Chief Academic Officer Full Time Permanent

Chief Academic Officer – Durban

A Chief Academic Officer position is available in Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

Full responsibility for following academic aspect of business

Online staff development, academic advisory centre, product digitization, academic/student support, higher education operations and further/TVET education operations

Salary: Market Related / High End

Educational Requirements of the Chief Academic Officer:

• PHD or Doctorate in Education
• Extensive experience in education of which 5 years must be in a management/operational role
• Experience in strategic planning and execution
• Experience in formulating policy and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures
• Skill in examining and re- engineering operations and procedures
• In depth knowledge of education and training legislature framework
• Risk management, communication, and business acumen skills
• High level of competency in MS office

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Online staff development
• Oversee development and maintenance of online staff development portal
• Oversee rollout of portal to all academic staff
• Oversee development of training material to be loaded onto the portal for academic training
• Academic advisory centre
• Ensure students have access to AAC
• Product digitalization
• Create strategic rollout plan for the digitization of groups course materials
• Oversee implementation of plan against timelines
• Ensure lecturing and academic staff are trained for LMS
• Academic /student support
• Oversee the management of the articulation of transfer credits, graduation and certification of degrees, diplomas and certificates
• Oversee management of standardized group examination process
• Higher education operations
• Lecturer evaluation process
• Ensure process for setting, marketing, and capturing of assignments
• Further education/TVET operations
• Budget managements
• Manage the total people cost for the academic department against the budget for the year
• Prepare a departmental budget and monitor expenditure and budget variances
• Planning and strategy
• Assist in formulating company’s future direction and support tactical initiatives
• Assist with implementation of strategic decisions

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