Senior Advisor: Higher Education

at  Stellenbosch University

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.

• 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