Senior Projects Coordinator - Johannesburg, South Africa - Wits University

Description

Brief Description

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Implement and coordinate programmes and activities for the First Year Experience (FYE) programme that provides support to first-year students transitioning from high school to university.
• Implement general and faculty specific FYE programmes; Coordinate skills development workshops; Laise with faculties.
• Monitoring and evaluation of STPU programmes: Develop measures to determine whether STPU activities are meeting STPU goals & objectives; Monitor the progress of programme activities in relation to measure milestones (e.g., UCDP and other grant report requirements; Development and amend the evaluation designs to determine if the programmes are having its intended impacts; Design data collection forms and procedures and databases to capture and record data collected; Developing procedures for analysing quantitative and qualitative information to ensure that the findings are clear, creditable and address the relevant and priority evaluation question; Developing formative and summative evaluations.
• Report writing, dissemination of evaluation findings: The incumbent will write up the analyses and discuss the significance of evaluation findings in project reports.

General project administration:

The incumbent will undertake administrative tasks associated with programmes such as follow through on plans, report on these and assist the manager in general programme administration; Update and maintain programme information databases; Excellent administration skills including the ability to follow up, file and retrieve data, respond in a timely manner to emails; Implementation of procedures to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

• Promote collaborative practices and open engagement between university stakeholders that enhance student transitions.

Required Academic Qualification/s, competences, and experience.

• A master's degree in social sciences. Project coordination experience will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of five years relevant experience in Higher Education.
• Sound knowledge of Student Affairs Higher Education.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently and under pressure in a small team.
• High level of proficiency in MS programmes Demonstrated ability to design and maintain databases.
• Handle and project confidential and sensitive information with integrity.
• Experience in conducting and developing programme evaluations.
• Project coordination.
• Research and report writing skills.
• Training and facilitation skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication.
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.
• Ability to manage several projects or activities in parallel.
• People management skills.
• Diplomacy and conflict management skills.

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This position is based in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
For more information on this position, please contact

Dr Zena Richards:
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