Senior Quality Assurance and Accreditations Officer

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa University of the Witwatersrand Full time

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The position requires personal commitment to excellence and quality, and a flexible and agile approach to work responsibilities. Teamwork and collaboration are highly valued, with the ability to take ownership and responsibility for assigned areas of work required.

**Key responsibilities**
- Accreditation Administration and Support: including:

- Coordinate the capture and validation of all accreditations, QA and reporting data in the appropriate systems, with a specific focus on the accreditation software systems.
- Undertake scheduled annual audits and updates of data with the Accreditation Manager.
- Provide project coordinator support for accreditation reporting and visits, including minutes of meetings, document management, and occasional writing, editing, and proof-reading.
- Assurance of Learning (AOL)
- Manage the operational aspects of the school’s Assurance of Learning, including liaison with Programme Directors to ensure that AOL is undertaken according to schedule and data capture, basic analysis and reporting.
- Ongoing support and training of academic faculty and support staff on AOL.
- Quality Assurance
- Coordinate and implement Annual Reporting for all office and work units to support and drive good record-keeping practices underpinning continuous improvement. Consolidate final Annual Report working with WBS communications.
- Provide coordination and administrative assistance to programme and course reviews, QQRs, etc.
- Oversee the upload of all external examiner reports and lecturer and course evaluations for both academic programmes and Executive Education courses.

**Knowledge, Skills and Attitude**
- a personal commitment to excellence and quality
- a flexible and agile approach to work responsibilities
- the ability to multi-task, prioritise and work under pressure
- ability to take ownership and responsibility for assigned areas of work
- a solutions-oriented mindset
- goal and service orientation with a commitment to collaboration and teamwork
- precision and attention to detail
- excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- openness to input and feedback
- commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
- Knowledge and understanding of quality management systems in the higher education sector
- Report writing and editing skills
- Some statistical/analytical skills
- Academic Programme Review
- Project Management
- POPI Act

**Minimum academic and job requirements**
- An Honours degree (NQF 8) or higher. A Masters degree is an advantage.
- 5 years of work experience with at least two years in quality assurance, project, or programme management in academic higher education institutions or related higher education institutions or bodies.
- Knowledge of HEQSF and Higher Education QA related policies
- Accreditation knowledge and experience (an advantage)

Detailed DescriptionJob RequirementsAdditional DetailsHow To Apply**Closing date: 4th March 2025**

**How to apply**In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups, as defined in the Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.Minimum Salary- Maximum Salary- CurrencyAmount of Travel- Work At Home

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