Manager: Quality, Risk & Knowledge Management

Faculty

Business and Management Sciences

Department

Cape Peninsula University of Technology -> Business and Management Sciences -> Business: Admin

Campus/ Location

District Six Campus – Cape Town, WC ZA (Primary)

Job Type

Permanent

Occupational Function

Academic

Number of Positions

1

Annual Salary Package (incl. Medical Aid rate based on principal member only)

To be confirmed

Advert Closing Date

24/3/2023

Job Purpose

The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences seeks to appoint a Manager: Quality, Risk & Knowledge Management to manage and provide support on quality management as well as risk and compliance imperatives at faculty and departmental level. The incumbent will assume responsibility for developing, implementing, improving and reporting on Quality Management and risk/compliance plans in the faculty, and will assume overall responsibility for knowledge management within the Faculty.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Master’s Degree related to a discipline in the Faculty of Business & Management Sciences

• Minimum of 5 years’ teaching experience in higher education of which at least 3 years’ experience in Quality or Risk Management in higher education
• Experience in curriculum design

Recommended

• A Doctoral qualification related to a discipline in the Faculty of Business & Management Sciences is preferred.
• Experience in enterprise risk management and compliance matters, as well as knowledge management
• Experience in developing and implementing quality frameworks and
• Experience in quality assurance mechanisms in higher education
• Knowledge and understanding of the national policy context in higher education
• Drafting of Reports

Key Performance Areas / Principal Accountabilities

Facilitate and monitor the implementation of national and institutional quality management and related policies at faculty level

Manage QM processes in the faculty, for example, internal and external departmental, faculty and institutional QM reviews.

Provide support for departments with developing self-evaluation reviews and planning programme reviews

Monitor and support implementation processes for data gathering, analysis and feedback, (for example, student feedback, graduate destination surveys)

Monitor the progression of quality improvement plans

Monitor and report on the faculty baseline data of academic (and other) activities

Align the faculty risk management and improvement plan with the institutional risk management plan

Manage the risk imperatives in the faculty

Develop and monitor associated risk management improvement plans

Develop a faculty POPIA implementation plan that aligns with institutional requirements

Manage POPIA compliance in the faculty

Compile the faculty’s annual QM, operational, academic and other reports as required by faculty and institutional management

Participate in institutional and faculty fora and committee meetings

Manage Risk, Compliance and Knowledge Management initiatives and projects in the faculty

Competencies

Project management capability

Excellent verbal reporting and report writing skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent ICT skills (Office 365 programmes e.g. SharePoint, Teams)

Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyze and interpret data

Ability to work independently with minimum supervision

Report, policy and proposal writing skills

General Information

Closing date: 24 March 2023

Enquiries: Jabu Makhambi (Human Capital) [email protected]

NB: THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW APPLICANTS TO UPLOAD CVs, QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATES OR ANY IDENTITY DOCUMENTATION. PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL YOUR APPLICATION OR DOCUMENTATION UNLESS IT IS REQUIRED BY THE HUMAN CAPITAL DEPARTMENT. IT IS THUS IMPORTANT THAT APPLICANTS COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS COMPREHENSIVELY AS FAILURE TO DO SO MIGHT DISADVANTAGE YOU. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR APPLICATION ON THE SYSTEM WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AS THIS WILL BE THE ONLY CRITERIA USED FOR EVALUATION OF YOUR APPLICATION BY OUR PANEL.

The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is committed to Employment Equity and aims to attract and retain talented individuals to achieve our equity objectives and therefore, people from the designated groups, including those with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applicants whose appointment contributes towards the achievement of demographic representation. We reserve the right not to make an appointment.