The Sol Plaatje University, which had provisionally been referred to as the University of the Northern Cape, opened in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. The student complement is expected to increase gradually towards a target of 7 500 students by 2024.
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
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.
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