Programme Director (Contract Appointment: Five years) (Four Positions): Office of the Dean (Job ID: 5882) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• In consultation with the Academic Head of Department undertake the following:
• The design and redesign the curriculum by involving all relevant stakeholders.
• Develop new learning programmes in consultation with industry and other stakeholders.
• Frequent and continues development and management of the operational plan of the Programmes.
• Provide general leadership in the Programmes and ensure academic coherence across all various modules of the programmes.
• Responsible for Financial Management (annual budgeting, financial planning, allocation of funds, and financial control), and deployment of the resources needed for maximum benefit to the delivery of the programmes.
• Motivate and lead employees in the Programmes 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.
• Provide top-quality, research-informed facilitation of learning to ensure practise-based learning and improvement.
• Assume responsibility for the academic quality of the programmes.
• Manage curriculation processes of the programmes.
• Manage academic administration.
• Monitor and manage quality assurance of technology and innovation activities in the Programmes.
• Implement applicable governance, policy and regulatory frameworks of the University.
• Scholarship of high quality and specialised expertise.
• Teaching, learning, and students.
• Conduct own research.
• Provide academic advice in terms of academic inquiries, amendments of year books, schedules, timetables, etc.
• Implement applicable governance, policy and regulatory frameworks of the University.
• Serves on the marketing committee of the faculty as necessary.
• Compilation of an annual marketing plan and budget, and planning of the implementation thereof in cooperation with the support services concerned.
• Advertise the programmes in an appropriate manner.
• Compilation of marketing pamphlets or any suitable marketing material.
• Involve in the introduction of the programmes at road shows and open days.
• liaison with authorities from practice, the professions, the private sector, etc. for the purpose of needs assessment and correlation of subject content with professional precepts.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• PhD degree on NQF Level 10 in the relevant subject field (Psychology/ Criminology/ Sociology/ Political Science) or currently registered for PhD on NQF Level 10 in the relevant subject field (Psychology/ Criminology/ Sociology/ Political Science).
• Any full-time, permanent member of the academic staff of the department of Psychology, Criminology, Sociology or Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State (UFS).

Recommendations:

• 5 years’ relevant teaching experience in the Social Sciences at undergraduate level.