​Vega was formed in 1999 in anticipation of the shift in the global paradigm away from conventional marketing and advertising toward a synchronous cohesion of design, branding and business. With the reconfiguration of traditional platforms and the emergence of new ones, it is the art, craft and science of branding that has become the universal languag...
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Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
- Masters Degree: Brand Management or Leadership/ Branding/ Marketing Communication/ Corporate Communication/ Customer Experience Design/ Advertising Management.
- OR a non-cognate Masters degree plus a minimum of 10 years' work experience in a senior position in strategic brand building or strategic communication planning in the branding and marketing or madvertising industry.
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Industry experience essential - brand campaign management and planning / advertising camapign management and planning / communication strategy / strategist in communications or branding consultancy.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
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Job Purpose:
Lecturing and academic delivery to ensure students are guided and supported in their learning to achieve module outcomes
Direct Reporting line:
Head: Academic
Vega School is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE enjoys the reputation of being at the forefront of private higher education in South Africa and is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to provide higher education qualifications accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
The IIE’s Vega School Cape Town Campus is seeking outstanding Independent Contractor Lecturers to strengthen the teaching and learning capacity in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for the 2023 academic year:
Interior Design Qualification:
- Interior design construction
- History of Architecture and design
- Contextual studies and interior design
- Interior design technology
Graphic Design Qualification:
- Graphic design technology
- Design Culture
- Communication design
- Communication design Technology
Digital Design Qualification:
- Digital design
- Digital design Technology
- Design Culture
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:
- Honours or Master’s degree in the specified discipline/s.
Minimum Experience Required:
- Lecturing experience in a similar higher education role at a tertiary institution.
- Recommended: Portfolio to show example of work
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Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Ideal:
- Masters in Marketing Communication/ Marketing and Media Management/ Advertising Management/ Marketing
- Or a non-cognate Masters degree with at least 10 years' experience in a senior position in advertising media planning and buying
Alternatively:
- HEQSF 9** qualification that includes a branding, marketing or advertising planning component.
- Marketing and branding should have, at a minimum, been successfully completed within HEQSF 7 and 8 qualifications
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Experience in media strategy, planning or buying preferred Advertising/ Channel/ Media Planning preferred (in conjunction with relevant one-up qualification)
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
- Honours qualification (HEQS 8) with Photography as a 3-year stream/major in undergraduate qualification.
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Experience in different genres of photography and introduction to video for DSLR, understanding natural light, studio, video lighting and speed light photography. Understand social media application for self-promotion.
- Strong portfolio and at least 3 years working experience as a photographer and a social media content creator for video (Needs to show active portfolio).
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
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Job Purpose:
To provide comprehensive information service on a complex and advanced level, developing information centres’ collections to meet the needs of the staff and students, both on and off campus of individual faculties, and the development and delivery of research workshops, and a range of literacy programs.
In line with Vega School academic strategy, the successful incumbent will be responsible for designing, planning, organising and managing of all information and research support services to cater for the needs of the academic teams, researchers, and students according to the research strategies and policies.
Education:
- Honours degree in Library Science. Master’s degree in library & Information Science will be an added advantage. An English major will be an advantage.
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent, clearly succinct and accurate verbal and written communication and presentation skills particularly in English, to a range of audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organisational, administrative and time-management skills.
- Understanding of research process and experience in doing research.
- Excellent knowledge of online database usage (e.g Library Management System, preferably Sirsi Dynix Symphony, Ebscohost, Emerald, Sabinet, OERs).
- Excellent applied academic writing skills (not negotiable) and the ability to train these skills.
- Knowledge and experience in reference management and software programs.
- Working knowledge of web and citation metrics.
- Working knowledge of MS Office.
- Coaching, mentoring and training skills.
- Information and digital skills including multi-literacy skills.
- Commitment to excellent customer service.
- Willingness to produce own research.
- Innovative and energetic.
Work Experience:
- Minimum three years’ experience in managing an academic library, academic compliance and functions or activities within a higher-education environment.
- Demonstrated capability and capacity to manage services in an academic library.
- Experience in assisting students in academic writing and research skills.
- Must be a LIASA member.
Key Performance Areas:
Planning, administering, organising and delivering the online information centre’s services
- Create good working relationships with management, colleagues, students and suppliers.
- Actively and meaningfully participate in meetings and webinars.
- Ensure and monitor excellent information-centre services.
- Keep and maintain records on various reporting platforms.
Postgraduate research support and services:
- Plan, design and facilitate research capacity workshops and programmes including the research literacy, academic literacy, and meta-literacies in general, where applicable collaborating with the National Research Manager and Information Centres Manager
- Assist students and lecturers in the use of plagiarism prevention and research and reference tools such as Safe Assign, Mendeley and Zotero
- Create researcher profiles and conduct selective dissemination of information (SDIs)
- Process interlibrary loans.
Research Capacity Building Support
- Be familiar with the approved research capacity building planning
- Be an academic partner in actioning research capacity building plans’ goals, in collaboration with the national research manager and information centres’ manager.
- Be familiar with basic social-science research methods and methodologies.
Marketing, Awareness and Dissemination of Information Services Communication
- Plan, promote and implement online information and research services marketing plans.
- Actively participate in academic forums to create awareness of the value chain of information centre’s services within teaching and learning.
- Actively participate in research and postgraduate activities.
- Actively search and promote suitable external conferences.
Teaching and Learning Support, Information and all Academic Literacies
- Promote responsible use of intellectual property and legal compliance.
- Undertake effective reference interviews.
- Provide one-on-one information sessions to support students.
- Deliver services on the learning management system, Blackboard Learn.
- Work in collaboration with the information centres manager to ensure that collections and subscriptions are appropriate.
Policy and Standards Compliance
- Monitor adherence to all the information centre-related policies and report progress or anomalies to the campus Vice Principal Academic and Information Centres' Manager
Networking, communication and reporting
- Compile and distribute accurate reports.
- Stay abreast of industry developments and participate in forums.
- Build and foster relationships with research managers.
- Participate in The IIE-Vega information centre workshop and forums; be an active participant in The IIE-Vega information community.
- Keep abreast with research trends/focus areas conducted by the Human Science Research Council and NRF.
- Identify opportunities for research/open research databases and secondary data access that can be utilised for research production.
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Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Ideal:
- An Honours degree in Information Systems/ Computer Science.
Alternatively:
- An Honours degree in similarly related fields with programming or a similarly related field to the third year level and gaming experience.
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Lecturing experience in programming with gaming experience will be an advantage.
- Work experience as a software developer/ application developer/ game developer will be an advantage.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Ideal:
BA Honours in: Brand Leadership or Strategic Brand Communication
Alternatively:
BCom Honours or above in:
- Brand Strategy and Management Specialising in Marketing Communication
- Strategic Management
- Marketing Management
- Marketing Management Science
- Business Management
- Brand related field to be considered.
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Lecturing experience in the disciplines of Brand Strategy; Brand Management; Marketing Management.
- Industry experience in the field of Brand and/or Marketing Communication or related field is essential.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Ideal:
Alternatively:
- Honours degree in one of the Business related fields with Economics to third year level.
- Bachelor degree with Economics or a similar related field to the third year level PLUS either an MBA or a postgraduate diploma in business or education.
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Lecturing experience in Economics is critical due to the nature and complexity of this module.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
- BA Honours in Interior Design (NQF 8)
- BSc Honours in Interior Architecture (NQF 8)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (NQF level 8) with an undergraduate qualification in the field of Interior design/architecture or Architecture. For IDVI5121: Sofware requirement - SketchUp
Minimum Work Experience Requirements:
- Interior design/interior architecture/Architecture studio experience.
- Lecturing experience.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Lecture based on provided content, ensure students are guided and supported in their learning. Mark student submissions and engage with campus teaching and learning.
Competencies:
- Communication Skills
- Online Technology & Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
- Effective Classroom Management
- Open to Development
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
Ideal:
- BA honours in Brand Leadership and strategic Brand Communication.
Alternatively:
BCom Honours in Brand Strategy and Management Specialising in Marketing Communication.
Key Performance Area:
- Prepare for lectures based on provided content.
- Supplement content with own expertise.
- Deliver assigned modules to the stated outcomes and contracted hours.
- Mark student assessments and provide constructive feedback.
- Support student academic success by implementing workshops where needed.
- Perform academic admin, such as capturing assessment marks and reporting on student success. Provide content feedback. Engage with professional development opportunities and attend initial training sessions.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
Online supervision
Preferred Education:
Masters Degree: ideally Brand Management or Leadership/ Branding/ Marketing Communication/ Corporate Communication/ Customer Experience Design/ Advertising Management
OR a non-cognate Masters degree plus a minimum of 10 years' work experience in a senior position in strategic brand building or strategic communication planning in the branding and marketing or madvertising industry.
Work Experience
A Research Methodology module should have been successfully completed at NQF 8, In order to supervise on this module, the successful incumbent needs to have successfully supervised and delivered at least 5 Honours students.
Key Performance Areas:
Supervision, scheduled meetings on a 1:1 basis
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Job Purpose:
- Remote/Online Lecturing and academic delivery to ensure students are guided and supported in their learning to achieve module outcomes
Preferred Education:
Ideal:
- Doctorate in business or leadership
Alternatively:
- Doctorate in a leadership, organisational studies, industrial psychology or similar discipline
Work Experience
- Lecturing or training experience in the leadership field.
Key Performance Areas - Fully Online:
- Online/ Remote Preparation and lecturing as per the Module Guide
- Teaching curriculum outcomes as per contract hours and stipulated per pre agreed timetable
- Briefing students for assignments and providing feedback in a timeous manner
- Presenting class marks and feedback to the MODULE DISCIPLINE LEADER and discuss appropriate interventions for improved student success
- Actively engaging with current trends in teaching and learning strategies within The IIE VEGA environment
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
- Remote Lecturing and academic delivery to ensure students are guided and supported in their learning to achieve module outcomes
Preferred Education:
Ideal:
- Doctorate in business or leadership
Alternatively:
- Doctorate in a leadership, organisational studies, industrial psychology or similar discipline
Work Experience
- Industry experience essential - brand campaign management and planning / advertising camapign management and planning / communication strategy / strategist in communications or branding consultancy
Key Performance Areas - Fully Online:
- Online/ Remote Preparation and lecturing as per the Module Guide
- Teaching curriculum outcomes as per contract hours and stipulated per pre agreed timetable
- Briefing students for assignments and providing feedback in a timeous manner
- Presenting class marks and feedback to the MODULE DISCIPLINE LEADER and discuss appropriate interventions for improved student success
- Actively engaging with current trends in teaching and learning strategies within The IIE VEGA environment.
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
- Remote/Online Lecturing and academic delivery to ensure students are guided and supported in their learning to achieve module outcomes
Preferred Education:
Ideal:
- Masters Degree: Brand Management or Leadership/ Branding/ Marketing Communication/ Corporate Communication/ Customer Experience Design
Alternatively:
- HEQSF 9** qualification that includes a branding, marketing or strategic marketing communication component
- Branding, marketing communication or strategic marketing should have, at a minimum, been successfully completed within HEQSF 7 and 8 qualifications
Work Experience
- Industry experience essential - brand management / strategic planner or account director in an advertising or brand consultancy / marketing communications management in a corporate / strategic marketing communication / corporate communication in a commercial organisation
Key Performance Areas - Fully Online:
- Online/ Remote Preparation and lecturing as per the Module Guide
- Teaching curriculum outcomes as per contract hours and stipulated per pre agreed timetable
- Briefing students for assignments and providing feedback in a timeous manner
- Presenting class marks and feedback to the MODULE DISCIPLINE LEADER and discuss appropriate interventions for improved student success
- Actively engaging with current trends in teaching and learning strategies within The IIE VEGA environment
go to method of application »
Job Purpose:
To provide comprehensive information service on a complex and advanced level, developing information centres’ collections to meet the needs of the staff and students, both on and off campus of individual faculties, and the development and delivery of research workshops, and a range of literacy programs.
In line with Vega School academic strategy, the successful incumbent will be responsible for designing, planning, organising and managing of all information and research support services to cater for the needs of the academic teams, researchers, and students according to the research strategies and policies.
Education:
- Honours degree in Library Science. Master’s degree in library & Information Science will be an added advantage. An English major will be an advantage.
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent, clearly succinct and accurate verbal and written communication and presentation skills particularly in English, to a range of audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organisational, administrative and time-management skills.
- Understanding of research process and experience in doing research.
- Excellent knowledge of online database usage (e.g Library Management System, preferably Sirsi Dynix Symphony, Ebscohost, Emerald, Sabinet, OERs).
- Excellent applied academic writing skills (not negotiable) and the ability to train these skills.
- Knowledge and experience in reference management and software programs.
- Working knowledge of web and citation metrics.
- Working knowledge of MS Office.
- Coaching, mentoring and training skills.
- Information and digital skills including multi-literacy skills.
- Commitment to excellent customer service.
- Willingness to produce own research.
- Innovative and energetic.
Work Experience:
- Minimum three years’ experience in managing an academic library, academic compliance and functions or activities within a higher-education environment.
- Demonstrated capability and capacity to manage services in an academic library.
- Experience in assisting students in academic writing and research skills.
- Must be a LIASA member.
Key Performance Areas:
Planning, administering, organising and delivering the online information centre’s services
- Create good working relationships with management, colleagues, students and suppliers.
- Actively and meaningfully participate in meetings and webinars.
- Ensure and monitor excellent information-centre services.
- Keep and maintain records on various reporting platforms.
Postgraduate research support and services:
- Plan, design and facilitate research capacity workshops and programmes including the research literacy, academic literacy, and meta-literacies in general, where applicable collaborating with the National Research Manager and Information Centres Manager
- Assist students and lecturers in the use of plagiarism prevention and research and reference tools such as Safe Assign, Mendeley and Zotero
- Create researcher profiles and conduct selective dissemination of information (SDIs)
- Process interlibrary loans.
Research Capacity Building Support
- Be familiar with the approved research capacity building planning
- Be an academic partner in actioning research capacity building plans’ goals, in collaboration with the national research manager and information centres’ manager.
- Be familiar with basic social-science research methods and methodologies.
Marketing, Awareness and Dissemination of Information Services Communication
- Plan, promote and implement online information and research services marketing plans.
- Actively participate in academic forums to create awareness of the value chain of information centre’s services within teaching and learning.
- Actively participate in research and postgraduate activities.
- Actively search and promote suitable external conferences.
Teaching and Learning Support, Information and all Academic Literacies
- Promote responsible use of intellectual property and legal compliance.
- Undertake effective reference interviews.
- Provide one-on-one information sessions to support students.
- Deliver services on the learning management system, Blackboard Learn.
- Work in collaboration with the information centres manager to ensure that collections and subscriptions are appropriate.
Policy and Standards Compliance
- Monitor adherence to all the information centre-related policies and report progress or anomalies to the campus Vice Principal Academic and Information Centres' Manager
Networking, communication and reporting
- Compile and distribute accurate reports.
- Stay abreast of industry developments and participate in forums.
- Build and foster relationships with research managers.
- Participate in The IIE-Vega information centre workshop and forums; be an active participant in The IIE-Vega information community.
- Keep abreast with research trends/focus areas conducted by the Human Science Research Council and NRF.
- Identify opportunities for research/open research databases and secondary data access that can be utilised for research production.
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