Academic: English Teaching Specialisation (Cape Town) at Mancosa

Job description
CORE PURPOSE 

• To provide academic leadership, teaching and to facilitate learning within the English language Specialisation

CORE FUNCTIONS

•  To facilitate both face to face and online lectures
•  Provide students one on one academic consultation for support
•  Design both formative and summative assessments
•  Review and moderate curriculum and assessments
•  Grade assessments and provide stakeholder feedback
•  Potentially serve as a Programme Coordinator/ Module Coordinator
•  Undertake programme and module reviews
•  Active involvement in research and publishing
•  Supervise postgraduate research
•  Identify students at-risk and execute constant pastoral care
•  Undertake programme and quality management administrative tasks as required
•  Serve as subject matter expert (SME) in the English language Specialisation for content resource development 

Minimum requirements
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

•  A Master’s Degree in the specialisation area and working towards a related PhD
•  At least 2/3 years lecturing experience; lecturing English First language
•  School based teaching experience, teaching CAPS
•  Demonstrate research engagement over last 3 years 

RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

•  Be familiar with distance and online education
•  Be familiar with using an online learning management system (LMS)
•  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
•  Driver’s license required for Work Integrated Learning