What We Are Looking For: A passion for technology and its potential to shape the future.
- Leadership skills to manage and guide a highly qualified faculty of technology experts.
- A commitment to academic excellence and innovation in educational delivery.
Responsibilities: Academic Leadership - Lead and manage a faculty of technology experts, ensuring that academic standards remain high and aligned with global industry trends.
- Collaborate with academic teams to develop, implement, and review technology programmes that produce job-ready graduates.
- Encourage a culture of research and development, promoting cutting-edge practices in technology education.
Programme Development & Quality Assurance - Oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of technology programmes, ensuring they are forward-thinking and aligned with industry needs.
- Ensure programme differentiation across NQF levels, avoiding content overlap between modules.
- Maintain relevance of learning outcomes, ensuring materials and examples reflect the latest technological advancements.
- Quality assure and sign off on academic materials, workbooks, and digital content.
Assessment Management - Oversee the quality assurance of formative and summative assessments, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
- Ensure external moderation of exit-level exam papers and final assessments.
- Review and sign off on assessment results, ensuring integrity and consistency across all academic evaluations.
Faculty & Student Support - Lead and mentor academic staff, providing developmental feedback and performance management support to both full-time and part-time academics.
- Monitor and evaluate facilitators and e-tutors, ensuring high-quality delivery of online and in-person programmes.
- Work closely with students to address escalated academic queries, support "at-risk" students, and manage dropout rates.
Research & Publications - Supervise or co-supervise postgraduate (Masters and PhD) research students.
- Publish or co-publish articles in peer-reviewed journals to enhance the institutions research profile.
Sustainability & Growth - Monitor enrolment numbers and work closely with sales and marketing teams to ensure growth targets are met.
- Participate in marketing and student recruitment initiatives such as open days and digital campaigns.
- Ensure the institutions programmes remain competitive and sustainable through market-relevant adaptations.
Requirements: - A Master's degree in a technology-related field (PhD preferred).
- 3-5 years of experience managing a faculty or group of academic experts (7+ years preferred).
- Proven ability to lead academic teams, manage programme delivery, and maintain high academic standards.
- Strong research background and the ability to contribute to publications and thought leadership.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with both academic staff and students.
