Head: Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Resourgenix (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; Sur place; ZAR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading education consultancy in Johannesburg is seeking a Head of Accreditation and Quality Assurance. This senior role requires extensive experience in public higher education, specifically in accreditation processes. The successful candidate will lead institutional quality assurance, manage accreditation cycles, and ensure the organization's compliance with national and international standards. The ideal profile includes a PhD, a strong track record in academic planning, and proven leadership in CHE audits. This full-time position is critical for driving continuous improvement across the institution.

Qualifications

• Direct experience in public higher education is essential.
• Must have led CHE institutional audits.
• A proven ability to improve quality in complex environments.
• Designed or overseen institutional QA frameworks.
• Strong competency in governance and regulatory compliance.

Responsabilités

• Lead accreditation and quality assurance at the institutional level.
• Coordinate accreditation cycles and oversee quality reviews.
• Strengthen QA systems and support policy alignment.
• Strengthen QA systems and policy alignment across the institution.
• Drive continuous improvement culture across the institution.

Connaissances

Direct experience within a public higher education institution

Hands-on ownership of institutional and programme accreditation processes

Led CHE audits and external reviews

Designed, implemented, or overseen institutional QA frameworks

Strong competency in academic planning

Formation

PhD

Master's degree

Description du poste

Head: Accreditation and Quality Assurance

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We are looking for South Africa’s strongest academic planning and quality assurance leader

If you have spent years shaping the academic backbone of a public higher education institution, then this will speak your language.

I am looking for a seasoned academic professional who has lived and breathed institutional and programme accreditation, academic planning, and quality assurance at a deep, operational, and strategic level. Someone who does not just understand the CHE, DHET, SAQA, SERs, audit cycles, and site visits, but has led them, survived them, and possibly even enjoyed them. A rare breed indeed.

This role is not for generalists. It is for the person who knows how to steer an institution through accreditation and audit environments with precision, confidence, and zero panic. If you have led CHE institutional audits, coordinated SERs, managed evidence rooms without breaking into a sweat, and built QA frameworks that actually work in practice, then we need to talk.

Who should consider this role

You will fit if you have

• Direct experience within a public higher education institution
• Hands‑on ownership of institutional and programme accreditation processes
• Led CHE audits and external reviews
• Designed, implemented, or overseen institutional QA frameworks
• Strong competency in academic planning, governance, and regulatory compliance
• A proven ability to bring order, structure, and quality improvement in complex environments

A PhD is ideal. A Masters will be considered only if your track record is exceptional and demonstrably aligned with this niche requirement.

What you will be doing

You will lead accreditation and quality assurance at an institutional level, ensuring readiness for national and international reviews. Expect to coordinate accreditation cycles, oversee internal quality reviews, manage site visit logistics, strengthen QA systems, support policy alignment, and advance a culture of continuous improvement across the institution. It is strategic. It is technical. It is impactful. And it matters.

(Full role profile available on request.)

Who should not apply

If your experience is limited to lecturing, faculty admin, or light‑touch QA support, this is not your role. If you have never led a CHE process end to end, it will not be the right fit. This is a senior, specialised appointment and we are only engaging with professionals who meet the above criteria.

If this is your world, we would like to meet you.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Education

Industries

Higher Education