CORE PURPOSE
Coordinate and administer marking of research proposals, manage and monitor research process. Consult and provide pastoral care to students and organise and facilitate research events.

CORE FUNCTION

TRACKING OF PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS

• Construct and update a proposal tracker spreadsheet throughout the proposal processing phase
• Trackers should be updated on a weekly basis to ensure accurate reporting
• Tracking should be utilised to ensure timeous pastoral care is conducted

STUDENT SUPPORT

• Timeously answer student calls and attend to student complaints
• Confirmation of receipt of emails done daily
• Hold consultations with students to assist with the research process and/or research content
• Resolution of queries to be done timeously
• Be knowledgeable in topic areas surrounding research and programme subject matter
• Provide students with relevant guidelines, resources and templates to assist them through the research proceses

 REVIEW OF HONOURS PROPOSALS

• Provide students with feedback on proposals within 5 working days from date of allocation
• Process the proposal on Turnitin and provide the student with the Turnitin Originality Report
• Hold plagiarism and referencing consultations with students whose Turnitin Originality Report show excessive plagiarism
• Proposal feedback should be thorough, clear, aligned to the guidelines and academically sound
• Consider and bring to the attention of the student all possible technical, ethical and methodological concerns
• Ensure that the relevant stakeholders are copied in on proposal feedback

ETHICAL CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS

• Advise students on the process of applying for ethical clearance
• Review all ethical clearance applications consisting of the research proposal and appendices, ensuring that it meets the minimum requirements of the MHREC 
• Consider and bring to the attention of the student and Supervisor all possible technical and ethical concerns
• Submit reviewed and approved ethical clearance applications as per the process communicated by the MHREC Subcommittee
• Track and conduct pastoral care to ensure timeous processing of ethical clearance applications
• Process ethical clearance applications within the SLA
• Feedback provided on ethical clearance applications to be academically sound and consistent
• Obtain panel approval with first time ethical clearance submissions

ATTENDANCE AT RESEARCH MEETINGS AND TRAINING INITIATIVES

• Punctual attendance at Catch-up meetings
• Punctual attendance at ad hoc Research meetings
• Punctual attendance at training initiatives communicated by the Research department

ASSISTANCE WITH AD HOC RESEARCH AND MANCOSA EVENTS

• Assist with Research initiatives as and when required
• Assist departments within MANCOSA with events
• Training of colleagues on Proposal processes