National Academic Manager – Part time programmes

Duties and responsibilities:

• To participate in the induction of newly appointed COMs in line with learnership policies and procedures
  in alignment with PT academic-administrative requirements
• To participate in the Recruitment and selection process of learnership and corporate  facilitators/lecturers/ COMs
• To develop annual training plan for COMs related to academic- administrative and operational procedures also aligned to requirements
• To conduct training in various l, administrative and operational procedures Ensure effective execution of community development projects nationally
• To support customer service delivery of part-time students to assist in maintaining/ increasing the progression rate.
• To respond to part-time students complaints and enquiries in a professional manner
• Monitor the availability of all registered part time students' and records on ICAS ( new system?)
• Active participation in building collaboration with SETAs, and companies and bursary providers in partnership with the Faculty Heads and office of the Registrar and Business Development Consultants in order to address queries related to learnerships and bursaries.
• Develop part-time timetables and schedules in consultation with the Faculty Heads, HoPs/ and COMs
• Coordinate Part time students and parent orientation
• Ensure student support process as per Part Time policies are implented. For example: @risk students
  (absenteeism, finace, academic performance) Student support workshops for example (Bridging course, interview skills etc.)
• Monitor the proper execution of teaching and learning methodologies
• Provide input to ensure alignment of all LMIS platforms Part time requirements
• Liaise the availability of teaching and learning resources and logistics and equipment and tools in
  accordance with part time requirements

Qualifications:

• Honour’s degree from an accredited higher education institution/ university.
• Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis

Experience:

• At least 5 years of managerial experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified in a Higher
  Education TVET Institution.
• Experience working with learning management system (LMS) platforms is preferred; familiarity with LMS
  requirements preferred,
• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Office 365.

Competencies:

• Expertise in assessment, data analysis and educational outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with diverse members of the company community including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and external accreditors.
• Demonstrated ability for effective organizational skills and ability to connect to the institutional strategy while
  displaying attention to detail.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative data and prepare and present reports effectively.
• Knowledge of National postschool education accountability initiatives and trends.
• Knowledge of national, and specialized postschool accreditation standards, practices, and goals.
• Knowledge of institutional self-assessments and student outcomes assessment principles, methods and techniques.