Vacancies Available at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Planning and organising activities for the Faculty Student Administration, in consultation with the Head of Student Administration;
• General Student Administration throughout the complete student life cycle from admission to graduation;
• Assisting with the counselling of students with regards to admission requirements and curricula;
• Handling of matters related to examinations and processing of examination results; 
• Assisting with arrangements regarding graduation ceremonies;
• Handling of matters concerning the Course Catalogue, fixed curricula of degree programmes and prerequisites of modules;
• Liaising with a broad spectrum of stakeholders (diplomats, prospective students, registered students and other stakeholders); 
• Delivering an exceptional and client-friendly service to students and all stakeholders involved in the student administrative processes at the University.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• An appropriate and relevant three-year recognised diploma qualification with at least three years’ experience in a tertiary environment specifically related to Student Administration;OR
• Grade 12 with at least five years’ experience in a tertiary environment specifically related to Student Administration;
• Specific experience with all processes from applications of undergraduate and postgraduate students, admissions, registration and degree audits and graduation ceremonies;
• Computer literacy with knowledge of and experience in PeopleSoft, MS Office packages, e-mail, internet etc.

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Set and describe architecture through technology roadmaps:

• Create an understanding of the enterprise, business system, business process, and industry to the team(s) supporting or interfacing with the technology landscape; 
• Maintain current knowledge of all relevant technology developments and seek opportunities to deploy new technologies that benefit UP in a knowledge repository library;
• Map business requirements to technology capability, identify gaps and omissions in the end-to-end solution, and review on going and proposed projects to identify opportunities for reuse and process improvement; 

Manage the Project Start Architecture process:

• Compile and submit the Project Start Architecture documentation to the Enterprise Architecture Review Board for approval;
• Ensure compliance of project delivery to the agreed architecture;
• Review and integrate all requirements for the technology landscape, including functional, security, usability, performance, quality, and operations requirements;
• Review and integrate changes to the technical architecture for the development, execution, and operations environments;

Technology investigations:

• Research and evaluate new technologies and trends, generating possible recommendations for use in supporting the business objectives for optimisation; 
• Review and integrate changes to the technical architecture for the development, execution, and operations environments;
• Make final recommendations regarding hardware, network products, system software, integration, and security;

Manage the security architecture function:

• Develop an information security architecture;
• Manage IT Security Manager and ensure that activities enhance the IT security of the University;
• Grow the maturity of the security architecture function, and the IT security environment; 
• Manage the human resources function; 

Run the Enterprise Architecture process:

• Create architecture baseline, and define the complete technical environment;
• Consult with technical resources for methods, procedures, and standards to use during solution development;
• Contribute to the ITS strategic plan and budget; 
• Manage and chair the Enterprise Architecture Forum, including documentation, collaboration space, meeting agenda/minutes, deviation processes and communication with the Architecture Board;

Architecture diagrams:

• Obtain the relevant information for the development of architectural diagrams for all technologies or projects, which will be referred for approval and publishing;
• Contextualise the architecture diagrams within the installed-technology landscape;
• Integrate the architecture diagrams in the Project Start architecture. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A relevant four-year Honours degree / Postgraduate diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or IT Management Sciences; with:
• A total of six years’ experience, with two years in management, in / as:
• An Enterprise / Solutions / Technology Architect, with a sound understanding of the theoretical body of knowledge for Enterprise Architecture (e.g. Zachman, Ross, TOGAF);
• Designing, building and operating IT systems (including IT infrastructure and applications);
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Certificate, or equivalent architectural certification;

OR 

• A relevant Bachelors / BTech degree; with:
• A total of eight years’ experience, with three years in management, in / as:
• An Enterprise / Solutions / Technology Architect, with a sound understanding of the theoretical body of knowledge for Enterprise Architecture (e.g. Zachman, Ross, TOGAF);
• Designing, building and operating IT systems (including IT infrastructure and applications);
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Certificate, or equivalent architectural certification. 

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Teaching and curriculum development at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in Social Anthropology;
• The supervision of postgraduate students;
• Research at an internationally competitive level;
• Academic administration and other duties as determined by the Head of Department; 
• Participation in the Department’s strategic initiatives relating to teaching, research, community engagement, and fundraising.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A doctoral degree in Social Anthropology, or significant progress towards completion of the doctoral degree;
• Peer-reviewed publications in accredited journals;
• Evidence of Honours student supervision;     
• Evidence of teaching experience at tertiary level. 

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• We strongly encourage applicants with expertise in Environmental Anthropology, Organisational Anthropology, Anthropology of Technology, or Anthropology of Science to apply.