Team Leader - Admissions and Selections
Listing reference: manco_000333
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 5 January 2023
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 Education qualifications.
CORE PURPOSE
The Admissions and Selections Team Leader ensures that the main objectives of the Admissions and Selections Department are met through problem-solving, leading by example, managing projects, ensuring that applications are reviewed timeously, and providing support to the staff. The Team Leader is also required to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines as prescribed by the regulatory bodies (CHE,DHET and SAQA) for the recruitment, admission, and selection of prospective students, both nationally andinternationally, and to advance the strategic objectives of MANCOSA.
Job description
Core Functions
Management and Administration
- Ensure that applications are assigned to the relevant staff in the department
- Oversee and provide guidance on the tracking of all departmental documents
- Interrogate and escalate departmental software issues and required improvements to the Manager
- Provides support and guidance to departmental staff
- Supervise staff on a day-to-day basis
- Monitor the execution of all departmental projects
Admissions and Selections
- Review applications within the allocated turnaround time
- Ensure the targets are met for each intake
- Monitor the relevant workspaces to ensure that feedback is provided timeously by staff for all applications
- Monitor and evaluate statistics
- Resolve selections queries and provide responses timeously
- Conduct best practices research
Regulatory Bodies
- Participation in professional body site visits and all regulatory body (CHE, DHET, SAQA) activities
- Ensure compliance with regulatory standards in all activities
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s)
- Master’s degree (or studying towards a Master’s degree)
Experience
- Minimum 2 years of work experience in a deadline-driven and process-orientated role
- Skills and Competencies
- Consulting and engaging with appropriate stakeholders
- Statistical efficiency
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Understand regulatory body requirements (e.g. SAQA, DHET and CHE) within the Higher Education landscape
- Advanced research skills
- Academic and curriculum knowledge
- Proficient in MS Office
- Planning, organising and negotiating skills
- Integrity and honesty
- Detail oriented
- Creative and innovative
- Ability to work under pressure.
Additional Requirements:
- Will be required to work overtime
- Will be required to work weekends
