Programme Director: Bachelor of Arts at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

Development and Management of the Bachelor of Arts, Qwaqwa Campus 

• Design and redesign the curriculum by involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Develop new learning programmes in consultation with industry and other stakeholders.
• Frequent and continuous development and management of the operational plan of the programme.
• Provide general leadership in the faculty and ensure academic coherence across all the various modules of the programme.
• Motivate and lead employees in the programme to achieve transformation within the programmes and the institution.
• Ensure that the activities of the programmes are undertaken in accordance with the governance, policy and regulatory frameworks of the University.

Quality Management

• Provide top-quality, research-informed facilitation of learning to ensure practice-based learning and improvement.
• Assume responsibility for the academic quality of the programme.
• Manage curriculum and recurriculation processes of the programme.
• Manage academic administration.
• Monitor and manage quality assurance of technology and innovation activities in the programme.
• Implement applicable governance, policy and regulatory frameworks of the University.

Provide Academic and Registration Advice

• Scholarship of high quality and specialised expertise.
• Conduct own research.
• Provide academic advice in terms of academic inquiries, amendments of yearbooks, schedules, timetables, etc.
• Implement applicable governance, policy and regulatory frameworks of the University.

Marketing of the Bachelor of Arts, Qwaqwa Campus

• Serve on the marketing committee of the faculty as necessary.
• Compile an annual marketing plan and budget, and plan the implementation thereof in cooperation with the support services concerned.
• Advertise the programme in an appropriate manner.
• Compile marketing pamphlets or any suitable marketing material.
• Be involved in the introduction of the programme at road shows and open days.
• Lialise with authorities from practice, the professions, the private sector, etc, where applicable for the purpose of needs assessments and correlation of subject content with professional precepts.

Inherent requirements:

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in a Bachelor of Arts-related or cognate discipline.
• Full-time, permanent member of the academic staff of the Faculty of the Humanities, Qwaqwa Campus (UFS).

Recommendations:

• Exposure to programme and curriculum development and academic advisory services.
• Experience in leadership and management.