Doctoral or Master’s degree in a relevant field (adult/tertiary education and learning)
Possesses extensive experience as a facilitator at the tertiary level
Proven track record in a similar role – at least 3 years’ experience
A valid driver’s license or own reliable transport
Advanced writing and editing skills
Advanced skills in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel (must be computer proficient)
Monitoring academic facilitator’s performance, observing classes, making assessments, and scheduling workshops as well as one-on-one training.
The successful incumbent will to engage with facilitators from a range of different backgrounds and on various subjects and provide constructive, transformative, and critical feedback.
Observing lessons and identifying facilitators’ strengths and weaknesses.
Providing useful feedback, advice, and individual training sessions for facilitators.
Organising workshops, training sessions, and events to inspire and improve facilitators.
Collaborating with facilitators and other related staff to develop improved curricula, lesson plans, assessments, and classroom management and engagement techniques.
Setting weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly goals for facilitators and their students, and providing advice and guidance to ensure these goals are met.
Liaising with students to reassess progress once facilitators have completed their training.
Supervising classroom activities, taking notes, and writing up reports to share with the Academic Dean, academic managers, administrators and relevant stakeholders.
Developing new strategies and plans for an improved transformative learning experience.
Keeping abreast of the latest developments in teaching techniques and methods, as well as the latest developments in the incumbent’s relevant subject area or area of expertise.
Building facilitator networks and encouraging facilitators to share their resources and knowledge and constructively transform and improve their own performance as well as the performance of their colleagues
The successful incumbent will be required to coach academics to hone their facilitation skills and develop capabilities in academics to maintain a high standard of quality when setting, marking and moderating assessments.
The successful incumbent will undertake planning, designing and development of learning solutions, facilitation, assessment, moderation, coaching, evaluation, quality management and reporting.