Senior Manager: Quality Assurance and Enhancement at Sol Plaatje University

Purpose 

• The Senior Manager: Quality Assurance and Enhancement actively supports the DVC: Teaching and Learning in meeting the strategic objectives and goals of the University through quality assurance and programme enhancement.

Minimum Requirements 

• Relevant Masters Degree for P7 and PhD/Doctoral Degree for p6.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in quality assurance/enhancement in a university environment or comparable institution.

Duties and responsibilities

• Provide support to DVC: Teaching and Learning in the formulation and monitoring of the institutional quality Assurance strategy.
• Develop policy direction for the quality assurance and enhancement portfolio.
• Provide a high-level operational plan of the quality assurance and enhancement portfolios in alignment with SPU strategic goals and the needs of other departments and divisions.
• Make inputs in ensuring that the University’s academic structure and the PQM document correlate, investigate any differences and making the necessary corrections.
• Support other structures and divisions in the design and implementation of systems to improve quality assurance and enhancement.
• Manage university programme accreditation
• Manage the university quality enhancement programme.
• Manage student and peer evaluation of teaching and learning.
• Assume accountability for the operational management of the portfolio.
• Devise accurately costed work and implementation plans.
• Provide regular management reports on operational and strategic matters to the DVC: Teaching and Learning.
• Service the Schools teaching and learning committees and research committees as required.
• Manage the development and maintenance of a website of the portfolio in alignment with institutional communication and marketing.