Deputy Director

The University wishes to appoint a Deputy Director: Residence Life and Operations within CHRL unit. The incumbent reporting to the Director of Campus Housing & Residence Life (CHRL) will lead the development and implementation of the Residence Life strategy, and provide leadership to the residence life team, and will through cluster managers be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of University residences.

Some of the duties of the incumbent will include:

- Working closely with the residence life team and in partnership with students, conceptualize and frame residence life programs for shaping of residence identity and culture.
- Ensure development of relevant and effective residence student centred programs that grasp the attention of residence students and stimulate learning: thus, residences as living learning spaces.
- Organize and present the best residence academic awards for the University in liaison with cluster managers and residence life officers.
- Assess incidents of student misconduct to determine appropriate courses of action - e.g. referral to the Legal Office or internal action within the division (reprimand, caution, or financial penalty).
- Establish close working relationships with external accommodation providers to ensure seamless transition between on-campus and off-campus housing for students who are required to make way for new generations of junior undergraduates in line with the University’s commitments to the provision of on-campus housing for most new first-year undergraduates requiring accommodation.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of the living and learning programmes running in all the University residences and facilitates any improvements as and when required.
- The incumbent must possess firm and demonstrable capacity and experience in implementing and monitoring the student development theory and research-based residence life program.
- Critical duties of the incumbent include implementation of the University policies, plans and strategies of Campus Housing and Residence Life. This includes medium
- and long-term planning and organising as well as management of administrative activities within CHRL.
- Develop and review annual tactical and service delivery operational plan for CHRL and ensuring that it links with the Student Affairs’ objectives.
- Through the Managers ensures the effective and efficient utilisation of human resources and oversees the performance management of staff that have direct reporting lines
- Formulating standard procedures for dealing with a range of regularly occurring types of crises related to the care of students, and services.
- Chairs the Occupational Health & Safety Committees within CHRL and ensures the development and management of appropriate health & safety systems and risk management strategies to mitigate risks to the University.
- Work with cluster managers and the Central Accommodation Office to ensure that placement of students in residences is done as per the established business processes.
- Prepares and delivers operational reports to the CHRL Director monthly and as and when required.

Essential requirements:

- A postgraduate qualification NQF level 8.
- At least 5 years direct residence management experience and overall 10 years’ experience in a student accommodation/ housing environment.
- Extensive experience of, and insight into, student/ residence life and operations.
- Experience in strategic, financial, events and staff management. Be a good communicator with highly developed organisational and planning skills.
- A strong commitment to education and the welfare of students and staff is essential.-
Detailed DescriptionJob RequirementsAdditional DetailsHow To Apply- Certified copies of your degrees/ diplomas
- South African ID and/or copy of passport if not a South African citizen.

Closing Date: 21 September 2025
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