Deputy Chief Education Specialist - Tshwane North College

Tshwane North College for FET would like to invite suitably qualified, innovative, resultsorientated and self-driven candidates to apply for the following position:

DEPUTY CHIEF EDUCATION SPECIALIST (LEVEL 3)
Component: Academic Affairs: Central Office
Salary scale: R243 021 per annum (Ref. TNC/CO/12-01/03)

Requirements: • Recognised 3-year post-Matric educational qualification (REQV 13) in an appropriate field • 5 years’ appropriate experience • Extensive knowledge of academic assessment and moderation procedures • Knowledge of NC (V), learnerships and skill programme protocols and procedures (UMALUSI, ETQA and SETA related) • Ability to handle quantitative and qualitative information, analyse it and present it cogently and effectively as a basis for decision making • Record of successfully managing and coordinating the implementation of planned goals and working with a range of professional colleagues • Sound knowledge of the Further Education and Training Colleges, the General Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act (No 58 of 2001) AND the Sector Regulatory and Legislative Framework.

Duties: • Supervise the performance and development of academic staff on the campus • Coordinate the campus timetable • Oversee the implementation of best practice teaching practices (eg lesson plan, etc) • Monitor programme delivery including lesson preparation, assessments, moderation, POE development and administration and student performance • Quality assure the annual development plans compiled and submitted to the campus academic staff • Assess the professional development
undertaken by campus academic staff • Coordinate assessments, examinations and assessment results • Build a Successful Team: Use appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team, facilitating the completion of team goals • Drive for Results: * Set high goals for personal and group accomplishment * Use measurement methods to monitor progress toward goal attainment * Tenaciously work to meet or exceed those goals while deriving satisfaction from the process of goal achievement and continuous improvement • Innovation: * Generate innovative solutions in work
situations * Try different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities • Building Partnerships: Identify opportunities and take action to build strategic relationship between one’s area and other areas, units, or industries to help achieve College goals • Operational Decision Making: * Relate and compare data on the operational (ie day-to-day) effectiveness from different sources * Establish goals and requirements that reflect College objectives and values, including the importance of continuous improvement * Secure relevant information and identify key issues, relationships, and cause/effect from a base of information * Commit to an action after developing alternative courses of action that are based on logical assumptions and factual information and that take into consideration resources and constraints.

Enquiries: Mr MC Pule, tel. (012) 401-1992

Applications: Applications must be submitted on Form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department, and MUST be accompanied by a covering letter/motivation, a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and certified copies of qualifications and ID. Please send a separate and complete application for each post you apply for.

NB: Please indicate the reference number and position you are applying for on your application form (Z83). Failure to comply with these instructions will disqualify applications from being processed. Post your complete application to: The Deputy Director: Corporate Services, Tshwane North College for FET, PO Box 26193, Arcadia 0007 OR hand-deliver at the Central
Office at cnr Pretorius and Potgieter Streets, Pretoria CBD. We welcome applications from persons with disabilities.

Enquiries: Ms T Nkonyane, tel. (012) 401-1978.

Note: • All costs incurred due to your application and interviews will be at your own expense • No faxed or e-mailed applications will be accepted • Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged.

Closing date: 27 January 2012

Please take note that correspondence will only be conducted with short-listed candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.