Head: Academic

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa IIE Varsity College , IIE Vega and IIE MSA Full time

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Campus Head

**Vega School** is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

**The IIE Vega, Cape Town Campus has a vacancy for a Head: Academic.**

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Academic Management**
- Creates and manages the implementation of the campus academic delivery plan with Programme Managers, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Educational Technologist, Lecturers, Junior Lecturers, Information Specialist and Assistant Information Specialist.

This will be achieved through the following:

- The achievement of greater student success (by achieving set targets) via an ongoing analysis of academic results, reporting on and addressing areas of risk.
- The improvement of student retention rates through the management of the quality student support interventions and strategies to improve student perseverance/resilience.
- The measurement of the effectiveness of student support interventions on an ongoing basis; and
- The management and development of the lecturing team with a focus on lecturer upskilling and scholarship, allocation of modules and lecturer workload.
- Ensures equity of academic delivery across Schools.
- Accountable for compliance to the policies and procedures of The Independent Institute of Education.
- Responsible for engagement with the relevant National portfolio heads regarding campus Academic performance and compliance.
- Builds and promotes an active community of best academic practice on campus.
- Handles student disputes and complaints.
- Handles lecturer queries.
- Co-ordinates concession students.
- Actively engaging in action research in response to academic queries and issues raised.
- Co-ordinates and plans for annual lecturer and student award events.
- Manages the academic support and lecturer budgets.
- Works with other Senior Managers to ensure overall customer satisfaction.
- Assists the National team with academic projects.
- Manages internal and external academic audit processes.
- Attends management meetings.

**Academic Staff Management**
- Recruits permanent academic staff and Independent Contractors.
- Ensures that new permanent academic staff have been trained sufficiently in order to understand their role, processes, policy and procedure.
- Responsible for the line management of the Programme Managers, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Educational Technologist, Lecturers, Junior Lecturers, Information Specialist and Assistant Information Specialist. Within this, the clear communication of roles and responsibilities of each permanent academic team member.
- Co-ordinates the development of the permanent academic team.

**Lecturing**
- Teaches 1 undergraduate module per semester OR 1 postgrad degree module in a year or supervision of Postgraduate students (campus capacity dependent). If engaged in approved formal research activity, then the Head: Academic will be required to lecture 1 undergraduate module per year.

**Research & Scholarship**
- Plans, manages, and reviews the research target deliverables on campus, and makes the necessary adjustments throughout the year to ensure that the required research outputs are achieved.
- Responsible for the annual reporting to the National Academic Manager on the research points achieved and qualifications completed by the permanent Academic staff and Independent Contractors.
- All designated academic employees are required to promote a culture of scholarship within their practice, discipline and campus/team and are also required to contribute towards The IIE’s Vega achieving its annual research output targets. Individual research output unit/s will be set in consultation with the line manager on an annual basis (Informed by The IIE 018 Academic Conditions of Service Policy).
- Contribute to research output by achieving own annual research output unit/s target.

**Competencies Required**:

- Interpersonal, listening and communications skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Leadership abilities to guide, influence, motivate and develop team members
- Organisational, planning and time management skills
- Project management skills
- Budget management skills
- Quality orientated
- Advanced Computer Literacy with a focus on online teaching skills and technologies
- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of Teaching and Learning
- Adaptive Thinking
- Tolerance of operating in a pressurised and stressful environment and industry.

**Minimum Qualification Requirements**:

- Minimum of Postgraduate Diploma/Honours Degree (NQF Level 8) in Teaching Methodology or Subject Specialisation and a willingness to register for a Masters Degree (NQF Level 9).

**Minimum Experience Requirements**:

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