Curation and Publishing Manager at University of Cape Town

REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE:

• Postgraduate qualification (NQF8).
• At least 5 years of project management experience, including budgeting, resource management, and contract staff management
• At least 2 years of academic or scholarly writing experience.
• At least 2 years of editorial management and publishing experience.
• Open Education awareness and understanding.

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• Experience in publishing in higher education.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Manage open education initiatives at UCT including the Digital Open Textbooks initiative, Open Textbook Awards, and Student Open Education Fellowships. 
• Support international projects of the UCT UNESCO Chair in Open Education and Social Justice.
• Advise on open education resources (including open textbooks) and open publishing at UCT.
• Promote, support and maintain the communication of open education initiatives.
• Provide editorial support for the CILT Annual Report.
• Provide project management and editorial support for the UCT Teaching and Learning conference.
• Coordinate and contribute to research design of Digital Open Textbook and other open education outputs.