Quality Assurance Officer - Durban, South Africa - Affirmative Portfolios

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Durban, South Africa

1 week ago

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Technical ~ Risk Management

Durban
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QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER DURBAN R20 000 PM
Our client in Durban has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Officer

The term quality assurance in higher education is increasingly used to denote the practices whereby academic standards are determined, maintained and improved.

This definition of

academic quality as equivalent to academic standards is consistent with the emerging focus in higher education policies on student learning outcomes - the specific levels of knowledge, skills,

and abilities that students achieve as a consequence of their engagement in a particular education program. A useful distinction is drawn between internal and external academic quality assurance.

Internal quality assurance refers to those policies and practices through which academic institutions themselves monitor and improve the quality of their education provision, while

external quality assurance refers to national policies whereby the quality of higher education institutions and programs are assured by quality assurance agencies.

It is therefore the role of the

Quality Office to design, implement and maintain quality management at institutional level within these frameworks.

Given this, the role of Quality Officer is mainly to work closely together with the Senior Manager:

Quality Assurance in establishing a quality culture through the establishment, monitoring and evaluation of standards in all areas of the student journey.

Main Functions:

Support Senior Manager:
Quality Assurance

Operate in the policy framework to monitor and evaluate implementation

Manage the resolutions registers of committees to determine adherence to achievement of quality goals

Operate in both the higher education, as well as occupational and vocational sub frameworks with

Liaise with professional bodies where required in line with institutional community engagement approach

Work in conjunction with the Curriculum Office and PDDR with regards to progress in new programmes and programme review

Assist with the formulation of agendas, and minutes for the QA Committee

Database, monitor and evaluate committee minutes

Assist with the preparation of audits and intutional reviews

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (KARS) (what the job exists to do and the responsibilities required

to execute the outputs)

Quality of policy framework and management system

Quality of Programme Design, Development and Review

Quality of Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Quality of Student Engagement and Support

Quality of Community Engagement

Quality of research

Quality of administrative processes and service levels

Job Inputs (qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, behaviours and competencies required to execute the outputs)

A degree in Academic Planning and/ or

related such as educational management

At least 5 years experience in Quality management

Experience in academic and institutional

planning

Learning Programme/ Curriculum design

Research and Data Analysis

Learning programmes design, development and review

Contextualisation of quality management and policies

Institutional design and management knowledge

A thorough understanding of systems design and management

Policy development and evaluation knowledge

Qualifications Theory and frameworks

Regulatory Dynamics

Higher Educational in general, but especially Private Higher Education