Research Manager(National)

3 days ago

Midrand, South Africa IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College Full time

**Direct Reporting Line**:
Academic Support Manager

**Varsity College** 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 Varsity College, National Office has a vacancy for a Research Manager.**

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Staff Research Development**
- Build the research capacity of the academic staff to ensure that academic staff achieve targeted individual research output unit/s (as outlined in each academic staff members' KPA) through the development and maintenance of a programme of training, peer support and mentoring.
- Promote and develop a programme of research by facilitating and supporting the development and implementation of a programme of research projects and research hubs on the campuses.
- Undertake and organise training and development of academic staff through research-related workshops and/or the provision of appropriate resources and interventions.
- Mentor active researchers by providing support and supervision for approved projects including but not limited to providing consultation and feedback on queries.
- Develop and implement a programme of at least one (1) collaborative brand research project a year that results in the submission of articles to peer reviewed, accredited journals.
- Accountable for monitoring brands compliance with The IIE 018 Academic Conditions of Service, including training academic staff on the provisions and policy guidelines and dissemination of the policy in line with annual updates and escalating for management as appropriate any instances of non-compliance.

**Promote and build a culture of scholarship**
- Promote and develop a culture of scholarship within the academic team by identifying and driving research questions and projects based on the work being done by the team.
- Actively support academic staff who are studying postgraduate qualifications at Masters and Doctoral level.

**Own research output**
- Contribute to research output by achieving own annual research output unit/s target.

**Lecturing and/or supervision**
- Lecture a postgraduate research module per year or supervise at least two (2) postgraduate students.

**Other**
- Ensure all academic staff capture research activity on the Research Academic Tracking System(RATS).
- Collate and provide the information due for the monthly research progress reports.
- A member of the Research and Postgraduate Committee, Internationalisation Committee and Higher Degrees Committee of The IIE.
- A member of the national and across brand Research Manager's group.
- All administrative duties associated with the role of Research Manager.

**Competencies Required**:

- Strong interpersonal skills
- Exceptional communication skills - both verbal and written
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Leadership abilities to guide, influence, motivate and develop staff
- Strong organisational, planning and time management skills

**Minimum Qualification Required**:

- Doctoral Degree / PhD (NQF Level 10)

**Minimum Work Experience Required**:

- A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in tertiary education sector. Must be an established academic leader and scholar with an excellent publication research record and successful supervision of postgraduate students.

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