Fresh Jobs at Sol Plaatje University

Minimum Requirements 

• A Degree (NQF7) in Education /Administration/ Management, or any relevant Degree.
• 3 to 4 years of related experience.
• Computer literate.

Duties and Responsibilities

Committee Administration

• Committee administration for Faculty Committee meeting.
• Record minutes of relevant meetings.
• Distribute minutes to relevant stakeholders.

Academic planning and administration

• Student admissions.
• Student Registration.
• Maintenance of student records.
• Administration of examination activities.
• Assist with accreditation of academic programmes.

Stakeholder relations management and partnerships

• Regular interaction with the Faculty Manager, Heads of Departments, Programme Co-ordinators, and Academic Advisors.
• Liaise with other student support and administrative departments in the university.

Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting

• Develop relevant reports as and when required.
• Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.

Ad hoc duties

• Post occupants must adhere to all reasonable and fair instructions.
• Assist with ad hoc duties where when the need arises within the faculty.

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Minimum Requirements

• PhD/Doctorate in relevant discipline.
• A relevant teaching qualification.
• At least five years of relevant experience, where 3 years must have been in Higher Education.
• Evidence of continual and sustained research output in the form of: Publications in DHET-accredited journals and peer-reviewed conferences.
• Involvement in discipline or activities that include Community engagement activities.
• Active academic participation in workshops/forums in higher education
• Demonstrate evidence of continuous research productivity through publications in DHET-accredited journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, contributions to scholarly books, and research papers presented at national and/or international conferences
• Successful supervision of postgraduate students at master's and/or PhD level.
• Student and/or peer evaluations of own teaching; evidence of scholarship of teaching and learning would be beneficial.
• Significant involvement in discipline or departmental official activities and processes which include active academic participation in workshops/forums in higher education as well as community engagement activities; movement towards recognition in the broader subject/ discipline community; external examining/moderating at under- and postgraduate levels.

Recommendation

• NRF Rating. 

Duties and Responsibilities 
Teaching and Learning

• Compile work schemes in col­labo­ration with colleagues.
• Research and utilize new and emerging approaches and technology in teaching.
• The professional preparation of teaching media.
• The professional preparation of notes to supplement or substi­tute prescribed textbooks.
• Research and selection of sui­table reference material to supple­ment textbooks.
• The facilitation of an effective teaching situation in which the learning experience can take place successfully.
• The upgrading of course content/ development of new courses and/or modules in order to keep up with the latest require­ments of the discipline.

Research

• Acts as a study leader.
• Conduct appropriate research.
• Publish research results.
• Keep abreast of professional literature.
• Obtain research grants.

Community Engagement

• Contribute to community engagement initiatives.
• Integrate community engagement interventions into curriculum.
• Report on own involvement in professional, industry and/or community activities.

Curriculum Development and Accreditation

• Contributes to curriculum development.
• Participate in curriculum review and the development of new courses/modules to ensure alignment with sector/discipline norms and requirements.
• Review assessment methods for self and others.
• Revise and submit programmes for accreditation by relevant accreditation bodies.

Student Academic Development

• Identify students at risk timeously.
• Develop intervention strategies.
• Provide counseling to students.
• Monitor student progress.
• Make necessary referrals for students, where needed.

Administration

• Keep attendance registers.
• Record student results.
• Assist with the registration of students
• Supervise tests and examinations
• Participate and chair departmental committees

Quality Assurance

• Contribute to Quality Assurance through committee meetings and submission of relevant documents.
• Identify QA feedback mechanism within the school/department.

Academic Management

• Contributes to policy making.
• Set annual objectives pertaining to academic programmes.
• Participate in the review of teaching, research, community engagement and academic administration objectives.
• Management of tutor activities.

Personal/ Professional Development

• Keep abreast of developments within own field of study and its implications for teaching and learning, community engagement, research, etc.
• Keep abreast of developments in professional conduct at SPU.
• Engage in current professional development activities.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Develop relevant reports as and when required.
• Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.

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Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12
• 1-2 years of relevant experience.
• Computer literate (MS Office package -Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).

Recommendations
It will be an added advantage to candidates who have 1-2 years of experience in: 

• Academic administration for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including academic advising. 
• Experience with progress tracking of postgraduate students. 
• Meeting the administration of committees.
• Show a working understanding of quality assurance and assessment, and moderate processes.

Duties and Responsibilities
General administration

• Provide administrative support to staff members through maintaining a filing system.
• Sending and receiving emails.
• Updating databases / data capturing.
• Answering and screening telephone calls and taking messages.
• Perform internet search to access relevant information.
• Making travel arrangements.
• Receiving visitors.
• Typing correspondence and documentation.

Meeting Administration

• Assist with arrangements and minutes of meetings as required.

Front Office Assistance

• Managing the front office / reception.
• Manage front office calls.

Financial Administration

• Processing and monitoring purchases.
• Ordering stationery & maintaining stock required for the Faculty.
• Implement and maintain a relevant document management system in relation to the procurement function.
• Receive purchase order requests from relevant parties.
• Ensure that all PO requests are signed off by the designated signatories and obtain approval.
• Matching up of PO request and original PO from ITS.
• Communicate with all vendors regarding outstanding deliveries and payment procedures.
• Clearing unpaid PO’s monthly.
• Maintain and reconcile vendor accounts.

Asset Administration

• Ensure that all new and existing assets are appropriately recorded, registered, insured, and maintained.
• Record Asset Stock Count checks every three months.
• Match up purchase order number, asset number and serial number.

Conference / Event Organising

• Assist with all logistical aspects related to all events including workshops, meetings, conferences, seminars.
• Assist with co-ordination of site visits by sponsors and auditors.
• Ensure that all necessary documentation relating to SPU travel has been completed and submitted.
• Arrange logistical requirements for all site meetings.

Client/Student Liaison

• Co-ordinate liaison between faculty’s/departments/sections.
• Respond to student/staff/visitor queries.

Examinations

• Manage appointments and payment of external moderators
• Liaise with external examiners for returning external exam papers and marks

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

• Monitor, maintain, and order office consumables.
• Monitor maintenance of office equipment.

Ad hoc duties

• Assist where needed arises within the Section/ Department or the Faculty

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Minimum Requirements 

• Master's degree in Afrikaans (Language/Linguistics or literature) or related discipline.
• At least two years of higher education teaching or industry experience.
• Evidence or experience in online/blended teaching.
• Experience in supervision at Honours level. 
• Evidence of active participation in professional, industry and/or community activities. 
• Evidence of competence in the administration of a course /subject at the departmental level. 
• Evidence of active participation in workshop /forum in higher education as well as community engagement activities. 

Recommendations

• PhD in Afrikaans (Language/Linguistics or literature) or show evidence or registration for a doctorate /PhD will be an advantage. 
• Evidence or research output published in DHET-accredited journals and /or conference presentation.
• Experience in programme and curriculum development/review. 
• Good interpersonal skills, communication and computer skills, good organisational and computer skills, good organisational and planning skills. 

Duties and Responsibilities 
Teaching and Learning

• Compile work schemes in collaboration with colleagues.
• Professional preparation of teaching media and notes to supplement or substitute prescribed textbooks.
• Research and selection of suitable reference material to supplement textbooks.
• The facilitation of an effective teaching situation in which the learning experience can take place successfully.
• The upgrading of course content/ development of new courses and/or modules in order to keep up with the latest requirements of the discipline.
• Student and peer evaluations of teaching performance.
• External examining/moderation and invitations to teach externally.

Research

• Act as supervisor for Honours and, where relevant, Postgraduate Diploma students.
• Conduct appropriate research.
• Publish research in reputable journals.
• Keep abreast of professional literature.

Community Engagement

• Contribute to community engagement initiatives.
• Integrate community engagement interventions into curriculum.

Curriculum Development and Accreditation

• Contribute to curriculum development.
• Participate in curriculum review to ensure alignment with sector/discipline norms and requirements.
• Student Academic Development identifies, reports, and supports students at risk timeously.
• Develop intervention strategies.

Administration

• Keep attendance registers.
• Record student results.
• Assist with the registration of students.

Quality Assurance

• Contribute to Quality Assurance through committee meetings and submission of relevant documents

Personal/ Professional Development

• Keep abreast of developments within own field of study and its implications for the teaching/ learning situation.
• Keep abreast of developments in professional conduct at SPU.

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Minimum

• Any relevant Honours degree (NQF8).
• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in academic support, which includes all or any of the following (student support or academic staff support or curriculum, or module administration).

Recommendation 

• Experience in a higher education environment.

Duties and responsibilities
Quality Enhancement

• Coordinate student module evaluations.
• Facilitate module reviews.
• Design and manage focus groups, data analysis, and present key findings to appropriate partners/stakeholders.
• Provide support to programme manager on the development of review plans and their implementation.
• Monitor quality of data/evidence provided for module reviews.
• Monitor the implementation of module improvement plans.
• Manage the module review cycle.

Resource Management: Budget and Finance

• Support programme manager in making input into the CTLPD operational.
• Implement an approved budget.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Relevant operational reports as and when required.
• Research and implement best practices.
• Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.

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Minimum Requirements 

• Honours Degree (NQF8) in Library and Information Science or a relevant equivalent degree. 
• A minimum of five years’ relevant experience in an academic library, including at least three years in a supervisory role.
• Computer Literacy (MS Office, and in the latest technology such as AI).

Recommendation 

• A master’s degree in library and information science OR a combination of an Honours Library Science degree and a postgraduate qualification in management, will be an added advantage.
• 5 years’ experience in library operations management, including but not limited to staff supervision, process and procedure development. 

Duties and responsibilities 

• Actively support the Director in the achievement of the Library and Information Services strategic objectives.
• Provide input for Library and Information Services strategy development.
• Implement strategic objectives for portfolios reporting to this position.
• Manage and support library staff.
• Participate in staff recruitment, training, and performance evaluation.
• Manage work schedules and assign responsibilities.
• Manage section budget and monitor expenditures.
• Manage staff performance.
• Asset management.
• Manage the selection and acquisition of materials that are aligned with curricula and research priorities.
• Ensure that the collection is regularly updated.
• Collect and analyse data to inform acquisitions.
• Expert research assistance is provided to all clients.
• Manage the development and maintenance of instructional resources
• Manage information literacy training.
• Manage the facilitation of interlibrary loans.
• Lead the promotion of library services and maintain its brand.
• Strengthen relationship with academic and support departments.
• Lead and support collaborative projects.
• Provide input and support to the development and implementation of policies.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies, procedures, and professional standards.
• Appoint safety representatives.
• Monitor safety compliance and procedures.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.
• Contribute to professional discourse through research and presentations.
• Engage in professional networks.

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Minimum Requirements

• 3 Year Relevant Tertiary Qualification (NQF level 6).
• 2 years of entrepreneurship development experience.
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Outlook).
• A valid driver’s license.
• Strong in client connection and client service.
• Experience in enterprise development.
• Strong responsibility.
• Self-motivated.
• Able to work under high pressure.
• Proven track record of developing new businesses.
• proven experience in project management with experience in innovation and/or technology fields being an added advantage.

Recommendation 

• In-depth knowledge of understanding the SMME and incubation industry.
• Project, financial, conflict, strategic, stakeholder, and personnel management.
• Report writing.

Duties and Responsibility
Support SMME Clients

• Plan, implement and manage the enterprise development projects, programmes, products and services aimed at SMMEs.
• Assist SMME clients through advice, consultations, and other interventions, in order to grow turnover
• Work with SMME’s to identify and evaluate profitable business opportunities.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to SMMEs.

Train Start-up and Existing Entrepreneurs

• Coordinate training and capacity development for SMME’s.

Establish SMME’s

• Assist entrepreneurs with the establishment of SMME’s.
• Provide advice and assistance on registration of SMME’s.
• Stimulate activity within dormant SMME’s or SMME’s that are not actively operational.

Encourage and Stimulate Innovation

• Encourage an environment of Innovative thinking and commercialisation of innovative ideas.

Recruitment & Stakeholder Relationships

• Provide guidance on the required profile of clients to be recruited.
• Assist the official responsible for marketing with the recruitment of new clients.
• Maintain an excellent stakeholder relationship with existing and potential stakeholders
• Promote relations with relevant stakeholders
• Liaise with different sector stakeholders and broader business community.

Administration

• Provide management, stakeholders, and SMME’s with information.

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Minimum requirements

• National Diploma in Information Communication & Technology.
• Industry related certificates.
• Driver's license.
• Willingness to work outside of normal working hours.
• 2 to 4 years of related experience.
• Experience with computer systems, LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi configuration & Microsoft/Linux environment, Active Directory.
• Computer skills (MS Office suite).
• Experience with major hardware vendors, e.g. HP, DELL, etc. will be an added advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities
Installation, maintenance and support of all hardware and software.

• Capture and maintain all IT assets in the ICT inventory database and dispatch the IT equipment to the user per written request.

Computer fault diagnosis.

• Install and maintain all desktop & laptop hardware for all staff, students and external clients.
• Liaise with external providers for hardware support & repair and support.
• Obtain quotes, liaise with suppliers, liaise with finance submit purchase orders, submit GRV.
• Adhoc software support and technical assistance e.g.: O365, Website (technical), SharePoint.

Computer Lab/Office demonstrations.

• Identify common problem areas experienced to recommend corrective action.
• Decide whether to send the computer to the manufacturer for repair.
• Report shortfall in parts inventory to line manager.
• Ensure desktop & laptops computers interconnect seamlessly with diverse systems, including associated validation systems, file services, email servers, computer conferencing systems, application servers and administrative systems.

ICT Liaison

• Document instances of hardware, physical or digital failure, repair, installation and removal.
• Forward faulty computers to the 3rd party workshop.
• Communicate project statuses to helpdesk.

User Education: network security/ vulnerabilities

• Help users scan media such as flash drive and diskettes for any malicious ware.
• Help users with e-mail that they suspect might contain malicious content and provide network.
• Making sure end-point security systems is up to date.

Self-development

• Research technology trends and latest applicable technologies.
• Ensure up-to-date skills development plans.
• Develop, recommend and implement solutions in liaison with all of ICT Unit.

Project participation

• Participate in ICT projects to ensure that successfully execution of the same.
• Assist with project scoping and resource allocation.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Relevant operational reports as and when required.
• Research and implement best practices.
• Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.