Admissions and Selections Academic Manager- Durban at Mancosa

MANCOSA; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading higher education institution in KwaZulu-Natal seeks an Admissions and Selections Academic Manager to oversee departmental functions, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and lead strategic objectives. The role requires significant academic experience and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of academic work experience in a higher education institution.
• Proven ability to drive policy and improve quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Directorate with a strong focus on quality and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure targets are met for each intake and turnaround times are adhered to.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical Skills

Risk Management

Business Acumen

Education

Master's Degree

Doctorate

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Introduction

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available: Admissions and Selections Academic Manager- Durban

Duties & Responsibilities

CORE PURPOSE

The Admissions and Selections Academic Manager ensures that the main objectives of the Admissions and Selections Department are met by monitoring departmental academic functions, providing guidance to the selection of students based on regulation and the institutions' admission and selection criteria for the purposes of admitting prospective students, both nationally and internationally, and to advance the strategic objectives of MANCOSA.

CORE FUNCTIONS

Management and Administration
• Lead the Directorate with a strong focus quality and ensuring alignment with regulatory compliance in all the structures, policies and processes
• Quality assure and manage formal processes related to admissions and selections
• Oversee the enterprise digitalisation agenda of the Department
• Consistently update knowledge on changes in legislation and policy in the education landscape.

Admissions and Selections
• Ensure the targets are met for each intake and turnaround times are adhered to
• Oversee Recognition of Prior Learning
• Oversee Credit Accumulation and Transfer
• Identify, monitor and evaluate statistics

Regulatory Bodies
• Prepare for and ensure attendance at any site visits
• Participate and contribute to any regulatory body and institutional QAF activity
• Ensure compliance to regulatory standards and to the focus areas of the Instructional Audit Framework as part of the Quality Assurance Framework in particular.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualifications

• Minimum Master's Degree (Essential)
• Doctorate or studying towards a Doctorate (Preferred)

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of academic work experience in a higher education institution and minimum 5 years' experience at management level (Essential)
• More than 10 years of academic work experience in a higher education institution (Preferred)
• Strong academic specialisation focus in the areas per faculty

Essential Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour

• Proven Academic Operational Management Acumen
• Experience in the design, development and accreditation of new programmes
• Experience in formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures
• In depth knowledge of Education and Training legislature framework
• Experience in dealing with regulatory affairs and academic quality assurance processes within a higher education environment.
• A proven teaching and research portfolio with curriculum development and assessment design experience.
• Risk management, communication and business acumen skills
• High level of competency in MS Offices, particularly Word, Excel

SHL UCF Competencies

• Effective leadership and management skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Analytical and quantitative skills appropriate to the management of measures of student success and learning analytics
• The ability to plan, manage and implement change effectively
• Ability to lead and to manage projects to agreed deadlines
• An understanding of the principles and practice of policy and operational development, implementation and evaluation
• Proven ability to drive policy and improve quality
• Extensive knowledge of innovative Teaching and Learning modalities
• Extensive knowledge and experience of developing pedagogic practice
• Self-motivation and capacity for innovation
• Integrity and good judgement

GENERAL
• Must be able to work overtime when necessary