Administrator: Digital Education and Innovation

Stellenbosch University; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 25 000 - 45 000; Full time

Job summary

An established academic department is seeking a dedicated Administrator for Digital Education and Innovation. This role involves providing vital support for a Moodle-based Learning Management System, ensuring seamless digital learning experiences for students and staff. The successful candidate will facilitate training workshops, maintain educational technology equipment, and create instructional materials. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of teaching and learning within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, making a significant impact on student success and faculty development. If you are passionate about educational technology and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Two years' relevant experience in higher education or learning technologies.
• Ability to create user-friendly instructional guides and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for the Moodle-based Learning Management System.
• Facilitate training workshops tailored to lecturers' digital education technology skill levels.

Skills

Technical proficiency with learning management systems

Educational technology support

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Teams

Instructional materials creation

Basic video editing skills

Understanding of virtual reality applications

Education

Three-year bachelor's degree or equivalent NQF 7 qualification

Tools

Moodle

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Department Description/Departement Beskrywing

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Department of Health Professions Education

Administrator: Digital Education and Innovation (Post Level 11)

(Tygerberg Campus)

Ref. TGB19/081/0425

The Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is an academic department that seeks to promote teaching and learning within the Faculty of

Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) through its postgraduate programmes, research and faculty development initiatives. In addition, the DHPE learning technologies team plays a

l eading role in advancing the effective integration of educational technologies in teaching, learning and assessment practices across all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes

in the FMHS.

Duties/Pligte

• Providing administrative support for the Moodle-based Learning Management System (LMS) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to ensure seamless digital learning platform operations.
• Providing multi-tiered technical support for students and staff with LMS access and usage to minimise technological barriers, including individual consultations and group training sessions.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting educational technology equipment for user access and platform functionality issues.
• Facilitating and delivering training workshops tailored to lecturers' digital education technology skill levels.
• Supporting gradebook management with meticulous attention to detail, including efficient mark import/export processes.
• Creating detailed, user-friendly instructional guides and documentation for complex LMS features.
• Developing and maintaining organised digital content repositories for easy access and retrieval.
• Assisting with general administrative and technical support tasks.
  
  
  

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Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• A three-year bachelor's degree or equivalent NQF 7 qualification.
• Two years' relevant working experience at a higher education institution or within the field of learning technologies.
• Strong technical proficiency with learning management systems.
• Experience in educational technology support.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and digital collaboration tools.
• The ability to create instructional materials and documentation.
• Basic video editing skills.
• Understanding virtual reality and educational technology applications.
  
  
  

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Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Experience in educational technology or instructional design.
• Experience with digital content management.
• Familiarity with learning technologies.
• Strong communication and training facilitation skills.
• The ability to create informational graphics and documentation.
• Flexibility in handling diverse technical support tasks.
• Patience in working with staff and students of varying technical abilities.
  
  
  

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How To Apply/Hoe Om Aansoek Te Doen

Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the EE Plan of the University.

Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three referees) , must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

APPLY ONLINE AT BY USING THE APPLY NOW LINK AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SPECIFIC VACANCY PAGE.

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires people in occupations that entail potential exposure to certain hazards (such as, but not limited to: noise, hazardous chemical substances and hazardous biological agents) to be subjected to medical screening, to determine their fitness to work in the said occupations.

Should no feedback be received from the University within four to six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

Enquiries/Navrae

Enquiries regarding this post : Prof Simone Titus-Dawson on 021 938 9100, or at

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits, as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on

021 808 2753 (Stellenbosch) / 021 938 9636 (Tygerberg), or at

Currency ZAR

Commencement Date 01-Jun-2025

Closing Date 14-May-2025

Amount of Travel

Work At Home