MANCOSA

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1. Academic: Operations Management ( Supply Chain )
2. Student Accounts Administrator
3. Teaching and Learning Manager
4. Academic: English Teaching Specialisation 
5. Curriculum Coordinator: New Module Development
6. Student Advisor
7. LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
8. HR Officer
9. iTEACHlab Coordinator
10. Research Coordinator

Academic: Operations Management ( Supply Chain )

Job description

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
• Promote multi stakeholder engagement towards programme advancement
• 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

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• An appropriate masters level qualification ( Supply Chain)

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 distance and online education
• 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

ADVANTAGES

• Specialist in Operations Management 

Student Accounts Administrator

Job description

CORE FUNCTIONS

• Produce plans to achieve debt collection targets on listed accounts
• Maintain an efficient consulting and feedback relationship with students regarding queries
• Escalate 3^rd party queries to relevant departments
• Update ITC status on default accounts.
• Be knowledgeable of company policies and procedures and inform students adequately
• Achieve sufficient “promise to pays” targets are met and ensure consistent feedback for all students who have made PTP’S
• Constantly promote various payments options to encourage more monthly payments
• Knowledge and experience in Demand and ITC Listing process

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATION(S)

• Senior certificate – Matric / Equivalent

EXPERIENCE 

• 3 years’ experience with collection and ITC experience

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Conflict Management
• Interpersonal skills
• Time Management
• Pastel competency
• Must be able to speak confidently and demonstrate telephone etiquette and overall professionalism
• Computer Literate (Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Internet and Email)
• Possess a high level of ethics, confidentiality and integrity
• Must be a collegial team player
• Must be able to work within pre-determined time frames and deadlines

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Be able to work during weekends and/or when required

Teaching and Learning Manager

Job description

CORE FUNCTIONS

Leadership and Strategy:

·      Lead the advancement of Teaching and Learning excellence through strategic program planning and execution.

·      Drive the quality assurance of T & L processes, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.

·      Understand and lead T&L within a SA higher education regulatory environment for distance online education.

Lecturer Development:

·      Enhance lecturer proficiency in T & L through targeted strategies, with an emphasis on active learning methodologies.

·      Through training foster reflective practice among lecturers to continually improve teaching effectiveness.

·      Collaborate with lecturers on their teaching portfolios, peer reviews, and continuous development plans.

·      Utilize peer reviews and development plans to inform the content of training and development workshops.

Student Support Strategy:

·      Create and implement strategies to enhance the overall student experience through effective Teaching and Learning methods.

Online Teaching and Learning:

·      Champion an online teaching and learning culture by establishing communities of best academic practices.

·      Encourage adoption of contemporary teaching methodologies among lecturers.

·      Track record of development of polices, programmes and product development

Collaboration:

·      Collaborate closely with academic departments, MANCOSA committees, and stakeholders to plan, problem-solve, and brainstorm ideas for effective program implementation, delivery, and T & L matters.

Scholarship and Professional Development:

·      Promote a culture of scholarship within the team, fostering a spirit of continuous learning and growth.

·      Build and nurture professional relationships with industry leaders and experts.

Administrative Duties:

·      Manage associated administrative tasks to ensure smooth program execution.

·      To monitor the impact of initiatives and activities related to learning and teaching and scholarly activity and report these findings to the Director.

·      Oversight and management of digital resources and technological innovation related to learning and teaching. Ensuring that digital resources and technological innovations deliver demonstrable positive outcomes to teaching and learning.

Collaboration with Director of Teaching and Learning:

·      Work closely with the Director of Teaching and Learning to develop, execute, and document learning and teaching methods, processes, and policies.

·      Take a leadership role in implementing specific aspects of the Department’s learning and teaching plan as needed.

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATION (S)

Minimum Master’s degree or Higher in Education or related field

EXPERIENCE

·      Min of 5 years teaching and learning experience – preferably in a higher education environment with a proven track record of effective teaching methodologies.

·      Experience with HE regulatory landscape

·      Experience in lecturer development, reflective practice, and assessment strategies.

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

·      Above average competence and experience in using technology to enhance learning and an understanding of the current regulatory framework and its impact on education on public or private institutions.

·      Critical knowledge of The South African Further and Higher Education environment and regulatory framework (NQF, SAQA, CHE, DHET, HEQSF)

·      Proven track record of effective teaching based on a reflective practice.

·      Proven scholarship in T&L

·      Familiarity with contemporary teaching and learning trends and technologies.

·      Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration and relationship-building.

·      Demonstrated leadership abilities and the ability to drive change.

Additional Requirements:

·      Will be required to work overtime

·      Will be required to Travel

·      Will be required to work weekends

·      Will be required to have a valid drivers license

Academic: English Teaching Specialisation 

Job description

CORE PURPOSE

To provide academic leadership, teaching and to facilitate learning within the English language Specialisation

CORE FUNCTIONS

•       To facilitate both face to face and online lectures

•       Provide students one on one academic consultation for support

•       Design both formative and summative assessments

•       Review and moderate curriculum and assessments

•       Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback

•       Potentially serve as a Programme Coordinator/ Module Coordinator

•       Undertake programme and module reviews

•       Active involvement in research and publishing

•       Supervise postgraduate research

•       Identify students at-risk and execute constant pastoral care

•       Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks as required

•       Serve as subject matter expert (SME) in the English language Specialisation for content resource development 

Minimum requirements

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

·      A Master’s Degree in the specialisation area and working towards a related PhD

·      At least 2/3 years lecturing experience; lecturing English First language

·      School based teaching experience, teaching CAPS

·      Demonstrate research engagement over last 3 years 

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

•       Be familiar with distance and online education

•       Be familiar with using an online learning management system (LMS)

•       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

•       Driver’s license required for Work Integrated Learning

Curriculum Coordinator: New Module Development

Job description

CORE PURPOSE

To provide coordination and support to the Curriculum Department by assisting with the various processes associated with new module development within the department to ensure that MANCOSA meets its strategic objectives and goals.

Core Functions

• Coordinate the new module development process for the content writing and moderation of new Module Guides
• Conduct sourcing and contracting of appropriate Programme Advisory Members, Module Guide Writers and Module Guide Moderators
• Provide professional feedback to Module Guide Writers and Moderators, thereby ensuring alignment to MANCOSA’s and regulatory body standards
• Track documents as per New Module Development processes
• Accurately compile Curriculum Structures, Programme Information Sheets, Prescribed and Recommended Readings Lists for new module development while maintaining quality and consistency as per the Department’s requirements and standards
• Compilation of New Module Development Reports
• Efficiently schedule and coordinate meetings and interviews
• Professionally communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to the achievement of student success via engaging and solving curriculum related student queries and ensuring module guides are of a high-quality standard per intake
• Coordinate formatting and layout editing on New Module Guides as per the formatting requirements
• Complete digitising of Module Guides as per requirements to maintain quality and consistency on the Curriculum Development and Management System
• Participate in regulatory body activities
• Assist during Departmental and institutional functions/events
• Independently study to ensure ongoing professional development to upgrade knowledge in field of expertise

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

·        Essential Qualification: Degree

·        Preferred Qualification: Honours

 

EXPERIENCE

·        Essential experience: At least 1-2 year’s higher education work experience, and understanding of curriculum and regulatory compliance

·        Preferred experience: At least 1-2 year’s higher education work experience, and understanding of curriculum and regulatory compliance

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

·        Excellent listening, communication, and written skills

·        Working with people

·        Following instructions and procedures

·        Writing and reporting

·        Relating and networking

·        Deadline driven

·        Ability to multitask

·        Planning, organising and the ability to work under pressure

·        Integrity and honestly

·        Detail oriented

·        Creative and innovative

·        Proficient in MS Office

·        Have a good understanding of the Higher Education Landscape

·        Ability to work under pressure

GENERAL

Must be able to work overtime when necessary

Student Advisor

Job description

The position entails the following job responsibilities:

·      Consult and co-ordinate student recruitment and enrolment by having detailed understanding and knowledge of admissions, registration criteria, scholarship/bursary information and registration deadlines

·      Conduct cold calling of prospective students

·      Provide career and academic counselling

·      Serve as the “go to person” for the recruitment of students and response to queries

·      Prepare and submit required documentation for registration and administration

·      Assist with planning and implementation of the workshop process

·      Assist with the planning and implementation of the examination process

·      Perform adhoc job-related duties as assigned

Minimum requirements

Qualification:

·      Senior Certificate (Grade 12)

·      Short learning programme/course in office and or business administration

Experience:

·      Minimum one to three years’ experience within an office environment

·      Sales and Marketing experience is an advantage

Job Related Knowledge and Skills

·      Brand and product knowledge

·      Institutional and industry knowledge/ understanding

·      Student recruitment policies and procedures

Competencies and Skills:

·      MS Office Suite

·      Responsible

·      Proactive and

·      Confident

·      A self-starter

·      Networking skills

·      Effective communication skills

Additional Requirements

Required to work during the weekends and overtime

LEGAL PROFESSIONAL

Job description

At an operational level, the key purpose and function of this role is to:

• Develop and manage legal matters and cases;
• Undertake legal research to investigate legal matters;
• Undertake other duties in support of the Legal and Policy Division.

CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE

• Providing legal expertise and skills to assist in live matters.
• Drafting and reviewing of legal documents.
• Legal case management.
• Attending to correspondence and telecoms with relevant persons on a daily basis.
• Setting up teleconferencing and video conferencing timeously;
• Collating contacts list and update regularly;
• Typing of correspondence, lengthy, complex commercial agreements and legal documents;
• Ensuring archiving of email folders and regular maintenance of such folders;
• Handling and responding to correspondence when or similar, as required;
• Liaising with domestic and international contacts;
• Handling of ad-hoc queries when requested, taking, typing and circulation of minutes to meetings;
• Coordinating and preparing presentations and similar documents;
• Handling confidential correspondence and information;
• Able to follow already established in-house work procedures and to identify and implement new procedures to improve efficiencies;
• Diary management, filing, screening calls;
• General legal office administration and management;
• Coordinating legal meetings, newsletters and events,
• Processing and managing incoming and outgoing post, telephone calls, e-mails and correspondence.
• Drafting, reviewing and proof reading legal documents and identification of errors;
• Processing new legal instructions;
• Forwarding instruction sheet for completion;
• Tracking and collating instructions received;
• Responding directly to queries.
• Setting-up and maintaining filing system;
• Opening files for each matter;
• Ensuring closed files are archived;
• Systematic filing and labelling of files preparing and maintaining a comprehensive database of all current and archived files;
• Scanning original legal documents and saving electronically.
• Good legal knowledge and understanding of legal terminology an advantage;
• Preparing and typing of first drafts of agreements using in-house legal templates;
• Collating and maintaining status reports for draft agreements;
• Preparing agreements for signature;
• Typing and formatting of documents and agreements;
• Collating and updating legal matters status report;
• Legal research using internet search engines and legal databases;
• Preparing written communications.
• Managing the receipt of signed agreements;
• Managing and updating contract databases;
• Uploading signed agreements on the Legal Contract Library;
• Reading through signed agreements and notifying responsible person/s within business of relevant clauses.

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• LLB Degree
• Admitted Attorney

EXPERIENCE

• Experience as a candidate attorney or relevant PQE in legal work.
• Excellent legal and administrative skills;
• Relevant experience in a legal practice or legal corporate environment essential.

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Solid working knowledge of the Higher Education Environment.
• Advanced understanding of the programmes at MANCOSA and its associated admission and selection criteria.
• Good understanding of the CHE rules and DHET requirements.
• Ability to make objective decisions
• Project and Applications management.
• Demonstrate a high level of personal integrity, confidentiality and ethics and maintain professional standards throughout the Organisation.
• Adhere to meeting deadlines and finalising all legal matters.
• Confident and articulate.
• Must be able to plan and work independently without supervision.
• Organisational, administrative and coordination skills.
• Communication skills, both verbal and written proficiency in the English language.
• Deadline-driven and results driven.
• Computer literacy, Advanced PC literacy on all MS Word applications (including Windows, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel);
• Electronic Database management.
• Extreme accuracy and attention to detail is a material pre-requisite.
• Methodical implementation skills.
• Ability to deal with international/national contacts and matters.
• Ability to deal at Executive level.
• Positive, diligent and hard worker.
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate work.
• Initiating action, follow up and time management;
• Customer focus; Quality orientation; Decision Making.
• Stress tolerance and conflict resolution; Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Service orientated;
• Team player with easy-going personality is essential.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• After hours and Saturday work may be required.
• Special or ad-hoc projects may be allocated as determined by the institution’s operational requirements.

HR Officer

Job description

CORE FUNCTIONS

·      Take responsibility for the co-ordination and implementation of internal & external training initiatives within the institution, in order to drive development in line with organisational needs

·      Work with managers to identify competency needs and skill gaps for support staff

·      Build relationships with relevant universities and learning institutions to deliver quality interventions for support staff

·      Demonstrate trends in learning development field for staff, relevant stakeholders and drive innovation learning and development for support staff in the institution

·      Design and implement in-house training & development programmes for staff to meet identified training needs in accordance with training plans

·      Ensure that appropriate training interventions are aligned with organisational objectives by developing and implementing programmes at work that connect staff with institutional goals, values and objectives

·      Measure return on training investment (ROI)

·      Improve effective onboarding orientation sessions in conjunction with relevant HR policies and procedures

·      Develop and curate content within the LMS that inspires creativity and fosters innovation.

·      Incorporate gamification elements, storytelling techniques, and real-world scenarios into the learning modules to stimulate creativity.

·      Analyze user data, feedback, and engagement metrics within the LMS to assess the effectiveness of innovative features in fostering creativity and innovation.

·      Gather insights and generate reports to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to further enhance the LMS for fostering innovation.

·      Implement iterative changes and updates to the LMS based on analysis and user feedback to continuously improve its effectiveness.

·      Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a high performance culture and a culture of life-long learning through ensuring that training plans and implemented interventions emphasize and are aligned to these values

·      Develop and curate high-quality, engaging content for various social media platforms, including but not limited to text, images, videos, and interactive elements.

·      Stay up to date with social media trends and emerging platforms to recommend new content approaches and formats.

·      Monitor social media channels for trends, discussions, and opportunities to engage with the audience.

·      Foster community growth and engagement through active participation in conversations, responding to comments, and initiating discussions.

·      Implement and maintain social media campaigns to increase brand awareness and customer loyalty.

·      Provide regular reports with insights and recommendations for optimization.

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors’ degree in HRM or Training & Development

 

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a training or similar role

·      Have a good understanding of the Higher Education

• Excellent needs analysis knowledge

 

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Knowledge of HR training processes & procedures
• Excellent needs analysis knowledge
• Knowledge of skills and training techniques required for staff
• Knowledge of various training methods (mentoring, coaching, on-the-job learning, classroom-based instruction, e-learning, workshops, simulations etc.)
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills
• Excellent planning, organizing, time management and attention to detail
• Computer literacy in MS Office and Learning Management Systems
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to make reasonable decisions
• Team player
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills
• Excellent planning, organizing, time management and attention to detail

·      Excellent in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Internet and Email

·      Deadline driven

·      Strong interpersonal skills

·      Integrity and honesty

·      Possess a high level of ethics and confidentiality

·      Produce work of a high quality

·      Creative and innovative

·      Ability to work under pressure

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

·      Driver’s License

·      Willingness to work weekends and/or overtime when required

iTEACHlab Coordinator

Job description

CORE PURPOSE

The iTEACHlab Coordinators role is to lead the planning, organizing and the execution of the iTEACHlab agenda focusing on growth

CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:

• Coordinate and faciliate iTEACHlab activities 
• Supervise the regional iTEACHlab administrator 
• Design, develop, and review materials for new courses and short learning programmes (SLP) to be delivered in the iTEACHlab
• Create and review training manuals for students and staff 
• Conceptualise, strategise, and plan all student and staff iTEACHlab activities engaging with Hub leaders
• Faciliate the courses in the iTEACHlab 
• Research on different technologies in the iTEACHlab and their role in improving education

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in ICT, Education, Engineering, Computer Science or other related disciplines (STEAM education Fields)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Minimum of 2 years facilitation experience  
• Experience in STEM-related fields (Preferred but not required)
• Experience in teaching and the classroom (Preferred but not required)
• Strong communication skills
• Good temperament, friendly and cheerful disposition
• Enjoys working with young adults, teachers, and lecturers
• Require exceptional soft skills in areas like creative problem-solving, teamwork and Communication
• Plan, organize, execute and lead iTEACHlab agenda
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to strategize plans of action
• High level of written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to encourage teamwork and solicit ideas from staff
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in managing and coordinating teams

ADVANTAGES

• Understanding of the CAPS curriculum 
• IT skills (Moodle, Zoom, Webinars, Microsoft: Teams, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Excellent presentation skills (contact and online)
• Excellent research skills
• Knowledge of basic electronics
• Familiar with clever touch usage
• Experience in new educational technologies like Virtual reality and Augmented reality
• Experience developing academic programmes
• Experience developing SACE programmes

Research Coordinator

Job description

CORE FUNCTIONS:

·      Coordinate research topics; provide guidance on topic selection

·      Present topics at topic meetings and provide written feedback to students

·      Evaluate research proposals and provide feedback to student and supervisor

·      Acts as a liaison between students and supervisors and ensure supervisor reports are submitted

·      Provide pastoral care to students and follow up on outstanding reports

·      Identify students at risk and file reports

·      Consult and provide information for students on research process

·      Manage and oversee research process cycle within allocated groups.

·      Assists with organizing and facilitating research events i.e. conference, colloquiums etc. 

Minimum requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

·            A relevant Master’s degree

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

·            At least 1-2 years’ experience within a higher education faculty and or research environment

·            Knowledge of research processes and methodology

SKILLS AND COMPENTENCIES

·            Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Internet and Email)

·            Record keeping and database management

·            Integrity

·            Must be able to make sound judgement under pressure

·            Decision maker

·            Deadline Driven

·            Strong interpersonal skills

·            Proven track record and the ability to prioritize  

·            Numerical ability

·            Reporting skills

·            Prioritization and time management

·            Possess a high level of ethics and confidentiality

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

·      Must be able to work during weekends when requested

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All the best with your applications.