The University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. It opened its doors in 1904 on the Bloemfontein Campus with a mere six students in the Humanities. Since then, our institution has grown to more than 34 127 students, spread across seven faculties over three campuses. https://www.ufs.ac.za/about-the-...
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Enabling Comprehensive Internationalisation at the Qwaqwa campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), and specifically:
Manage the Qwaqwa campus international office independently with minimum supervision.
Plan for and coordinate the implementation of the UFS Internationalisation Strategy in the context of the Qwaqwa Campus, as amplified by the Qwaqwa Internationalisation Plan.
Facilitate support for academics on the Qwaqwa campus community in their internationalisation activities.
Develop and provide specialised international student administration systems and services on the Qwaqwa campus.
Provide advice on international opportunities to staff and students on the Qwaqwa campus.
Develop and implement strategies to increase outbound staff and postgraduate student mobility opportunities on the Qwaqwa campus.
Conceptualise and coordinate international partnership management at the Qwaqwa campus.
Conceptualise and coordinate reporting on internationalisation for the Qwaqwa campus, and integrate it with institutional UFS reporting on internationalisation.
Ensure that the UFS Qwaqwa complies with new national reporting requirements for internationalisation and that the information assists in developing a better understanding of Internationalisation at the UFS and advancing the process.
Conceptualise and coordinate the implementation on social integration initiatives for international students and at the Qwaqwa campus.
Conceptualise and coordinate co-curricular internationalisation at home activities on the Qwaqwa campus.
Conceptualise and coordinate support for strategic internationalisation activities at the Qwaqwa campus.
Monitor and follow up on strategic internationalisation initiatives on the Qwaqwa campus.
Identify, develop and implement new strategic internationalisation initiatives on the UFS Qwaqwa campus.
Managing the Qwaqwa cost centre of the Office for International Affairs.
Managing performance of the Qwaqwa team of the Office for International Affairs.
Inherent Job Requirements:
Relevant Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma / B.Tech degree / Postgraduate Certificate on NQF level 7.
Minimum four (4) years’ relevant working experience related to the duties and responsibilities in internationalisation or international relations environment.
Experience within the higher-education internationalisation environment.
Recommendations:
Honours degree /Postgraduate Diploma/Professional Bachelor’s degree on NQF level 8 or Master’s degree on NQF level 9.
Relevant working experience in the higher education environment.
Knowledge of university systems, policies, procedures.