Lecturer: Retail Management
Listing reference: manco_000552
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 24 May 2024
Position summary
Industry: Education & Training
Job category: Others: Education and Training
Location: Durban
Contract: Fixed Term Contract
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA), a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, has the following vacancy available: Lecturer: Retail 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
- The successful candidate will be appointed to offer their expertise in Retail 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 retail 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 retail management and 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 institution’s commerce programmes offerings to the industry (specific focus on retail management).
- Responsible for the design, development and maintenance of teaching and learning material
ADDITIONAL FUNCTION
- Various Academic Committee memberships
- Verification and review of RPL applications
- Verification and review of Credit Accumulation Transfer application
Minimum requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- An appropriate doctoral-level qualification or specialist Masters level qualification
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- 5 years of academic experience
- Demonstrate research engagement over last 3 years.
- Be familiar with distance and online education.
- Be familiar with using learning management systems.
- Have a working 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 Retail Management
GENERAL
- Maintain professional relationships with students, academics, and support staff.
- Work collaboratively in a multi-cultural environment and contribute towards Mancosa’s 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.
