Student Advisor at Lecturer level at University of the Witwatersrand

   
The Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management (CLM) at the University of the Witwatersrand invites applications for the position of Student Advisor at Lecturer level. Advisors provide holistic student support to undergraduate students in the faculty, in order to enhance the learning environment and improve student success by being responsive to student needs and challenges. Candidates will work closely with other advisors, the Assistant Deans for Undergraduate Affairs and Teaching and Learning, as well as institutional stakeholders involved in student success and support. The Road to Success Programme (RSP) is looking for 1 contract position at the lecturer level, for 1 year.
 Student advising in one-on-one and/or group settings, on a variety of topics (e.g. curriculum planning, excellence skills, psychosocial matters, socioeconomic matters, research and academic writing support).

•         Referring students to appropriate interventions and/or stakeholders.
•         Creating opportunities for CLM undergraduate and postgraduate students to reflect on the causes of the challenges they face.
•         Enabling student agency by providing ongoing guidance and advice to CLM undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Data

•         Capturing student engagement data on the Wits Student Success Intervention Portal.
•         Developing strategies to monitor and track student progress and success in CLM.
•         Proposing, developing, and implementing new student success and support initiatives.
•         Monitoring, evaluating, and modifying existing and new student success and support initiatives.
•         Assisting with data management and analysis to create reports that will help clarify the needs and challenges of CLM students.
•         Monitoring course pass rates and identifying problem areas.

Engagement and Interaction

•         Participation in training, workshops, and symposia.
•         Participation in relevant committees, working groups, and task teams.
•         Participation in the CLM orientation and registration programmes.
•         Participation in curriculum development within CLM.
•         Liaising with student governance structures.
•         Liaising with academic developers in support of Teaching and Learning excellence.
•         Working closely with academic, non-academic, and Teaching and Learning Unit staff in CLM to help enhance the holistic experience of CLM undergraduate and postgraduate students.
•         Interacting with School and Faculty Teaching and Learning Committees, as well as institutional student success stakeholders.

Research and Administrative Duties

•         Conducting research and demonstrating an ongoing commitment to scholarship through the attainment of higher degrees.
•         Filing and reporting duties.
•         Increasing awareness of CLM’s student success programme.
•         Assisting with the social-media-presence management for CLM’s student success programme.
•         Manage RSP Learning Management System sites.