Accreditation and Quality Assurance Specialist

The IIE (Pty) Ltd is the registered provider of higher education which is offered through the following educational brands: IIE Varsity College, IIE Vega School of Brand Leadership, IIE MSA, and IIE Rosebank College. The Independent Institute of Education’s Central Academic Team is responsible for the academic leadership and governance of the work done at the brands while each brand is managed as a business entity by its own divisional management team.

This position is within the central IIE academic team. The IIE, as registered provider has ultimate responsibility for registration, curriculum, delivery, assessment and certification of all education on these sites as well as for relationships with external partners particularly in the regulatory and accreditation arena.

The IIE operates through six faculties supported by the Dean Academic Support and Development, and Dean Research and Postgraduate Studies and has established academic operations, compliance and academic leadership infrastructure and processes.

The IIE (Pty) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of AdvTech Ltd which is listed on the JSE.

This is a professional position with project management responsibility. There is currently no direct management responsibility, but the incumbent will need to exercise influence over several others to deliver on projects
The incumbent will report to the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Manager

**Key Areas of Responsibility Include**:

- Drafting of new curriculum content for new qualifications as required by the brands
- Leverage ADvTECH templates for content development
- Support brands in the completion of feasibility studies for new qualifications

Ensure new curriculum content is submitted for accreditation and, if conditions are imposed, ensure that appropriate amendments are addressed, and the content is resubmitted until approved.
- Coordinate the end-to-end process in the submission process
- Contribute to process improvement where possible

Programme management and review
- Administer the review of qualifications allocated to you in alignment with the IIE review process. Track curriculum changes and work with the relevant stakeholders to monitor implementation of agreed outcomes.

Special projects
- Coordinate projects related to the responsibilities of the team including regulatory and quality assurance site visits and associated submissions including site and document preparation
- Ensure compliance to applicable association and professional body requirements in the design and accreditation of programmes where required.
- Assist with graduate tracking projects
- Assist with the journal as required

**Qualifications**:
Postgraduate qualification preferred but an undergraduate qualification will be accepted if supported by sufficient relevant experience.
A postgraduate qualification in education (particularly curriculum design) would be an advantage but is not a requirement.

**Experience**:
Two years in a position which has included Programme accreditation or curriculum development

**Competencies**:

- Impeccable English verbal and written competency.
- High levels of computer literacy.
- Proven ability to create curriculum content for a higher education qualification curriculum in a field in which you do not have disciplinary expertise
- Demonstrated knowledge of pedagogical theory and principles that can be applied to curriculum design and review would be beneficial
- Demonstrated ability to influence
- Demonstrated ability to manage self and own output and to work to tight deadlines while retaining impeccable levels of accuracy.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Strong project planning, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- High level planning skills.
**Effective Date: ASAP