Teaching and Learning Coordinator at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

​​​​Project Coordination and Administration

• Provide leadership for implementing an exemplary, multilingual and comprehensive blended learning academic tutorial support programme in the designated faculty.
• Provide ongoing developmental support for the improvement of teaching and learning interventions between CTL and the Faculty.
• Lead the monitoring and evaluation of the tutorial programme in collaboration with CTL.
• Develop and maintain relationships with lecturers in the faculty involved in A_STEP
• Lead customisation and expansion of tutorials in the faculties using a range of data sources.
• Manage and implement the tracking and monitoring of tutors’ academic and professional performance.
• Plan, design, implement and evaluate tutors’ development initiatives for the of Faculty.
• Perform administrative duties as determined by the Teaching and Learning Manager/Vice Dean Teaching and Learning.
• Coordinate and manage the faculty tutorial timetables in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Manager/ Faculty Manager/Timetable office.
• Inspect teaching and learning facilities used by the A_STEP in collaboration with the Faculty Managers and/or relevant faculty staff.
• Lead one or more of the identified A_STEP processes.

Financial Management

• Manage the faculty tutorial budgets.
• Manage tutor payments in alignment with the approved budgets.
• Manage tutor salary tracking.
• Provide monthly reporting on actual expenditure.

Research

• Contribute to research output in teaching and learning for the CTL and the Faculty (conference presentations and publishing of articles).
• Provide data-driven and timely feedback on trends, impact and quality of student development initiatives.
• Coordinate and facilitate the measurement of assigned teaching and learning interventions and campaigns in the faculties.

Collaboration

• Provide accurate and detailed solutions to the Faculty’s Teaching and Learning needs in collaboration with the relevant Teaching and Learning stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Blended Learning Innovation Support and Services (BLISS) focus area in CTL to facilitate staff development programmes for the faculty staff (academic and support).

Training and Development

• Facilitate capacity development and ongoing training support for tutors.
• Identify areas of improvement and organise ongoing development workshops/sessions during the semester.
• Collaborate with the A_STEP team in the creation of tutor training materials.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma/B.Tech degree/Postgraduate Certificate on NQF Level 7.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in student academic development in a higher education environment.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in the use of Learning Management Systems.

Recommendations:

• Honours degree or Postgraduate Diploma on NQF Level 8.
• Programme coordination experience in the area of academic support.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in coordinating student academic development initiatives in higher education (tutoring, lecturing, mentoring etc).
• Knowledge of data management.
• Knowledge of action research.