Senior Advisor: Higher Education

at  Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa -

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Immediate15 Nov, 2024Not Specified16 Aug, 20245 year(s) or aboveManagement Skills,Excel,Participation,Computer Skills,Teams,Moodle,Powerpoint,Learning,Assessment,Outlook,TeachingNoNo
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Description:

Duties/Pligte

  • Providing expert support to faculties in the identification of areas of improvement in teaching, learning and assessment;
  • Liaising and communicating with faculties and other role players regarding CTL projects and activities, as well as other TLA matters;
  • Providing advice and support to Faculty management and academics on curriculum renewal;
  • Supporting the conceptualisation of interventions / policies / guidelines to improve student learning and success and equity of outcomes;
  • Producing research-based institutional reports on TLA;
  • Contributing to the systematic development of professional teachers at SU;
  • Represent DLTE in different teaching-learning-assessment forums.
  • Voorsien kundige ondersteuning aan fakulteite met die identifikasie van areas vir verbetering in OLA;
  • Skakel en kommunikeer met fakulteite en ander rolspelers ten opsigte van SOL-projekte en aktiwiteite, sowel as ander OLA-sake van belang;
  • Voorsien advies en ondersteuning aan fakulteitsbestuur en akademici ten opsigte van kurrikulumvernuwing;
  • Ondersteun die konseptualisering van intervensies / beleide / riglyne ten einde studenteleer en -sukses en billikheid van uitkomste te verhoog;
  • Produseer navorsingsbegaseerde institusionele verslae oor OLA;
  • Dra by tot die sistematiese ontwikkeling van professionele dosente by die US;
  • Verteenwoordig ALOV in verskeie onderrig-leer-assessering forums.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

  • A PhD or enrolled for a relevant PhD (Senior Advisors will be assigned to faculties based on disciplinary expertise as far as possible);
  • Five years’ experience of TLA at undergraduate level at a public university, preferably at Senior Lecturer level;
  • Proven articipation in curriculum change projects and / or student success programmes in HE;
  • Sound knowledge of the South African Higher Education sector;
  • Strong familiarity with the scholarship of teaching and learning in South Africa and internationally;
  • Proof of participation in professional learning opportunities for TLA;
  • Highly developed organisational skills and the ability to work in a complex environment;
  • Proven ability to think analytically and innovatively and taking initiative;
  • Excellent communication and liaison skills;
  • Excellent writing, presentation and facilitation skills;
  • Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills;
  • Detail-focused with excellent time management skills;
  • Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Moodle.
  • A valid driver’s license.

IN ORDER TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH THE QUALITATIVE REQUIREMENTS AS STATED, CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A PRESENTATION AND TASK-BASED ASSESSMENT EXERCISE AS PART OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

  • n PhD of geregisteer virn toepaslike PhD (Senior Adviseurs sal so ver moontlik aan fakulteite toegedeel word gebaseer op dissiplinêre agtergrond);
  • Vyf jaar se ervaring van OLA op voorgraadse vlak by n publieke universiteit, verkieslik asn Senior Lektor;
  • Bewese deelname aan kurrikulumvernuwingsprojekte en/of studentesuksesprogramme in HO;
  • Bewese kennis van die Suid-Afrikaanse Hoër Onderrigsektor;
  • Goed vertroud met die akademieskap van Onderrig en Leer in Suid-Afrika en internasionaal;
  • Bewese deelname aan professionele leergeleenthede vir OLA;
  • Bewese organisatoriese vaardighede en die vermoë om in `n komplekse omgewing te werk;
  • Die bewese vermoë om analities en innoverend te dink en inisiatief te neem;
  • Uitstekende kommunikasie- en skakelvaardighede;
  • Uitstekende skryf-, aanbiedings- en fasiliteringsvaardighede;
  • Sterk interpersoonlike- en samewerkingsvaardighede;
  • ’n Oog vir detail met uitstekende tydsbestuurvaardighede;
  • Rekenaarvaardighede in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, en Moodle;
  • `n Geldige rybewys.

Responsibilities:

  • Providing expert support to faculties in the identification of areas of improvement in teaching, learning and assessment;
  • Liaising and communicating with faculties and other role players regarding CTL projects and activities, as well as other TLA matters;
  • Providing advice and support to Faculty management and academics on curriculum renewal;
  • Supporting the conceptualisation of interventions / policies / guidelines to improve student learning and success and equity of outcomes;
  • Producing research-based institutional reports on TLA;
  • Contributing to the systematic development of professional teachers at SU;
  • Represent DLTE in different teaching-learning-assessment forums.
  • Voorsien kundige ondersteuning aan fakulteite met die identifikasie van areas vir verbetering in OLA;
  • Skakel en kommunikeer met fakulteite en ander rolspelers ten opsigte van SOL-projekte en aktiwiteite, sowel as ander OLA-sake van belang;
  • Voorsien advies en ondersteuning aan fakulteitsbestuur en akademici ten opsigte van kurrikulumvernuwing;
  • Ondersteun die konseptualisering van intervensies / beleide / riglyne ten einde studenteleer en -sukses en billikheid van uitkomste te verhoog;
  • Produseer navorsingsbegaseerde institusionele verslae oor OLA;
  • Dra by tot die sistematiese ontwikkeling van professionele dosente by die US;
  • Verteenwoordig ALOV in verskeie onderrig-leer-assessering forums


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:5.0Max:10.0 year(s)

Education Management

Teaching / Education

Education, Teaching

Phd

Proficient

1

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa