Fresh Vacancies Available at IIE MSA and IIE Varsity College

The IIE Varsity College, Westville Campus is seeking to expand its database of Lecturers in the School of Engineering: IIE Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering - BEng Civil for the 2024 Academic year for the following modules:

• Earth Sciences 1B (ESCI5112)
• Engineering Mathematics 1A/1B/2A (EMTH5111/EMTH5112/EMTH6211)
• Engineering Mechanics 1B/2A (EMEC5112/EMEC6211)
• Civil Engineering Design 1A/1B/2A/2B (CIED5111/CIED5112/CIED6211/CIED6212)
• Society and Practice 1A/1B/2A/2B (SAPR5111/SAPR5112/SAPR6211/SAPR6212)
• Engineering Physics 1A (EPHY5111)
• Engineering Chemistry 1A (ECHE5111)
• Engineering Materials 2A (EMAT6211)
• Geotechnical Engineering 2B (GEOT6212)
• Rural and Urban Infrastructure 2B (RUIN6212)
• Structural Engineering 2B (STRU6212)
• Water Engineering 2B (WAEN6212)

Key Performance Areas:

• Preparation, conducting of lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars;
• Providing study guidance, learning support, consultation and mentoring of students;
• Initiation and development of module materials, including on-line and web-based materials;
• Marking and grading of student assessments;
• Module coordination and quality assurance;
• A range of administrative functions connected to the discipline and modules being taught;
• Involvement in relevant committees, workshops, task groups and other activities;
• Other duties commensurate to the position as required.

Other Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated capability to lecture, conduct tutorials and seminars at tertiary level in an effective manner in the core courses stipulated at the highest academic level;
• Expertise in e-learning programs such as Blackboard and Moodle;
• Up-to-date knowledge of curriculum areas being taught at the highest academic level;
• Demonstrated capacity to design, set and evaluate assessments at the appropriate level for the courses stipulated;
• High level of communication skills in verbal, written and electronic modes; and
• Proven high-level administrative abilities.

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Master's degree in the specified discipline/s. Professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) would be highly advantageous.

Minimum Experience Requirements:

• At least 3 years lecturing experience in a similar higher education role at a tertiary institution. 

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 Minimum Education Requirements:

​ Ideal:

• Masters in Corporate Communication or Strategic Communication. 
•  Alternatively:
•  NQF9 qualification that includes a Strategic Leadership and Organisational Communication component.

Minimum Work Experience Requirements:

• Lecturing experience in Corporate Communication, Strategic Communication, Strategic Leadership or Organisational Communication. 

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Minimum Education Requirements:

• LLB with communication, journalism or media-related modules in at least the first year of study.

Alternatively:

• LLB with work experience in media law.
• LLB with no related communication, journalism, and media-related fields, in which case the requesting campus is to provide support to the candidate via the PM and/or Head of School for Humanities and Social Sciences on specialised media-related aspects of the module.
• BA Honours or BSocSci (Bachelor of Social Sciences) in communication, journalism, media law or media-related fields.
• LLB AND BA Honours or BSocSci (Bachelor of Social Sciences) in communication, journalism, media law or media-related fields.

Minimum Experience Required:

• Experience in teaching law modules at tertiary level.
• Experience in teaching law modules for LEAD (Legal Education and Development).Work experience as a practicing attorney, advocate, legal advisor, magistrate, or otherwise in the legal profession.
• Work experience in one of the parastatals or Chapter 9 Institutions as a legal advisor; assistant; commissioner at CCMA, a Bargaining Council (BC); a legal advisor for a registered trade union and/or trade union federation; or any other legal position held.
• Lecturing experience in media law and ethics/ media and communication/media law/ ethics and communication.
• A combination of journalism and/or advertising and/or PR industry experience with media law practitioner experience within the related field. Related experience within the communications sector that required engagement with Media Law.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Presentation Target

• Deliver engaging presentations at targeted schools, showcasing the benefits of our institution.
• The ability to deliver a great presentation to potential students is crucial.
• Distribute marketing materials and interact with students to generate interest and enquiries.
• Represent our brand at career expos and other stakeholder events.
• Achieve monthly presentation targets as per school priorities.

Database Collection

• Meet monthly targets for collecting school databases to expand our reach.

Interview Target

• Make proactive calls to prospective students, scheduling interviews to meet daily and weekly targets.
• Follow up on online applications, ensuring proof of payments and scheduling appointments.
• Provide prompt responses to online and telephonic enquiries within 24 hours.
• Conduct interviews following an established script, building rapport with students and parents.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual interviews.

Application Target

• Assist students with the online application process during interviews, securing applications on the spot.
• Follow up with unpaid online applications and ensuring payment is completed.
• Conduct regular calling campaigns to convert interviews into applications.
• Drive application acceptance and pre-registration fee payment.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual applications.
• Registration Target
• Support the campus by converting applications to registrations to achieve the annual campus registration target.

Administration and Reporting

• Maintain accurate daily reports, including call reports and interview booking trackers and the Student Information System.
• Ensure interview forms are completed correctly and applications have valid supporting documentation.
• Update relevant systems and reports as required by the Head: Student Recruitment.

Competencies Required:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with students, parents and stakeholders.
• The ability to deliver a compelling presentation at schools is crucial.
• Friendly, tenacious, and target-driven mindset with exceptional organisational abilities.
• Excellent time management skills to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.

Minimum Requirements:

• National Diploma (NQF6)/ Bachelors Degree (NQF level 7) with 2-3 years sales experience (preferred) OR,
• Alternatively, minimum of National Senior Certificate (or equivalent) with 5 years sales experience.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

  Administration/Collections/Handovers   

• Supervise allocated Credit Control Team (comprising of credit controllers and senior credit controllers), monitor performance and ensure fair and proper allocation of accounts on a regular basis.
• Support Debtors Manager in ensuring the Credit Control Team achieves Monthly Target and take ownership for driving activities to ensure targets are achieved.
• Support Debtors Manager with regards to tracking team performance and implementing appropriate measures that will shift performance in a positive direction. This will include ongoing training and coaching for all credit controllers and senior credit controllers and report back to debtors manager.
• Assistance with allocation of payments and other other administrative functions performed by either the credit controllers, senior credit controllers or Debtors Manager as and when the need arises. Attend to additional adhoc administrative duties as and when required.
• Monitor queries received through various platforms (email, helpdesk, IIE Assist) and ensure allocated and escalated to relevant team member for quick and speedy resolution. Ensure that queries resolved as far as possible within 48 hours or that customer receives an update at least within 24-48 hours.
• Assist and support Campus Senior Credit Controller with admin related activities (I.E Credit Balances/Debit Orders).
• Send out SMS and letters on behalf of team on a weekly/Monthly basis.
• Assist with difficult accounts escalated by Credit Control Team.
• Review suspended and handover accounts escalated by Credit Control Team. Changing of account statuses in bulk on Excalibur and sending files to Debtors Manager to review and approve.
• Evaluate accounts and update status accordingly. This refers to allocated accounts as well as team accounts.
• Collect on allocated book as and when required to achieve monthly collection target.
• Negotiate and maintain payment arrangements and document Acknowledgement of Debt (signed off by Debtors Manager).
• Ensure required call output target is achieved (20-30 Quality calls daily). Monitor team weekly call logs and address performance gaps with Credit Control Team.
• Place hold on debtors portal when accounts are in arrears.
• Consumer Profile Bureau-Tracing.

Customer Service

• Communicates with internal departments as and when required in order to maintain an accurate position on students account.
• Build sustainable relationships and trust with students/account payers through open and interactive communication. Ensure that team are operating at acceptable level in terms of email and call etiquette and with a customer service focus.
• Handle account payers complaints, provide appropriate solutions and alternatives.

  Quality Management & Reporting

• Debit order management (send out SMS for rejections if necessary and check if transactions are posted correctly).
• Check and approve special arrangements. Acknowledgment of debt to be reviewed to ensure amounts and term is correct.
• Monitoring collection process (Detailed notes on account, holds on aged accounts, call output and quality).
• Accurate allocations - sending weekly report Debtors Manager highlighting any missed allocations/incorrect allocations.
• Providing feedback on credit balances, suspensions/handovers received from team each month to Debtors Manager.

Competencies Required:

• Knowledge of Full Function Credit Control
• Knowledge of Accounts Receivables/Debit Orders /Bank Statements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external departments
• Good Interpersonal skills/Customer Service driven
• Analytical and Problem solving skills
• Sound numerical skills
• Best suited to a friendly, organised person who works accurately and is able to handle pressure
• Honest, trustworthy and ethical
• Time management skills
• Team management

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum of Matric and Credit Management Certificate
• Bookkeeping Diploma/Financial qualifications advantageous

Minimum Work Experience Requirement:

• Minimum of 2 years supervision experience, minimum of 3 years credit control experience 

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Presentation Target

• Deliver engaging presentations at targeted schools, showcasing the benefits of our institution.
• The ability to deliver a great presentation to potential students is crucial.
• Distribute marketing materials and interact with students to generate interest and enquiries.
• Represent our brand at career expos and other stakeholder events.
• Achieve monthly presentation targets as per school priorities.

Database Collection

• Meet monthly targets for collecting school databases to expand our reach.

Interview Target

• Make proactive calls to prospective students, scheduling interviews to meet daily and weekly targets.
• Follow up on online applications, ensuring proof of payments and scheduling appointments.
• Provide prompt responses to online and telephonic enquiries within 24 hours.
• Conduct interviews following an established script, building rapport with students and parents.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual interviews.

Application Target

• Assist students with the online application process during interviews, securing applications on the spot.
• Follow up with unpaid online applications and ensuring payment is completed.
• Conduct regular calling campaigns to convert interviews into applications.
• Drive application acceptance and pre-registration fee payment.
• Achieve individual targets for weekly, monthly and annual applications.
• Registration Target
• Support the campus by converting applications to registrations to achieve the annual campus registration target.

Administration and Reporting

• Maintain accurate daily reports, including call reports and interview booking trackers and the Student Information System.
• Ensure interview forms are completed correctly and applications have valid supporting documentation.
• Update relevant systems and reports as required by the Head: Student Recruitment.

Competencies Required:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with students, parents and stakeholders.
• The ability to deliver a compelling presentation at schools is crucial.
• Friendly, tenacious, and target-driven mindset with exceptional organisational abilities.
• Excellent time management skills to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• National Diploma (NQF6) with 3 years sales experience (preferred). Alternatively, minimum of National Senior Certificate (or equivalent) with 5 years sales experience.

Minimum Work Experience Requirements:

• 1- 2 years of sales experience is preferable.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Building Maintenance and Venue Set Ups

• Performs regular inspections to assess campus maintenance needs.
• Takes ownership of the campus asset tagging for the asset register.
• Compiles a maintenance plan based on maintenance requirements and priorities.
• Receives maintenance requests from the relevant stakeholders and assesses the issues and requests raised and determines an appropriate course of corrective action.
• Schedules maintenance work that needs to be done and inspects the completed work to ensure that it was done to the required standard.
• Performs proactive maintenance to prevent damage and wear and tear occurring to campus grounds and buildings.
• Logs and prioritises issues raised and provides a date / time that it will be addressed.
• Arranges and manages the process of lecture room or facility set ups for lectures and functions etc.
• Completes and submits purchase orders for maintenance costs.
• Compiles the weekly report detailing maintenance carried out or any issues that may have occurred during the reporting period.

Oversight of External Service Providers

• Sources Service providers for specific campus maintenance, security and hygiene needs and negotiates the required Service Level Agreements (SLA's) with the selected Service Providers in collaboration with management.
• Checks all Service Providers health and safety compliance and manages non-compliance.
• Supervises all external service providers to ensure that they are meeting the agreed SLA requirements, including but not limited to: Security, Canteen, Landscaping, Cleaners, Hygiene, Ad Hoc - Air Conditioners, Surveillance Cameras etc.
• Monitors service providers SLA's on an on-going basis and addresses any non-compliance directly with the relevant service provider management member/s.
• Schedules preventative maintenance provided by service providers.
• Oversees onsite building, renovations and changes to layouts as provided by service providers.

Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

• Ensures that fire equipment is maintained in line with safety regulations and requirements.
• Performs weekly, monthly and quarterly inspections in line with Group Policies and Procedures and legislative requirements.
• Receives and reviews all campus incident reports and sends them to the National Business Development Manager detailing what happened and how it was dealt with including any action taken to address any risks identified if applicable.
• Schedules maintenance for cameras and alarm systems to ensure that these systems are always in good working order.
• Tests alarms monthly in line with insurance compliance requirements.
• Holds the role of the campus Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) representative and manages the EHS file for the campus in line with Group Policies and Procedures and legislative requirements.
• Receives daily lock up report once check lists has been done, e.g. ensuring all lights are off, air conditioners off, checklist adhered to every night.
• Oversees all campus EHS audits and ensures that the audit results are maintained at the highest levels.
• Reviews and tracks EHS committee training requirements on an ongoing basis to ensure that there are always trained committee members available on campus and arranges training for committee members with registered training service providers as and when required.
• Ensures compliance with all EHS policies and procedures on campus and performs all EHS reporting duties.
• Oversees the campus EHS Committee, compiles all EHS committee meeting agendas and action reports and ensures that the committee members all perform the duties required of them.

Competencies required:

• Problem Solving
• Leadership
• Planning
• Organising
• Analytical
• Communication
• Interpersonal

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum of a National Certificate / Occupational Certificate Level 4 / Grade 12 (NQF Level 4).
• Higher Certificate / Occupational Certificate Level 5 in Project Management (NQF Level 5) advantageous. 

Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years Facilities experience