Programme Director (Contract appointment: 5 years) (Job ID: 5814) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• In consultation with the Academic Head of Department (AHD); undertake the following:
• Manage the curriculum processes of the department.
• Develop new learning programmes in consultation with stakeholders.
• Ensure frequent and continuous development and management of the operational plan of the programme.
• Provide general leadership in the programme and ensure academic coherence across all various modules of the programme.
• Ensure that the activities of the Programme are undertaken in accordance with the governance, policy, and regulatory frameworks of the University.
• Assume responsibility for the academic quality of the Programme.
• Manage the academic administration of the Programme.
• Ensure scholarship of high quality.
• Manage matters relating to teaching, learning, and students in the Programme.
• Conduct own research.
• Provide academic advice in terms of academic inquiries, amendments of yearbooks, schedules, timetables, etc. related to the Programme.
• Serve on the marketing committee of the faculty as necessary.
• Assist with marketing pamphlets or any suitable marketing material.

Inherent requirements:

• Doctoral degree on NQF level 10 in Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences or closely related field. 
• A full-time, permanent member of the academic staff of the Department of Soil, Crop and Climate Sciences at the University of the Free State.

Recommendations:

• Good management skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to function with ease in the university’s richly diverse working environment. 
• Strategic thinking.
• Good organisational skills and administrative skills.
• Good computer skills (skilled use of Microsoft Office software).