Manager III: Academic Planning & Quality Promotion (P6) (Division for Academic Planning, Quality Promotion and Academic Staff Development)
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the context of the changing social, political and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
- Manage staff in the Centre for Academic Planning and Quality Promotion
- Management and coordination of internal and external reviews
- Coordination and management of self-evaluations for professional body and national reviews
- Provide support to faculties in meeting and responding to professional body accreditation requirements
- Manage and provide support to faculties in the development and submission of improvement plans arising from reviews
- Manage the provision of support across the academic planning processes (PQM, CHE and SAQA) within the institution, and maintain oversight of all DHET, CHE, SAQA processes and requirements
- Support faculties in reviewing and aligning academic processes to University, national and professional body policy;
- Advise and render support to faculties in all aspects of Quality assurance and Academic Planning.
Minimum requirements
- Minimum Master’s degree
- Experience in managing the programme development processes internally and externally (DHET, CHE and SAQA)
- Experience in quality assurance operations in a university
- High level knowledge of the regulatory environment in higher education
- An excellent understanding of current national and international debates around developments in Higher Education
- In-depth understanding of, and experience in, academic planning, policy development, quality assurance and implementation in Higher Education institutions
- A demonstrated ability to liaise effectively at senior levels in the University environment
- Experience in liaising with external QA bodies (e.g. professional bodies, CHE, SAQA, DHET)
- Familiarity with the governance requirements of a University
- Exemplary personal qualities of integrity, sound judgment, energy, wisdom and accommodative interpersonal skills;
- Excellent written, oral and electronic communication skills, and proven ability to write high level proposals and reports; and
- High-level writing and computing skills.
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
For more information, please review the following link: Justice/Criminal/NRSO.
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Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
