability to use initiative and be innovative
- Planning and organising skills
- Computer literacy and e-learning skills-
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