Academic- Project Management

1 week ago

Durban, South Africa Novi Global Full time

**ACADEMIC: Project Management and Finance - (DURBAN)**

**POSITION AVAILABLE**:
**Project Management and Finance Professional, with academic and industry experience.**

**CORE PURPOSE**:
To provide Academic Leadership, Strategic insights of the sector and overall Programme quality Management across a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate education programmes. This position focuses on Project Management and Finance.

**CORE FUNCTIONS AND ROLE**
- Conduct lectures Online webinars and Face-to-Face lectures (when required)
- Use appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods.
- Designing assessments, setting, marking, and grading assessments, and giving students feedback are all parts of assessment preparation.
- Ongoing research and analysis to identify required updates and additions to the programme curriculum
- Provide information to assist with the implementation and maintenance of accreditation with various quality assurance bodies and professional bodies
- Conduct reviews and updates of all Accounting and Finance and Taxation programmes to ensure alignment to industry norms and identify areas where current provision needs revision or improvement.
- Review and manage student academic performance
- Advocate for, promote, and advance the institution's Accounting, Finance and Project Management education offerings to industry.
- Provide academic support, consultation, and guidance to students.as required

**QUALIFICATION(S)**:
**Minimum Requirements**

**- A Master’s degree in the relevant discipline (Project Management and Finance)**
- Affiliation to Professional Body relating to Finance, Accounting, Taxation and or Risk and Project Management (preferred)

**EXPERIENCE**:

- Advance computer literacy
- At least 3 years’ lecturing experience in a similar higher education role at a tertiary institution
- 3 years’ experience in industry
- Demonstrate research engagement over the last 3 years
- Commercial or industrial related experience (minimum 3 year)
- Demonstrate innovative thinking towards teaching and learning skills

**RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS**:

- Demonstrated capability to lecture, conduct webinars at tertiary level in an effective manner in the core courses stipulated at the highest academic level.
- Up-to-date knowledge of curriculum areas being taught at the highest academic level.
- Demonstrated capacity to design set and evaluate assessments at the appropriate level for the relevant modules.
- High level of communication skills in verbal, written and electronic modes.
- Proven high-level administrative abilities.
- Possess sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching and/or research programmes and the provision of learning support.

**SALARY**
- Negotiable (based on qualification and experience)
- 12-month fixed contract

**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: From R10,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Durban, KwaZulu-Natal: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Masters (required)

**Experience**:

- Academic: 8 years (required)

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