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The University of the Western Cape is a national university, alert to its African and international context as it strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of South Africa, and to responding in critical and creative ways to the needs of a society...
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Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is one of the research-led teaching and learning universities in South Africa, with the capacity to produce and advance new knowledge and the translation of this knowledge into societal benefits through innovative endeavours. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is a global initiative designed to develop the next generation of transformative leaders by enabling highly talented, service-oriented young people, primarily young Africans, to pursue higher education and emerge as agents of change.
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program provides financial, social and academic support to a diverse range of talented undergraduate and postgraduate students who are financially and socially impeded from South Africa and other parts of the African continent.
The Co-ordinator: Recruitment and Liaison Postgraduate Studies will be responsible for the recruitment of postgraduate Scholars of the Program with a particular focus on recruiting young women, refugees and displaced youth, person with disabilities and young men. This will be achieved through the recruitment of postgraduate Mastercard Foundation Scholars to UWC through collaboration and liaison with university partners of the Scholars Program, independent recruitment organizations across the African continent and beyond, NGO’s, Mastercard Foundation Scholar alumni and relevant stakeholders within and external to UWC.
Accountable to the Program Director: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and reporting to the Program Director and Director: Research Development and Postgraduate Studies Office, the responsibilities of the Coordinator: Recruitment and Liaison Postgraduate Studies will include:
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements (Qualification and Experience)
Required competencies (skills, knowledge, and behavioural attributes):
In your application, you are encouraged to highlight your strengths and include anything else you deem exceptional and outstanding to be considered by the selection panel. In addition, please attach a cover letter motivating your suitability, a detailed curriculum vitae and the highest qualification to your online profile.
To be considered for this vacancy, you must click on the Apply for this Job, please contact the Human Resources Department at +27 21 959 4063/9763/9708/3551/3756 or email: [email protected]
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