Head of Department -HET ( JB1371)

SUMMARY:
The Head of Department - HET is responsible for full programme management for the portfolio of progr

POSITION INFO:

Head of Department –HET ( JB1371)
Randburg. Johannesburg
Market Related

The Head of Department – HET is responsible for full programme management for the portfolio of programmes in the Department. This means accountability for programme development and curriculum reviews, assessment alignment and development, module material updates and prescribed textbook lists.  THE HOF is expected to ensure academic integrity and regulatory compliance of programmes and assessments offered by the respective sites, and assure all programmes, programme factsheets and programme curriculum structures and assessments are aligned in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Educational Requirements:
Post Graduate qualification in cognate field. Masters is preferred

5 years’ experience in higher education is required and experience in programme management preferred

Advantageous: familiar with formal assessment and moderation practices, design and development and programme structuring

Excellent computer literacy essential

MS Office

Duties & Responsibilities:
Programme Management, Development, and review

Identify module leaders and programme managers

Update module materials annually, collect module and programme feedback annually

Represent department on Faculty boards

Ensure contrastive alignment of assessments to learning outcomes of all programmes and short courses

Development of programme documents

Coordinate department programme PIPO

Work integrated learning/workplace (EL) based learning for each programme

Develop experiential learning material related to each programme or amend each programme to include credit bearing WIL module

Facilitation of training on EL to EL coordinators at campus level

Student recruitment, selection, placement, RPL and CAT

Provide academic leadership through training of sales teams on programmes and admission criteria

Teaching and learning

Ensure teaching and learning strategy is reflected in module materials so student engagement and support learning is promoted in all our programme materials

Academic staff capacity

Provide guidelines on minimum qualifications are required per programme and module to meet the one up qualification regulatory requirement

Ensure sites are capacitated with qualified academic staff as per the HET/TVET requirements

Support Dean of Academic Operations and T& L Manager with academic development workshops for capacity building

Institutional planning, resource allocation and governance

Stakeholder surveys on the quality of provision

Benchmarking of standards

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