New Openings at Mancosa

CORE PURPOSE:

• The iTEACHlab Coordinator's role is to lead the planning, organizing, and execution of the iTEACHlab agenda. 

CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:

• General administration of lab coordination and delivery
• Encouraging student’s and staff’s personal development via tutorial or pastoral care
• Design and develop materials for new courses and programmes to be delivered in the LAB including creating training manuals for students and staff
• Review, moderate and write course material for the iTEACHlab
• Conceptualizing, strategizing, and planning all student and staff iTEACHlab activities with the ITEACHlab manager for the year. This includes planning and strategy documents and engaging with Hub leaders via contact meetings and email
• Conducting lab tours for staff and students. Demonstrating the use of various technologies in the lab
• Lecturing (Robotics and coding): planning, preparation, and delivery and attending to student queries regarding the course
• Review SACE Programmes for delivery in the iTEACHlab
• Research on different technologies in the iTEACHlab and their role in improving education
• Research and read academic journals to inform academic delivery
• Writing of research proposals, papers, and other publications
• Provide timely responses to relevant stakeholder queries to ensure stakeholder satisfaction

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in IT, Education, Engineering, Computer Science, or other related disciplines (STEAM education Fields)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Minimum of 2 years lecturing experience  
• Experience in STEM-related fields (Preferred but not required)
• Experience in teaching and the classroom 
• Strong communication skills
• Good temperament, friendly and cheerful disposition
• Enjoys working with young adults, teachers, and lecturers
• Experience in academic instruction in a post-secondary environment will be advantageous
• Require exceptional soft skills in areas like creative problem-solving, teamwork, and Communication
• Plan, organized, execute, and lead the Teach LAB agenda
• Measure and report on key skills development
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to strategize plans of action.
• Understand the CAPS curriculum and the South African School education system
• High level of written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to encourage teamwork and solicit ideas from academics
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and advanced knowledge in implementing plans to respond to academic-related issues
• Experience in managing and coordinating teams

ADVANTAGES

• Experience in teaching Robotics and coding as aligned with the CAPS curriculum
• IT skills (Moodle, Zoom, Webinars, Microsoft: Teams, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Excellent presentation skills (contact and online)
• Excellent research skills
• Knowledge of basic electronics
• Familiar with clever touch usage
• Experience in new educational technologies like Virtual reality and Augmented reality Experience developing academic programmes
• Experience developing SACE programmes.

 GENERAL

• Presenting & Communicating Information Excellent verbal communication skills
• Writing & Reporting Excellent written communication skills; Demonstrate language proficiency to function optimally
• Applying Expertise & Technology
• Learning & Researching
• Relating & Networking Capacity for teamwork and collaboration Good interpersonal relationships
• Persuading & Influencing Demonstrate leadership and management skills
• Analysing the ability to interpret and summarise scientific results clearly
• Planning & Organising Results focused

Desired Skills:

• Strong Communication Skills
• Excellent Problem problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage and coordinate teams

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Education: 

•  Diploma in Accounting (NQF level 6) or similar

Work Experience

•  Between 2 - 3 years of working experience in accounting
•  Good knowledge of Pastel Partner and Microsoft Office

Attributes

•  Good accounting knowledge.
•  Must be proactive.
•  Attention to detail is essential.
•  Ability to meet deadlines.
•  Good communication skills (written and verbal)

Duties and Responsibilities

Ability to assist in the following duties:

•  All accounting entries and processing up to and including Trial Balance
•  Preparation of annual budget
•  Maintenance of the Fixed Asset Module
•  Monitoring Investments and bank statements
•  GL reconciliations
•  Preparation of monthly management accounts
•  VAT preparation and reconciliation
•  Maintaining pastel records
•  Other general administrative ad-hoc duties

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CORE FUNCTIONAcademic Content:

• Peer-to-peer quality assurance of academic content uploaded
• Oversee all content creation activities to maintain quality and consistency
• Work closely with Academic Programme Managers (APM) and Academics on academic content uploads, quality assurance and signoffs

Recorded Webinar Quality Assurance, Editing and Uploading:

• Complete quality assurance of recorded webinars
• Edit recorded webinars for quality purposes
• Upload recorded webinars

Academic Cluster Secretary:

• Coordinate respective Academic Cluster meetings
• Create a repository of meeting agendas and minutes on e-Common for record-keeping purposes

Module Coordination (MC):

• Work closely with Academic Programme Managers (APM) on module coordination
• Monitor and track changes in module coordinators for respective programmes
• Create a repository of module coordination letters on e-Common for record-keeping purposes

PROMAPS:

• Coordinate Academic PRO-MAPS submissions
• Request PROMAPS from Academics for respective programmes/modules
• Follow-up on outstanding PROMAPS from Academics
• Complete PROMAPS tracker
• Create a repository on e-Common for record-keeping purposes

Curriculum Structures and Programme Information Sheets (PIS):

• Verify and confirm that curriculum structures and programme information sheets (PIS) are correct and up-to-date for each intake
• Ensure that programme/module information reflects correctly on curriculum structures and programme information sheets (PIS) for respective programmes
• Ensure that programme/module information changes reflect correctly on curriculum structures and programme information sheets (PIS) for respective programmes 

Programme Reviews and Module Reviews:

• Work closely with respective APM on the submission of annual programme reviews
• Request and gather vital narratives and supporting evidence from various stakeholders in line with programme criteria (and sub-criterions)/module requirements as advised by the respective APM
• Create a repository for programme review(s) for record-keeping purposes  

Admissions and Selections:

• Receice and coordinate requests for Credit Application and Transfer (CAT) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) applications

• Verify all supporting documents are in order
• Forward the request to the respective Module Coordinator and follow up to ensure completion
• Closing off all requests and documents via the Admissions and Selections tracker  

Additional:

• Coordinate meetings as and when required
• Assist in special projects as assigned by respective APM as and when required
• Assist with the 'Ask the Academic' queries as and when required 

Minimum Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTSQualifications:

• Diploma/Bachelor’s Degree
• Postgraduate Qualification (Preferred)

Experience:

• Minimum 1-2 years experience in Learner Management System administration/coordination
• Academic administrative background
• Preferred experience
• 3 years of experience in online content administration
• Experience with learning management systems and content uploading
• Academic administrative background

Related Knowledge, Competencies, and Skills:

• To demonstrate academic acumen and provide relevant administration functions in the evolving education spectrum
• Have a sound knowledge of the content upload and webinar process
• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to implement processes and procedures for projects
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Physical Requirements of the Post

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities
• Must be able to use arms/ hands/ fingers to handle, feel, and reach, and must be able to use a computer keyboard
• Must be able to speak and hear
• Must be able to see. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Must be capable of lifting and/or moving up to 5kg (equivalent to 2 laptop pcs or 2 reams of A4 paper) 

Special Conditions Attached to the Job:

• Must be able to work weekends and/or overtime when necessary
• Required to travel locally and internationally when necessary
• Must have own reliable transport and be willing to travel unaccompanied 

Desired Skills:

• Strong organisational and planning skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

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Description
Administration Support:

• Co-ordinate BD projects (venue hire bookings, facilitator bookings, claims, reports, study material etc)
• Co-ordinate and manage promotional item stock list
• Conduct regular follow-up calls to BD students
• Conduct regular follow-up calls to decision-makers at corporate
• Send out training requirements surveys to clients upon request and post-training surveys to clients at the end of a cohort/project
• Co-ordinate SLP calendar (TBC Jan 2023)
• Prepare corporate training quotations
• Liaise with internal stakeholders (E.g. academic team, SkillME team) re-delivery

 Data Reports:

• Conduct post-intake exercise to determine new business database
• Assist with exercises relating to corporate footprint and expansion across corporate sectors

Engagement Database

• Assist with data capturing of career day/corporate open day registers
• Track and follow up with assigned B2C student advisors to monitor and report on the conversions of these leads
• Assist with planning of corporate activities

Vendor Compliance

• Manage vendor compliance
• Ensure vendor database is updated regularly
• Completion of bursary agreements

Reports

• Completion and submission of weekly, monthly, and annual reports

Training & Development

• Participate in training session

Minimum Requirements
QUALIFICATION:

• Matric (administrative qualification favorable) 

EXPERIENCE:

• 3 years of administrative experience 

Competencies and Skills: 

• MS Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willingness to work overtime when required
• Must be capable of working with visual and auditory input

Desired Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Strong communication skills
• Problem-solving