Job Description

Our client in the Higher Education and Training industry is currently looking for a Business Lecturer, in Cape Town, Western Cape.Responsibilities:

• General:
• Preparing and delivering lectures, tutorials, workshops, and seminars.
• Setting and grading assignments, tests, and exams.
• Attending and participating in meetings, conferences, and other events in and outside of the Institution.
• All academic staff are expected to engage in activities associated with the Institution's promotion, marketing, and public outreach.
• Contribute to student recruitment, placements, and student retention.
• Administrative duties in areas such as admissions, timetabling, examinations, and assessment of progress and student attendance.Collaborating with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand knowledge base.
• Participating in training opportunities and initiatives at the Institution.Staying current by reading widely and producing published work in the field.
• Conducting research, and writing papers, proposals, journal articles, and books.
• Develop ideas for generating income and promoting the Institution.
• Develop ideas and find ways of disseminating and applying the result of scholarship.
• Student learning experience:
• Use appropriate learning, teaching, support and assessment methods.
• Developing curricula and course material that can be used across several platforms.
• Supervise student projects and the academic elements of field trips, and, where appropriate, placements.
• Identify areas where current provision requires revision or improvement and contribute to the planning, design and development of objectives and material.
• Select appropriate assessment instruments and criteria, assess the work and progress of students by reference to the criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
• Ensure that module design and delivery comply with quality standards and regulations of the University.
• Pastoral care:
• Be responsible for the pastoral care of students within a specified area.
• Providing support to other colleagues.
• Act as a mentor, giving first-line support to students.
• Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances.
• Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support.
• Refer students as appropriate to services providing further support.
• Depending on work area (for example, laboratories, workshops, studios), conduct risk assessments, take steps to reduce hazards and take responsibility for the health and safety of self and others.
• Act as a responsible team member, leading where agreed, and develop productive working relationships with other staff members.

• Bachelors Commerce Honours in Management
• A relevant Master's Degree (NQF 9) or near completion of a Master's Degree would be advantageous.
• Previous teaching experience (contact, blended and distance learning)
• Published work would be advantageous.
• Flexibility, resilience, and willingness to work extended hours to reach deliverables.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Where applicable/mandatory, professional registration with a relevant Board.

• Dependent on qualification and experience.

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