PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR - ICT NETWORKS
Rosebank College
Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Permanent
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Posted 25 November 2024 - Closing Date 09 December 2024

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Job Description

Join Our Team at IIE Rosebank College 

The Independent Institute of Education, Rosebank College, is part of the ADvTECH Group, Africa's leading private education provider. From our humble beginning in 1909, Rosebank College has grown to a student population of more than 28,000 students nationwide. 

As we continue to expand and innovate, we invite passionate professionals to become part of our dynamic team. If you are driven by the desire to make a meaningful difference in students' lives and wish to contribute to an institution that values academic excellence, connection, and student success, we would love to hear from you.  

Join us on our journey of shaping futures! 

Job Purpose:
The Programme Coordinator is responsible for monitoring and supporting programmes and their stakeholders by ensuring the performance of lecturers, the delivery of Teaching-Learning as well as results submission. The Programme Coordinator is also responsible for supporting students and Lecturers and to oversee all programme-related administration, implementing assessments, ICE, Lecturers applying this and attending to assessment errors.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Delivering lectures and direct student engagement (10 hours per week) based on module-specific requirements in line with module pacers.
  • Update learning management system and provide feedback to students.
  • Quality assures lecturer engagement, attendance, and participation to enhance the quality of Teaching-Learning.
  • Design, develop and implement module-specific interventions, resources, and capacity.
  • Lecturer orientation in support of student experience in programme and discipline-related themes.
  • Analyse results to assess performance of modules and to identify at risk modules.
  • Convene and manage subject meetings aligned with module pacers and obtain feedback for subject meetings from all Lecturers.
  • Develop and design strategies to make modules perform better in conjunction with the Programme Manager.
  • Plan interventions to support students through reviewing performance based on an analysis of historic data
  • Conduct quality assurance class visits and monitor delivery according to pacers to drive success rates through consistency of teaching concepts taught.
  • Monitor student retention, roll over and dropout rates.
  • Participate in campus academic activities and coordinate the implementation of master classes and mock tests across programmes with all lecturers.
  • Inform Lecturers of available academic resources and information services.
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of Lecturers to track pass rates per module.
  • Convene subject meetings twice a semester.
  • Ensure that the campus is adequately resourced by participating in interview panels.
  • Assist with student registration and orientation as required.
  • Encourage the participation of the academic staff in Celebrate Teaching-Learning.
  • Mediate and escalate relationships and disputes between Lecturers and students.
  • Where necessary, assist the WIL Coordinator in tracking academic progress and the submission of Portfolios of Evidence.

Minimum Requirements:
  • Honours degree in Information Systems/ Computer Science with networking modules to the third level NQF Level 8
  • Educational qualification eg PGCE
  • 2 to 3 years Lecturing or Formal Tutoring
  • 1 to 3 years of industry-specific experience in area of specialisation will be advantageous.
Key Competencies:  
  • Knowledge and understanding of the South African higher education systems and regulatory framework.
    Knowledge and understanding of the Teaching and Learning theory and interventions.
  • The ability to provide student support services.
  • The ability to work with and learn more about digitalized academic platforms.
  • The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
  • Ability to adhere to rules and strictly follow work regulations.
  • Deadline orientated and can work well under pressure.
  • Ability to manage time effectively.

Rosebank College is an equal opportunities employer however preference will be given to EE and South African candidates.