Manager: Academic Planning and Quality at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

Responsibilities

The incumbent will be required to:

• Providing advice and guidance on programme/qualification development to academic departments and faculties, including requirements by external bodies;
• Facilitation of the process of programme development, approval, accreditation and registration with the Department of Higher Education and Training, Higher Education Quality Committee and South African Qualifications Authority;
• Preparing annual trend reports from external evaluation and accreditation reports;
• Continuously reviewing programmes offered by the University versus the approved Programme Qualification Mix (PQM), ensure that all qualifications and programmes offered are accredited by the CHE and registered by SAQA;
• Coordinating the affairs of the Academic Planning Committee (APC) and the Sub-committee of APC, including setting the agenda; organising meetings and coordinating submissions from the Executive and faculties;
• Planning, designing and implementing strategies for gathering and use of strategic information for academic planning, including monitoring regulatory requirements pertaining to the accreditation of academic programmes;
• Supporting units under review to prepare for external evaluations and accreditation visits;
• Developing, implementing and sustaining institution-wide stakeholder-driven quality management and assurance systems and processes;
• Contributing to the development of quality assurance policies, procedures and strategies;
• Liaising with faculties and professional service departments to ensure the implementation of improvement plans;
• Initiating, building and managing collaborative links with faculties and support service departments around academic planning and quality assurance and promotion issues and activities;
• Liaising with the Department of Higher Education and Training, Council on Higher Education, South African Qualifications Authority, relevant professional bodies and other Higher Education Institutions.

Minimum Requirements

• An Honours degree in the relevant field;
• A total of five years’ experience in the field;

Proven experience in/and knowledge of:

• Higher education policy matters;
• Facilitation of academic planning in a higher education environment;
• Management and execution of quality related projects, including institutional audits, programme accreditations and external reviews;
• Knowledge of policies and requirements of relevant external bodies, i.e. DHET, SAQA, CHE, USAF, etc.
• Experience in writing plans and reports.
• Required Competencies (skills, Knowledge And Behavioural Attributes)
• Knowledge of higher education policies related to teaching and learning, academic planning and quality assurance;
• Knowledge of the functioning of a University;
• Mastery of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework;
• Good interpersonal relations and the ability to interact with senior academics; government officials and members of the private sector, nationally and internationally;
• Ability to develop terms of reference for review of academic programmes and support service departments;
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills in English;
• Meticulous attention to detail;
• Results orientated with high delivery ability, demonstrated capacity to organise own work and work against tight deadlines;
• HEMIS reporting system;
• Excellent Information Technology skills;
• Report writing, data analysis and interpretation;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Ability to build partnerships;
• Sensitivity to diversity.

Added Advantages And Preferences

• A Master’s degree in the relevant field;
• Lecturing experience.

Closing Date: 30th, April 2022