Lecturer : English & Communication (Internal Advertisement)

**Varsity College**, **Vega School**, and **IIE MSA** are educational brands of **The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE)**. The IIE is widely recognised as a leader in private higher education in South Africa. It is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and offers qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

**We are looking to appoint Lecturer : English & Communication.**

**Overall Job Purpose**:

- To lead and manage the successful delivery of assigned qualification(s) and discipline(s).
- To oversee one or more qualifications and core discipline modules within assigned fields, across which module content, assessment strategies, key themes, and overall student experience must be aligned both within and beyond the curriculum across all applicable years and modules.
- To provide academic leadership in the planning, design, and delivery of high-quality, innovative qualifications that align with the requirements of the Council on Higher Education (CHE), students, and stakeholders across various sectors.
- Accountable for curriculum and material, capacity building and support including quality assurance, within the assigned qualifications and modules.
- To ensure the vertical and horizontal alignment of modules and effective assessment strategy across the qualification (s).
- To enhance the overall student experience both within and beyond the curriculum.
- To collaborate with the experience design and teaching and learning teams to enhance the student experience while ensuring governance and quality assurance standards are met. Additionally, the role includes providing Lecturing and campus support as needed and participating in research and scholarship activities.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Qualification-related and discipline-related academic leadership, management, and governance**

**Leadership**
- Responsible for the curriculum leadership, development, and alignment of a qualification(s) and discipline(s). This includes qualification and discipline design, module development and ensuring programme/s meet academic requirements.
- Accountable for the timeous development, quality assurance and maintenance of fit-for-purpose, up-to-date curricula and the planning of the learning experience across the assigned qualification(s) and discipline(s).
- Create a curriculum that is innovative, forward-thinking, and meets stakeholder needs and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Identify opportunities for curriculum innovation and enhancements relevant to the assigned qualification(s) and discipline(s) and according to institutional requirements and development cycles.
- Provide guidance and input to the ACE Instructional Designers on the design of learning experiences and assessments suitable to the discipline.
- Manage Module Leads nationally in the implementation of module material and assessments within the qualification(s) and discipline(s).
- Integrate academic citizenship in curricula.
- Integrate the Institutional and Faculty Academic Community Engagement (CE) strategy in curricula.
- Lead, in collaboration with campus teams and campus management, to co-ordinate and plan resource allocation for running a successful programme (e.g. prescribed books, equipment and facilities needed, qualification and discipline-related initiatives and interventions).
- Prepare evidence-based motivations for changes to current curricula to serve at Faculty Board meetings and maintain accurate records of any curriculum changes.
- Accountable for and track student performance in designated programs and modules, offering specialist input for necessary interventions.
- Analyse feedback and data driven evidence to develop and communicate problem-solving strategies as needed.
- Sustain a community of practice (CoP) for engaging campus and other stakeholders and fostering collaboration.
- Participate in key governance structures and committees as required.
- Contribute towards development, implementation and monitoring of all Institutional policies.
- Maintain academic standards and curriculum integrity through continuous engagement and capacity building.
- Host yearly Qualification Communities of Practice (QCoP) meetings with stakeholders such as lecturers and other stakeholders.
- Review the development and implementation of the qualification
- Provide expertise to the national marketing and sales teams.
- Review qualification and discipline-specific marketing material.
- Establish and maintain effective interaction between the campuses and the Faculty National team concerning the assigned qualification(s) and discipline(s).
- Acts as the interface between the ACE Quality Assurance Team, the National and Campus Academic teams and, where applicable, Operations teams.
- Perform other relevant duties as may be required and mutually agreed upon.

**Governance and quality management**
- Provide quality assurance for all curriculum-related content.
- Conduct progra