Fresh Recruitments at The Independent Institute of Education (IIE)

Key Areas of Responsibility Include:

• Review, development, and implementation, subject to the policies and governance procedures of the IIE, of the curriculum, syllabus and material development of those designated programmes or modules (some of which may be service courses) for which the Head of Programme is responsible
• Aspects of faculty administration as delegated by the Head of Faculty
• Establishment and maintenance of effective interaction between the faculty/department and the sites of delivery with respect to the particular programmes for which s/he is responsible and more generally
• Identify and monitor programme developers including briefing and the quality assurance of their work
• Responsible for the setting and monitoring of minimum standards for delivery and assessment including management of academic incidents related to assessment
• Tracking of student performance, in cooperation with trading division national offices, in designated programmes and modules including planning and monitoring of interventions that may be required to address problems
• Responsible for identifying, briefing, and managing moderators in consultation with the trading division and for managing the moderation of assessments within the faculty – this includes planning and implementation of problem-solving strategies as needed
• Active commitment to the maintenance of academic standards and of curriculum areas within the discipline – this includes capacity building on campus and own personal commitment to keeping up to date
• Demonstrated commitment to the development, implementation, and monitoring of all IIE policies
• Active commitment to capacity building on the sites of delivery and where applicable the preparation and delivery of peer lectures and seminars - one of the key focuses here has to be building of capacity of lecturers to work with a diverse student body
• Participate in, and contribute to, the IIE/faculty’s activities, particularly its seminars and workshop programmes
• Participation in the key governance structures and committees as may be required from time to time
• Any other relevant duties as may be required

Qualifications:

•  The candidate must hold a minimum of a Master’s degree in the Business/ Strategic/ Service (Hospitality) Management discipline at NQF level 9, but a PhD is preferred.

Experience:       

• Normally, at least three years lecturing experience (full or part-time) in a public or private higher education provider. Under exceptional circumstances, different experience will be considered
• Experience in writing curriculum, material, and assessment of student learning
• Some understanding of the HE regulatory environment
• Understanding of the NQF and associated regulatory environment
• Work experience in the Business/ Strategic/ Service Management discipline would be an advantage
• Experience with online curriculum delivery systems would be advantageous

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Key Areas of Responsibility Include:

• Review, development and implementation, subject to the policies and governance procedures of the IIE, of the curriculum, syllabus and material development of those designated programmes or modules (some of which may be service courses) for which the Head of Programme is responsible.
• Aspects of faculty administration as delegated by the Head of Faculty.
• Establishment and maintenance of effective interaction between the faculty/department and the brands with respect to the particular programmes for which s/he is responsible and more generally.
• Identify and monitor programme developers including briefing and the quality assurance of their work.
• Responsible for the setting and monitoring of minimum standards for delivery and assessment including management of academic incidents related to assessment.
• Tracking of student performance, in cooperation with trading division national offices, in designated programmes and modules including planning and monitoring of interventions that may be required to address problems.
• Responsible for the identifying, briefing and managing moderators in consultation with the trading division and for managing the moderation of assessments within the faculty – this includes planning and implementation of problem-solving strategies as needed.
• Active commitment to the maintenance of academic standards and of curriculum areas within the discipline – this includes capacity building on campus and own personal commitment to keeping up to date, which will include limited lecturing (contact or distance) on a cyclical basis and the contribution to faculty research output.
• Demonstrated commitment to the development, implementation and monitoring of all IIE policies.
• Active commitment to capacity building on the campuses of the brands and where applicable the preparation and delivery of peer lectures and seminars  - one of the key focuses here has to be building of capacity of lecturers to work with a diverse student body.
• Participate in, and contribute to, the IIE/faculty’s activities, particularly its seminars and workshop programmes.
• Participation in the key governance structures and committees as may be required from time to time.
• Any other relevant duties as may be required 

Qualifications:

• The candidate must hold a minimum of a Masters degree in a Humanities / Social Sciences discipline or equivalent at NQF level 9, but a PhD is preferred.

Specific areas of specialization:

• Communication Science
• Corporate Communication
• Strategic Communication
• Public Relations
• Media Studies

Experience:

• Normally, at least three years lecturing experience (full or part-time) in a public or private post-school provider. Under exceptional circumstances different experience will be considered.
• Experience in writing curriculum, material and assessment of student learning.
• Some understanding of the HE regulatory environment.
• Understanding of the NQF and associated regulatory environment.
• Relevant, discipline orientated work experience in the would be an advantage.
• Experience with online curriculum delivery systems would be advantageous.

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Key Areas of Responsibility:

• The Committee Secretary, under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Assistant Registrar, will be responsible for maintaining a system that ensures that The IIE remains compliant with regulatory and statutory requirements.
• This includes but is not limited to sharing the responsibility of the administration of Governance Committee meetings (Senate, Teaching and Learning, Research and Postgraduate Studies, Faculty Boards, Academic Planning and Development, and Brand Results Review Committees).
• In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for the administration of The IIE Institutional Student Council (ISC) and the Institutional Student Faculty Academic Forums (FAFs).

Other additional responsibilities:

• Compiling meeting schedules for the ISC and the FAFs.
• Sending out notices of meetings and calls for agenda items.
• Compiling and distributing the agenda packs in line with remits and conventions.
• Loading the agenda and supporting documents on the online system.
• Preparing and sending out items via round-robin for approval.
• Ensuring that all logistical arrangements are in place for the meetings.
• Taking and drafting of minutes.
• Managing meeting logistics during meetings.
• Ensuring that the minutes are signed off by the Chair of the meetings and distribution of minutes are in line with the governance meeting schedule.
• Compiling matters arising/action items and ensuring that these are signed off by the relevant Chair.
• Following up on matters arising and ensuring that these are incorporated into the agenda.
• Compiling and distributing Communiqués.
• Keeping up-to-date committee membership and attendance lists.
• Preparing and sending out committee membership letters.
• Maintaining the electronic and hard copy filing of all committee documentation.
• Keeping the agenda checklist and committee process documents up to date.
• Assisting with the induction of committee members.
• Facilitating the evaluations of committees.

Qualifications verifications:

• Verify qualifications as per verification requests received from relevant agencies/customers and ensure up-to-date records of qualifications and SLPs are maintained.

Customer Service:

• Attending to queries from IIE brands and other external customers, in line with IIE Policies and doing this via The IIE electronic/tracking systems.
• Other administrative tasks in support of the Registrar’s team and related to areas of responsibility.

Qualification: 

• Bachelor’s Degree (NQF Level 7) or equivalent.
• Where the candidate does not have a qualification at this level but has a proven track record in work in the division of the Registrar or a governance (corporate, education or legal) function the qualification requirement may be reduced.     

Experience: 

• Academic, secretariat or administrative experience (at least three years) in the higher education sector in the division of the Registrar department, Faculty, governance sector (corporate, education or legal) or Secretariat