Academic and Quality Manager for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree

Introduction

Boston City Campus has a a vacancy for an Academic and Quality Manager in the distance mode of provision for its practical modules in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) qualification. This position is  based at the Stellenbosch academic head office.

Key Responsibilities

Module Management

• To support, guide, provide oversight, monitor and quality assure viz a vis the Educators’ facilitation of the learning and teaching of specifically allocated modules according to the syllabi congruent with the programme.

• Responsible for the adherence to the published academic and operational calendars and timetables for each semester.

• Facilitation of the teaching and learning of specifically allocated modules according to the syllabi, congruent with the Bachelor of Laws (LLB).

• Management of the Educators’ uploads of quality assured teaching, learning and assessment collateral to the learner management system.

• Oversight of the Educators’ responses to student queries either via the learner management system, via email, or telephonically.

• Timeous responses to student queries and appeals on the learner management and administrative systems and in your email inbox and/or telephonic messages.

Student & Academic Staff Support

• Be committed and available to support students, educators and staff consistently and timeously.

• Ensure that relevant Boston policies and procedures are accurately and consistently implemented.

Teaching and Learning

• Ensure that the teaching, learning and assessment strategy for the module/s is aligned to the programme’s intentions (i.e. purpose, rationale, exit level outcomes, etc) and to the Institution’s pedagogical approach, as well as policies on teaching, learning and assessment.

Research Supervision

• Provide guidance and support to educators and oversee the Research Supervision process

Learning Material Development

• You are responsible for the processes of timeous planning, briefing and variance monitoring of material development including quality assurance of the learning material produced for use in the learning engagement with students.

Administration

• Managing the process of the grading and moderation of all assessment events by the educators/graders/moderators on the modules you are responsible for (formative, summative and all supplementaries) as per the academic calendar.

• Regular meeting with the educators and programme co-ordinators on the modules for which you are responsible. These meetings might take various forms depending on the academic and operational requirements at the time.

• Administration of grades after the completion of assessment events (formative, summative and supplementary - according to the academic calendar).

• Provide relevant information as required to the programme coordinator.

Quality Assurance and Moderation

• Coordination/management of the internal and external moderation processes as required including the appointment of external moderators and examiners as required.

• Facilitate and/or participate in internal developmental workshops toward the enhanced quality of our provision of learning, teaching, assessment and student support.

• Involvement in the syllabus and curriculum design, development and review process and the updating of existing syllabi and curricula.

• Provision of analyses of data for the purpose of module evaluations using appropriate tools.

• Collection of relevant data using appropriate tools for the purpose of module reviews and programme evaluations.

• Completion of module reviews at the conclusion of the module or as required, which are high level analyses of the module and its performance in the semester.

• Participation in the processes of programme evaluation and external reviews, cyclically or as required.

• Ongoing  monitoring  and  evaluation  of  each  module’s  performance,  including  the performance of the students registered for each module, as well as throughput data.

• Early identification of at-risk students and modules which are to be escalated to the Programme Coordinator and implementation of support interventions where required.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide intellectual leadership and take responsibility for line management in order to be supportive of educators in the accomplishment of the main objectives of the modules and to advise all/any staff when required on related policies.

• Regular reporting to your direct and indirect line managers.

• Regular attendance and participation in various committee meetings as part of the general administration of the academic project.

Scholarly Activity

• Ongoing participation in and leading of scholarly activities including research, professional practice and continued professional development in your academic area of specialisation.

Community Engagement

• Ongoing participation in and leading of community engagement endeavours as per the Institution’s approach.

General

• Any other reasonable duties as assigned from time to time.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Candidates are required to have, at minimum, the following qualifications and experience:

• Master of Laws (LLM) degree.

• Admission as an attorney or advocate with at least 2 years' relevant professional experience is required.

• Experience teaching street law, legal practice or similar clinical/ practical LLB modules is required.

• A Doctoral qualification (LLD or PhD) is advantageous.

Package & Remuneration

Competitive salary based on Academic qualifications and professional experience.

Disclaimer

• Boston City Campus will consider all applications, and acknowledges the need to diversify the demographic composition in line with its Employment Equity plan.

• Boston City Campus reserves the right not to make an appointment;

• Boston City Campus reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background verification on all candidates.

• Should no feedback be received from Boston City Campus within six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.