Job Vacancies at Durban University of Technology

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• M+3 qualification in Business Administration, Office Management or Accounting related.
• One-year Higher Education Experience

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Office environment experience
• Computer literacy (MS Office/ Excel)
• Good communication skills
• Good administrative & organizational skills
• Basic knowledge of ITS systems

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

GENERAL OFFICE DUTIES

• Full Bursary Administration
• Maintain on-line filing system
• Updating of students correspondence
• Receiving, verifying forms
• Data capturing
• Enforce current internal processes
• Other duties assigned by line manager

CUSTOMER ADVICE & SUPPORT

• Assisting students at Reception.
• Resolving queries where possible.
• Referral of students to relevant Financial Aid Counsellors & Seniors.
• Attending to student queries via different platforms
• Initial screening of students ' queries before referrals.
• Advising students of their application status.
• Disseminate Financial Aid Information.
• Booking of student appointments for sponsor visits.
• Assisting with Bursary applications/other logistical duties.

TEAM PARTICIPATION

• Maintains sound relationships with colleagues and contributes to team effort.
• Ensures personal & professional self-development.

SYSTEMS

• Viewing student records.
• Submits weekly & monthly work and statistics reports to Senior Financial Aid Counsellor.
• Give monthly feedback to Financial Aid team during Departmental meetings.

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Minimum Requirements:

• An NQF level 7 qualification in Information Technology / Computer Science / Software Development or equivalent relevant qualification in ICTS
• 3 years’ experience as an ERP Specialist
• 2 years’ experience dealing with business analysis
• Certification in ERP systems and applications.
• ERP development tools
• ERP coding languages
• Business process development

Duties (but not limited to):

• Receive a request for functionality and analyze to determine the type of requirement.
• Facilitate the meeting/workshop in accordance with the business requirements inclusive of all relevant role players.
• Analyze the impact of the possible implementation of functionality to ensure that system inter-dependence is considered.
• Document the deliverables in the prescribed format for business needs.
• Check the current status of systems, applications, licenses and skills to determine future requirements in terms of scalability and capacity; or monitor the systems to determine the performance
• analyze the future requirements to determine capacity
• Compare the current capacity to the future
• Contribute to the compilation of the optimization plan in accordance with the requirements:
• Licenses
• Capacity on Platforms
• Applications
• Systems
• Resources
• Implement the optimization plan to ensure optimal
• Monitor the systems to ensure that the business targets are met.
• Receive and analyse a request to determine the nature and extent of the support to be provided; or
• The need for provision of support is identified during the execution of output.
• Diagnose the problem to determine the appropriate action:
• Provide information
• Provide possible solutions
• Conduct research to develop a solution
• Test the solution to ensure that the diagnosed problem is
• Implement the solution in accordance with procedures and test to ensure that the solution is functional.
• Monitor the implemented solution for a period in accordance with the impact on the system.
• Receive and analyse a request for the development of functionality to determine the nature of the functionality; or Identify the need for new functionality during operational
• Conduct an impact study to determine the possible effect on the current- and associated systems.
• Conduct a feasibility study to determine the cost of the implementation of the functionality.

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Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma/ Degree in Social Sciences/ Humanities/ Education/ and preferably developmental modules.
• 3 years working with developmental programmes in Higher Education.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience in training and facilitation of programme based Learning.
• Student Leadership Development.
• Running workshops.
• Language skills and proficiency in English and isiZulu.
• Computer skills – word/ excel spreadsheets.

Summary of Duties House Committees

• Facilitate house committee elections.
• Arrange appropriate training for House Committees.
• Regular meetings with House Committees.
• Assesses performance of House Committees and arranges incentives.

First Year Students

• Co-ordinate and facilitates Residence Orientation programmes, especially for first years.
• Monitor academic progress of residence students and arranges for necessary interventions where necessary.

Discipline of Residence Students

• Ensure proper disciplinary procedures are implemented.
• Regular meetings with relevant stakeholders such as Student Counselling, Academic Mentoring programme Leaders, Security, Residence Co-ordinators for unresolved maintenance issues.

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Lecturer

• A Master’s qualification in English/Communication Science/ Linguistics or Applied Communication or Education specialising in English Language or Literature or a related discipline. A candidate with a doctorate degree will be given preference.
• At least 3 years of teaching experience at the tertiary level or 3 years’ experience in the relevant professional field.

 Additional Recommendations

• The ability to use a wide range of computer applications.
• Experience in the use of innovative teaching and learning technologies, including online teaching
• Evidence of a research track record.

Summary of duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Teach and examine in the Programme English and Communication and some General Education modules as required.
• Develop materials, including for online learning.
• Contribute towards the Programme’s research plan.
• Contribute towards the Programme’s curriculum development project.
• Participate in agreed departmental/faculty projects or committees.
• Undertake duties as assigned by the Programme Co-ordinator/HoD.

Competencies

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Organisational and planning skills.
• Good research skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Strong team orientation.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Administration and management skills.
• Continuous learning perspective.
• Strong learner focus.
• Professional/technical knowledge and skills.

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Senior Lecturer:

• A completed Doctorate Degree, and an undergraduate study in the field of Information Systems/Information Technology/Electronic Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science.
• At least 5 years lecturing experience in the field of Information Systems at University level.*
• Candidates must demonstrate scholarship of teaching and must have produced/ published three research outputs (e.g. accredited book, chapter in a book, accredited creative output, patent, review article, journal article, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) in the preceding three years.*
• Successful supervision of at least one postgraduate student at Master’s level
• Senior academic experience within a University context.
• Active participation in professional, industry and or community activities.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

• Make major contributions to the academic quality by providing leadership of all aspects of offerings associated with
• Take responsibility for the teaching, learning and assessing of offerings associated with
• Lead, develop, design and review all learning content associated with
• Contribute to the research environment by helping and supporting colleagues with the supervision of post graduate students
• General administrative duties assigned by the HOD

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Minimum Requirements

Associate Professor:

•  A relevant Doctorate Degree and an undergraduate degree in Information Systems/Information Technology/Electronic Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science
• A minimum of seven DHET accredited publications/creative output over the preceding three years;
• Successful postgraduate supervision of at least two Master’s and one Doctorate
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in higher education

 Recommendations:  

• Teaching experience at a University of Technology
• Teaching experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) discipline
• Expertise in ICT
• Experience in curriculum development
• Experience in innovative teaching and learning technologies, including e-learning.

Summary of duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Teach and examine at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and supervise Master’s students in ICT related Programmes as assigned by the HOD and/or Programme Coordinator;
• Carry out duties related to level coordination, curriculum development, teaching, research and community engagement;
• Attend and contribute to Programme, Department, Faculty and University staff meeting, programme planning and promotion of the discipline;
• Assume Headship responsibilities should circumstance demand for an appointee at the level of Professor, Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and
• Contribute to the Programme’s research endeavours.