Job Description

Closing Date 2025/05/18
Reference Number EDU250508-1
Job Title Academic Content Writer: Information Systems (IS) / UpNXT
Job Type Fixed term
Campus National
Department Academic - Development (Content)
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / City Johannesburg
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Country South Africa
Minimum Education Level Masters Degree
Job Category Education
Job Advert Summary
Eduvos is looking to employ an Academic Content Writer, with specialisation in Information Systems within the subject area of Robotics, to be based at any of our 12 National Eduvos campuses.
Type of role:
Fixed Term employment agreement
Purpose of the role:
The purpose of the role is to provide content writing services within the IS/UpNXT Department.
Minimum Requirements
Minimum qualifications required:

• Honours in Computer Science or Engineering or a related field (a Masters would be advantageous and preferred)

Minimum experience required:

• At least three years experience of lecturing and / or developing study materials in the Higher Education sector.
• Experience in experience in creating interactive content on a learner management system (e.g. Moodle) will highly preferable.
• Experience in setting assessments on various NQF levels.
• Publishing of academic journals will be advantageous.

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
As an Academic Content Writer, you would be responsible for the following:

• Develop new learning material for students (study material and assessments), in collaboration with subject matter experts within the faculty by way of establishing communities of practice:
• Follow development guidelines
• Develop material to program specifications and Eduvos brand
• Review material with moderator for quality assurance
• Submit developed material for Copy Editing via the approved process
• Upload / release material in required format to relevant platform
• Review and update learning material and assessments
• Resolve content related queries
• Ingesting of module content where needed

Potential areas of specialisation required: * Information Systems

• Robotics

Functional and Behavioural Competencies
Technical / Functional Competencies

• Writing skills
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Competence in field for which development takes place
• Proficiency in a LMS system (Moodle)
• Setting up a module page

Behavioural Competencies

• Initiative and responsibility
• Constructive teamwork
• Relations and networking
• Effective communication (verbal and written)
• Analysis and judgment / problem solving
• Innovation and change
• Systematic approach (planning and organising)