Academic Manager Commerce

Stadio Higher Education; Forest Hills; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Stadio Higher Education in South Africa seeks an academic leader to oversee a school-based programme delivery, drive quality assurance, and support accreditation and research initiatives.

You will manage staff, budgets and resources on campus, foster industry partnerships, promote graduate readiness, and ensure governance processes are followed to maintain STADIO standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage delivery of the academic project, school focused (15%)
• Ensure that programmes comply with STADIO teaching, learning, quality assurance and regulatory standards. Monitor curriculum implementation, assessment outcomes and academic quality. Implement improvement actions and support audits, accreditation, research and community engagement activities.
• Manage programme delivery, student retention and academic success (20%)
• Build local industry networks and promote graduate readiness (10%)
• Develop industry partnerships, applied learning opportunities and student networking initiatives. Coordinate industry seminars and relevant summer or winter programmes that strengthen workplace readiness and promote the school. This includes any community engagement projects from the campus or STADIO
• Manage academic resources (15%)
• Manage programme budgets, library and specialist resources, digital learning platforms, staffing capacity and workload allocation. Ensure that academic resources support effective programme delivery and meet STADIO standards.
• Provide academic leadership and staff management, campus focused (20%)
• Manage campus-based academic staff delivery. Support appointments, induction, mentoring, performance management and staff development. Ensure that teaching, learning and assessment practices and materials meet academic standards and that School and campus reporting remains effective.
• Maintain academic governance (20%)
• Represent the School at Campus MANCO and participate in relevant committees. Lead academic staff meetings, oversee academic administration and assessment requirements, meet governance deadlines, maintain accurate communication and ensure adherence to policies and standard operating procedures

Job description

Commencement date 01 January 2027

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage delivery of the academic project, school focused (15%)
• Ensure that programmes comply with STADIO teaching, learning, quality assurance and regulatory standards. Monitor curriculum implementation, assessment outcomes and academic quality. Implement improvement actions and support audits, accreditation, research and community engagement activities.
• Manage programme delivery, student retention and academic success (20%)
• Build local industry networks and promote graduate readiness (10%)
• Develop industry partnerships, applied learning opportunities and student networking initiatives. Coordinate industry seminars and relevant summer or winter programmes that strengthen workplace readiness and promote the school. This includes any community engagement projects from the campus or STADIO
• Manage academic resources (15%)
• Manage programme budgets, library and specialist resources, digital learning platforms, staffing capacity and workload allocation. Ensure that academic resources support effective programme delivery and meet STADIO standards.
• Provide academic leadership and staff management, campus focused (20%)
• Manage campus-based academic staff delivery. Support appointments, induction, mentoring, performance management and staff development. Ensure that teaching, learning and assessment practices and materials meet academic standards and that School and campus reporting remains effective.
• Maintain academic governance (20%)
• Represent the School at Campus MANCO and participate in relevant committees. Lead academic staff meetings, oversee academic administration and assessment requirements, meet governance deadlines, maintain accurate communication and ensure adherence to policies and standard operating procedures