Assistant Officer: Partnerships (post level 13) Office for International Affairs at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

•    Enabling Comprehensive Internationalisation at the Bloemfontein campus of the University of the Free State (UFS), and specifically:
•    Support the coordination of international partnerships and collaborations of the university.
•    Support the development of new international networks, partnerships and collaborations, in line with the strategic priorities of the university and as required by internal stakeholders.
•    Identify and leverage on funding opportunities for international networks, collaborations and partnerships.
•    Support administrative processes relating to international collaborative degree programmes of the UFS, in line with the UFS Collaborative Degree.
•    Handle procurement and other financial processes in the partnership portfolio. 
•    Complete requisition and procure goods and services on PeopleSoft Financials.
•    Strengthen existing international partnerships and collaborations by identifying additional areas for collaboration and work with stakeholders to get involved in international partnerships.
•    Maintain relationships with the international stakeholders and partners of the UFS. 
•    Support the Management of international student exchange projects, including Erasmus+ projects.

Inherent Job Requirements:

•   Grade 12 or national vocational certificate on NQF Level 4.
•    Minimum one (1) year’s relevant working experience related to the duties and responsibilities.

Recommendations:

• ​​​​​​​   Relevant bachelor’s degree or an Advanced Diploma / B.Tech degree / Postgraduate Certificate on NQF level 7.
•    Relevant working experience in the higher education environment.
•    Experience in and understanding of the higher education internationalisation processes.
•        Knowledge of university systems, policies, procedures.
•    Knowledge of the 2020 National Policy Framework on the Internationalisation of Higher Education.
•    Experience managing international higher education collaborations and partnerships.
•    Knowledge of digital databank development and maintenance.