Job Description

Our client in the Higher Education industry is currently looking for a Group Chief Academic Registrar, in Johannesburg or Durban, South Africa .
Responsibilities:

• Council on Higher Education (CHE):
• Provide strategic leadership for Accreditation of new programmes, reaccreditations and site accreditation and relocations.
• Provide leadership and advice on programme and Institutional site visits.
• Provide leadership for the current application for the Doctor of Business Administration Accreditation and future new qualification applications.
• Provides leadership and implementation plans for Quality Assurance Framework (QAF)
• Provide professional advice to Deans, HODs, MDs and Support Staff from a regulatory perspective on an ongoing basis on curriculum review and enhancements.
• Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET):
• Quality Assure Annual Reporting to ensure no adverse findings.
• Oversee Amendments to registration.
• Provide advice on response to DHET student Complaints.
• SAQA:
• Provide strategic leadership for academic audit process by coordinating all stakeholders.
• Oversee submission of Annual Academic Audit report to SAQA.
• Ensure no exception report for SAQA from Academic Audit.
• Provide professional advice on all SAQA documents, surveys, and reporting.
• Academic Budgets:
• Together with Group Chief Academic Officer (GCAO) and Director: Group Academic Administration prepares the annual budgets for the academic portfolio.
• Certification & Graduation:
• New students: Provide professional advice on all RPL cases for Access, Exemption & CAT
• QA Certification process for Short Learning Programmes and Full qualifications.
• Provide advice with regards to employers, educational institutions, corporate funders, and embassy queries.
• Provide strategic direction and advice on graduation planning whether face to face or in the metaverse.
• Provide strategic advice to Alumni manager/administrator on alumni tracking, reporting, and ensuring lifelong learning)
• External Affiliations, Collaboration:
• Provide initial leadership for local and international affiliations: PRME; SABSA; AABS; SAICA, AMBA, EFMD, AACSB and other regional and global partnerships with universities.
• Advise and QA reporting.
• Prepare the institution for international MBA accreditations and rankings in due time.
• Commence with AMBA membership.
• Irregularities, Complaints & Disciplinary:
• Advise on Student Advisory Committee with respect to inputs on academic inputs.
• Manage all complaints to GCEO, GCAO and regulatory institutions.
• Provide leadership for student irregularities and disciplinaries.
• Chair all student and lecturer academic transgressions.
• Legal has a basic understanding but he/she will be guided by our legal entities.
• Postgraduate Supervision:
• Provide professional advice on topics, proposals, ethical clearance, and supervision.
• Supervise & Moderate Dissertations.
• Academic Advisory Board and Senate:
• Advise on membership to forums.
• Provide strategic direction to these forums with latest regulatory inputs.
• The agenda and management of these meetings are from desk of the Group Registrar.
• Community Engagement:
• Provide leadership for community Engagement projects.
• Design Strategic projects for brand management and enhancement.
• Exco Partnership:
• Work closely with the GCEO, GCAO and GCMO to innovate, market and implement all academic transformation initiatives.
• Relationship and brand building:
• To attract corporate bursaries, scholarships, and job placements for our graduates.
• Represent the institution at various fora as and when requested by the GCAO, GCEO and GCMO.
• Together with Director: Group Academic Administration and Deans, Executive Director: Student Experience, the Registrar co- owns and drives student success to promote the brand.
• Marketing and Competitor Sensemaking:
• Together with GCAO, Director: Group Academic Administration and Deans, the Registrar markets the institution and all our qualifications as well as conduct competitor analysis for strategic decision making.
• Library Management:
• The Registrar is responsible for the management of the national librarian and is the custodian of library developments and the budgets related to the library resources.

• Doctorate in a related discipline will be an advantage.
• Masters Degree with intention of future doctoral studies will be viewed favourably.
• Demonstrated track record as an academic and thought leader in the sector.
• Knowledge of and working relationships with the South African Higher Education qualifying authorities is an advantage.
• Experience in high-level liaison with internal and external stakeholders and professional boards.
• Proven track record of higher education evolutions from a regulatory perspective.
• Current and past industry experience, local or global, in this sector is an advantage.
• Demonstratable thought leadership and public presence in the digital capabilities discipline is an advantage.
• Peer Review Journal Publications local and International as guided by the Executive Director:
• Research.
• Position will be based at any one of our campuses. Successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary and be prepared to travel occasionally between campus hubs.
• Strong leadership skills, as well as strong interpersonal communication skills to enhance a high-performance culture.

• R55000 R60000 per month.