Job category: Others: Education and Training
Location: Durban
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
EE position: Yes
Introduction
MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available: Academic: Operations Management
CORE PURPOSE
To provide Academic Leadership, Strategic insights of the sector and overall Programme Quality Management across a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate education programmes.
CORE FUNCTIONS AND JOB ROLE
- The successful candidate will be appointed to offer their expertise in Operations Management across a range of commerce programme offering to facilitate academic content and ensure overall academic delivery of the Commerce programmes.
- Provide students one on one academic consultation support.
- Design both formative and summative assessments.
- Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback.
- Potentially serve as a Module Coordinator.
- Identify students at-risk and execute pastoral care.
- Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks.
- Ongoing research and analysis to identify required updates and additions to the operations management modules within the commerce programmes curriculum, with a scope of operations management.
- Provide information to assist with the implementation and maintenance of accreditation with various quality assurance bodies and professional bodies.
- A combination of analysis and reporting as well as hands-on application in order to ensure alignment to industry standards and academic relevance.
- Conduct reviews and updates of operations management and supply chain management modules to ensure alignment to industry norms.
- Ensure Modules/programmes remain relevant to both local and international industry expectations and the quality of student experience is highly rewarding.
- Review and manage student academic performance.
- Advocate, promote and advance the institutions commerce programmes offerings to industry (specific focus on operations management).
- Responsible for design, development and maintenance of teaching and learning material.
CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
- Various Academic Committee memberships.
- Verification and review of RPL applications.
- Verification and review of Credit Accumulation Transfer application.
GENERAL
- Maintain professional relationships with students, academics, and support staff.
- Work collaboratively in a multi-cultural environment and contribute towards Mancosa vision and Mission.
- Be a creative problem solver and a lifelong learner who is resilient and can adapt to changing circumstances.
- Work autonomously under pressure and possibly weekends based on student’s needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- 5 years’ academic experience.
- Demonstrate research engagement over last 3 years.
- Be familiar with distance and online education.
- Be familiar with using learning management systems.
- Have a working knowledge of the South African higher education regulatory framework.
- Must be able to work within pre-determined time frames and deadlines.
- Must be able to speak confidently and demonstrate professionalism.
- Must be a collegial team player.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Internet and Email).
- Excellent writing and reporting skills.
- Possess a high level of ethics and confidentiality.
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