Senior Lecturer at ADvTECH

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• The purpose of this role is to teach and share your passion for the culinary industry with eager young students; helping them grow individually, and ultimately playing a role in their career paths and success in life. Alongside the development of students, this role is responsible for the management of the Culinary Arts campus department and team – overseeing the lecturing team and the operation of the culinary programmes and related resources on campus.

KEY RESULT AREAS

• Facilitate and conduct lectures and kitchen practical sessions
• Ensure a pass rate of 85% and throughput rate of 90% is achieved
• Student tracking, counselling and support
• Input towards teaching and learning philosophy and activities, curriculum development and improvement
• Carry out quality assurance activities as per process
• Manage campus assessment principles and processes
• ​Industry time and research
• Departmental management and administration
• Management reporting
• Contribute to semester-based WIL activities, assessment and moderation
• Analyse student performance through reporting and develop intervention strategies
• Analyse student overall performance, instructional approaches, changes and modification
• Build rapport with and develop relations with all stakeholders including partners, internal and external mentors, assessors and local and international networks.
• Execution of approved workload (coordination, lecturing, assessing, WIL visits)

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years Culinary Arts experience as a chef
• Minimum 2 years lecturing / teaching/assessor
• Experience in a managerial position is preferred

KEY ATTRIBUTES:

• Must possess strong organisational skills and the ability to multi-task
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Must possess intermediate/advanced digital literacy skills
• Must possess intermediate philosophy on 21st Century teaching and learning skills
• Be enthusiastic and build a positive institutional culture
• Must be flexible and resourceful
• Work under pressure
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ensure that staff and students comply and abide by the code of conduct, values, and mission statement espoused by the institution
• Work collaboratively and build capacity
• Provide care and support to students
• Discretion and an understanding of confidentiality