Senior Manager:Accreditation at Council on Higher Education (CHE)

Reporting to the Director for Accreditation, the CHE seeks a person with appropriate experience, expertise and the ability to perform at the level of a Senior Manager in the following areas:

• Management responsibility for all processes related to accreditation of new qualifications and programmes.
• Analysis and validation of accreditation applications and evaluation reports with a view to producing quality recommendations for the Accreditation Committee.
• Liaison with and providing advice to public and private higher education institutions on programme accreditation matters, as and when required.
• Reporting to the Director on progress, trends, and developments in accreditation applications.
• Contributing to the redesign, development, and implementation of accreditation processes as part of preparation for and implementation of the Quality Assurance Framework.
• Identifying and coordinating research projects emerging from the activities of the Directorate, including matters relating to quality assurance and quality promotion.
• Management and providing support to staff within the assigned portfolio.
• Supporting the Director with compiling Agendas for meetings of the Accreditation Committee and the Higher Education Quality Committee, including by ensuring that the components of the agenda that relate to new programme and qualification accreditation applications are of high quality and are submitted timeously.
• Supporting the work of the Directorate by undertaking or coordinating any other reasonable tasks assigned by the Director.
• Working collaboratively as part of a cohesive team.

The applicant must have:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent preferably in Education, Humanities and /or Social Sciences (a PhD would be an added advantage).
• A minimum of five (5) years’ relevant and demonstrable experience in Higher Education and/or Quality Assurance.
• Three (3) years of Management experience, preferably in a university or quality council.