Lecturer: Business Management

Job Description

ADvTECH is seeking a Lecturer in Business Management to deliver high-quality education and support to students. The role involves lecturing, facilitating workshops, supporting academic development, and contributing to research within the discipline to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

Requirements

• Honours Degree (NQF Level 8) in Business Management
• 3 years teaching or formal tutoring experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the South African higher education systems and regulatory framework
• Knowledge and understanding of Teaching and Learning theory and interventions
• Ability to provide student support services
• Ability to work with and learn more about digitalized academic platforms
• Ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations
• Ability to adhere to rules and strictly follow work regulations
• Deadline orientated and ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to manage time effectively

Responsibilities

• Lecture and facilitate Student Support workshops and subject-specific tutorials as required, including work readiness programme, student developmental workshops, and literacy programmes
• Lecture and facilitate experiential learning sessions with relevant programme groups and modules within the lecturer’s field of expertise
• Develop teaching & learning capacity and standards on campus by assisting the Academic Development Co-ordinator with peer assessments of teaching, provide teaching feedback, quality assurance reviews
• Assist contract lecturers with marking, monitoring and control of plagiarism, mentor and supervise new Independent Contracted Lecturers and Tutors, moderation of scripts of new lecturers, how they give feedback to students, how they monitor student satisfaction, how they respond and provide feedback
• Organize and facilitate teaching skills and lecturer developmental workshops
• Assist the Academic Development Consultant in tracking student performance and monitoring At-Risk-Students
• Provide student intervention through one-on-one consultation in respect of poor performance and/or attendance, based on specific performance issues, and general skills and challenges such as time management
• Ensure academic conventions are communicated and taught on campus
• Prepare, lecture, and mark in relevant discipline according to timetable
• Work with the librarians on information literacy for students and lecturers, promotion of information literacy, and use of Ebscohost
• Assist in programme design of student support developmental workshop topics, including but not limited to study skills and academic convention workshops
• Under the direction of the Academic Development Consultants, coordinate and run lecturer forums and faculty meetings, coordinate and manage initiatives to improve output of tutors
• Assist and support Work Integrated Learning (WIL) initiatives on campus
• Do research and development to support skills, including but not limited to book reviews, academic articles, faculty Bytes, celebrating Teaching & Learning, and attend developmental workshops
• Attend National and IIE workshops
• Support the academic team to ensure that deadlines are met, student queries are resolved within agreed time frames, administration processes completed
• Support overall campus activities, including registration of students, orientation, open days, internal and external audits