Senior Director : Learning And Teaching Enhancement

Academic Partners; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading South African university is seeking a Director of Learning and Teaching Enhancement. The role involves strategic direction and management oversight, focusing on academics and student success. Required qualifications include a doctoral degree and significant managerial experience in higher education. The successful candidate will enhance collaborative efforts across multiple educational units and guide the university's learning strategies.

Qualifications

• At least seven years of relevant management experience in higher education.
• Ability to contribute to strategy within a senior management team.
• Published work demonstrating academic standing in higher education studies.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and management oversight of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Division.
• Develop and implement the Learning and Teaching Strategy for the institution.
• Enhance collaboration between various academic units.

Skills

Leadership and strategic planning

Interpersonal skills

Understanding of the South African higher education system

Innovative thinking

Education

Doctoral degree

Job description

Overview

Lectures teach, students learn and knowledge is sought inclusively. Our client, Stellenbosch University, advances a transformative approach to student success, ensuring that learning and teaching remain inclusive, future-focused, and globally relevant. This internationally connected, research-intensive institution attracts exceptional students, empowers talented staff, and fosters a world-class academic environment.

They are committed to delivering a transformative learning experience, fostering academic excellence, and cultivating graduates and empowering staff to contribute meaningfully to a sustainable, equitable and engaged future.

Responsibilities

• You will report directly to the DVC: Academic and be charged with providing strategic direction and management oversight of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE) Division.
• Your key foci will be the complete academic planning for the institution, in which you will make a significant contribution to the development and implementation of the Learning and Teaching Strategy, specifically in the context of Stellenbosch University's Vision.
• The five units under your control include:
  • Centre for Learning and Teaching
  • Centre for Learning Technologies
  • Directorate of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance
  • Language Centre
  • Student Success Programme
• You will be expected to enhance a process where these units work in a matrix that combines collaborative projects and unit-based responsibilities.
• Conducting, supervising and communicating institutional research/data for strategic decision making is a forte of yours and is backed by your ability to think innovatively, markedly in an interdisciplinary setting.
• To this end, your understanding of current trends and debates in digitally mediated teaching and learning is beyond most.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree and at least seven years’ relevant management experience in higher education, where your leadership and strategic planning are standout features.
• Detailed understanding of the South African higher education system and its policy framework.
• Recognized ability to contribute to strategy as a member of a senior management team.
• Exemplary interpersonal skills to lead and work in teams, especially in a transforming multilingual cultural environment.
• Published intellectual work that demonstrates academic standing in higher education studies, including teaching and learning.
• Background in finance and awareness of global higher education trends.

Application

Please provide our Head of Assessments with a motivational letter and your curriculum vitae before the closing date of 21 November. All applications will be treated as strictly confidential.