Job Description

Head of Department/Lecturer (Visual Communications/Photography) JB2581
Gardens, Cape Town
Market Related

The Head of Department ( HOD) provides academic leadership to the Department and as such in accountable for the coordination, review and development of all programmes in the department leveraging departmental lecturer capacity to assure quality, relevant curricular delivery and student support. As a campus based senior academic, the HOD also teaches to exit levels while being responsible for departmental operations and administration.


Educational Requirements:
Honours Degree or higher related qualification within Photography, visual communications
5 Years plus experience in field of expertise or management roles
At least 3 years in education would be beneficial
Teaching, management and artistic skills especially photography
MS office proficient, MS Office and MS Excel

Duties and Responsibilities:
Lecturing
Teaching Diploma applied photography and visual communications at third year/exit level
Curriculum – implement and review curriculum with campus
Administration
Student consultation/progress tracking
Programme coordination which includes operations
The programme is effectively coordinate in order to facilitate the attainment of its intended purposes and outcomes
The academic is identified as a programme coordinator and operations within the framework of an agreed -upon mandate and defined procedures and responsibilities
Staff training and evaluation
Self-development and industry research
 
Please email CV to recruit@kontak.co.za and quote JB2581 in the subject line
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