Manager – Postgraduate Funds (P003228) at North West University

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Programme Management

• Planning and management of postgraduate funding projects.
• Manage resources effectively and efficiently to ensure the budget and project plan objectives are met.
• Developing, documenting and maintaining, frameworks and tools for postgraduate funding interventions.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure compliance to the Higher Degrees Improvement Plan.
• Prepare progress reports for submission to the Higher Degrees Committee.
• Analyse progress report for students’ funding cases referred by faculties.
• Analyse application vs funding needs vs academic progress statistics for master’s and doctoral students.
• Identifying risks/gaps in the postgraduate funding processes and acting accordingly.

Relationship Management and Research 

• Manage professional relationships with higher degrees internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing training and guidance to colleagues across the institution on post-award management of postgraduate student funds.
• Income generation
• Create and manage a pool of funding to support postgraduate students who are “outside the normal funding brackets” or need interim or top-up support to ensure timeous completion of studies.
• People Management
• Leave management for personnel in the Programme.
• Performance management of staff.
• Participate in recruitment and selection of staff in the Programme.