Academic: Operations Management ( Supply Chain )- Durban
Listing reference: manco_000401
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 13 April 2024
Position summary
Industry: Education & Training
Job category: Others: Education and Training
Location: Durban
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
EE position: Yes
Introduction
MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available:
Academic: Operations Management
Job description
CORE PURPOSE
To provide Academic Leadership, Strategic insights of the sector and overall Programme Quality Management across a range of Undergraduate/Postgraduate education programmes.
CORE FUNCTIONS AND JOB ROLE
- The successful candidate will be appointed to offer their expertise in Operations Management across a range of commerce programme offering to facilitate academic content and ensure overall academic delivery of the Commerce programmes
- Provide students one on one academic consultation support
- Design both formative and summative assessments
- Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback
- Potentially serve as a Module Coordinator
- Identify students at-risk and execute pastoral care
- Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks
- Ongoing research and analysis to identify required updates and additions to the operations management modules within the commerce programmes curriculum, with a scope of operations management
- Provide information to assist with the implementation and maintenance of accreditation with various quality assurance bodies and professional bodies
- A combination of analysis and reporting as well as hands-on application in order to ensure alignment to industry standards and academic relevance
- Conduct reviews and updates of operations management and supply chain management modules to ensure alignment to industry norms
- Ensure Modules /programmes remain relevant to both local and international industry expectations and the quality of student experience is highly rewarding
- Review and manage student academic performance
- Promote multi stakeholder engagement towards programme advancement
- Advocate, promote and advance the institutions commerce programmes offerings to industry (specific focus on operations management)
- Responsible for design, development and maintenance of teaching and learning material
CORE FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
- Various Academic Committee memberships
- Verification and review of RPL applications
- Verification and review of Credit Accumulation Transfer application
GENERAL
- Maintain professional relationships with students, academics, and support staff.
- Work collaboratively in a multi-cultural environment and contribute towards Mancosa vision and Mission
- Be a creative problem solver and a lifelong learner who is resilient and can adapt to changing circumstances
- Work autonomously under pressure and possibly weekends based on student’s needs
Minimum requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- An appropriate masters level qualification ( Supply Chain)
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- 5 years’ academic experience
- Demonstrate research engagement over last 3 years
- Be familiar with distance and online education
- Be familiar with using learning distance and online education
- knowledge of the South African higher education regulatory framework
- Must be able to work within pre-determined time frames and deadlines
- Must be able to speak confidently and demonstrate professionalism
- Must be a collegial team player
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Internet and Email)
- Excellent writing and reporting skills
- Possess a high level of ethics and confidentiality
ADVANTAGES
- Specialist in Operations Management
