Head of Department

5 days ago

Durban, South Africa Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology Full time

**FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (BMS)**

**POSITION**:
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

**BACKGROUND**:
Richfield Graduate Institute of Technology commenced operations in 1990. Richfield operates Higher

Education, Technical, Vocational & Further Education Training, Distance Learning and Short Learning

Programmes with campuses located across major cities and rural sectors in South Africa. Higher

Education Programmes are offered at Higher Certificate, Advanced Certificate, Diploma, Degree, Post

Graduate Diploma and Honours levels.

**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**:
As a senior academic of Richfield across campuses, the HoD will manage the operational delivery and performance to achieve the overall BMS Faculty goals. Provide functional and academic leadership and enforce quality assurance across delivery/campuses and in all modes of delivery. Take a leading role in curriculum innovation, design and development and implementation into modules in programmes in the department.

**JOB DESCRIPTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**1. Strategic management**:

- Provide leadership to the department in respect of teaching and learning, research and engagement.
- Co-determine the department’s goals and objectives and joint accountability with the

Dean.
- Accountable for the successful implementation of the teaching and learning plan.
- Enhancing and achieving Faculty projects.
- Co-determine and develop an annual plan, joint accountability with the Dean.
- Programme and project budgeting.

**2. Operational Management**:

- Managing and supervising staff in the department.
- Work collaboratively with campus managers.
- The allocation of the workload of staff.
- Enhancing staff relations and building the team towards a student-centred department.
- Attending to matters such as leave, grievances, disputes, training & development.
- Dealing with student queries and complaints regarding the department/programme offerings.
- Online learning development and management

**3. Teaching, learning and student relations**:

- Teaching and learning materials development.
- Implement faculty teaching and learning practices and processes on campus 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.
- Innovative use of technology and all media, optimum standardisation levels across delivery sites for programmes, quality assurance, and creating a rich and diverse learning experience.
- Determine strategies to improve student success and maximise throughput and student success.
- 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

**4. External Relationships**:

- Collaborate and build effective relationships for success model delivery
- 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.
- In consultation with the Dean, promote internationalisation and commercialisation.

**5. Management and Leadership**:

- Faculty effectiveness and efficiency inclusive of infrastructure and facilities, joint accountability.
- 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 cost-effectiveness of programmes.
- Personal effectiveness, wholeness and development of staff.
- Values-based behaviour leadership and personal compliance.

**PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**:

- Positive and enthusiastic and high personal standing and integrity.
- An excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
- Results-driven, 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 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 Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Three (3) to Five (5) years’ experience in higher education, preferably in a

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