Senior Manager: Quality Assurance and Enhancement

Sol Plaatje University; Noord-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A university in South Africa is seeking a Senior Manager: Quality Assurance and Enhancement to support strategic goals through quality assurance. Candidates should have at least 5 years of relevant experience in a university setting and a Master's or Doctoral degree. Responsibilities include developing policy, managing accreditation, and providing management reports. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in quality assurance/enhancement in a university environment.
• Relevant Master's or Doctoral Degree required.

Responsibilities

• Support DVC: Teaching and Learning in quality assurance strategy.
• Develop policy direction for quality assurance and enhancement.
• Manage university programme accreditation.
• Devise costed work and implementation plans.
• Provide regular management reports to DVC.

Skills

Quality assurance

Programme enhancement

Policy development

Operational management

Accreditation management

Education

Relevant Master's Degree

PhD/Doctoral Degree

Job description

Purpose

The Senior Manager: Quality Assurance and Enhancement actively supports the DVC: Teaching and Learning in meeting the strategic objectives and goals of the University through quality assurance and programme enhancement.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant Masters Degree for P7 and PhD/Doctoral Degree for p6.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in quality assurance/enhancement in a university environment or comparable institution.

Duties and responsibilities

• Provide support to DVC: Teaching and Learning in the formulation and monitoring of the institutional quality Assurance strategy.
• Develop policy direction for the quality assurance and enhancement portfolio.
• Provide a high-level operational plan of the quality assurance and enhancement portfolios in alignment with SPU strategic goals and the needs of other departments and divisions.
• Make inputs in ensuring that the University’s academic structure and the PQM document correlate, investigate any differences and making the necessary corrections.
• Support other structures and divisions in the design and implementation of systems to improve quality assurance and enhancement.
• Manage university programme accreditation
• Manage the university quality enhancement programme.
• Manage student and peer evaluation of teaching and learning.
• Assume accountability for the operational management of the portfolio.
• Devise accurately costed work and implementation plans.
• Provide regular management reports on operational and strategic matters to the DVC: Teaching and Learning.
• Service the Schools teaching and learning committees and research committees as required.
• Manage the development and maintenance of a website of the portfolio in alignment with institutional communication and marketing.

Enquiries can be made via email at [e-mail]

Assumption of duties: As mutually agreed to upon acceptance of the appointment. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. This position may be subjected to assessments.

Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Note: Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is dedicated to meeting its Employment Equity targets.