Job Description

Title of Position

Senior Officer: Resource Centre

Post Number

8027275

Faculty/Department

University of the Western Cape -> Education -> Dean's Office: Education

Type of Position

Permanent - Full Time

Length of Contract Period

Location

Main Campus - Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)

Closing Date

Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas

The Faculty of Education has a long history of productive engagement with the key issues facing education in South Africa. We offer innovative, research-based teacher education programmes and run large postgraduate programmes in various disciplines in education. The Faculty seeks to produce graduates of the highest calibre.

The Faculty Office plays a key role in supporting the academic programme and providing administrative excellence. The Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape develops the intellectual and professional capacity of students in teaching and related fields as well as supporting education leadership and management.

We are currently seeking a self-motivated, committed, competent and suitably qualified and experienced candidate for the position of Senior Officer of the Faculty of Education Resource Centre to service and manage the diverse information needs of the academic and student community by coordinating a variety of professional services in support of the teaching, learning, research and scholarship of engagement for societal impact in the Faculty. The job aims to embed resource centre services into the faculty programmes. The incumbent will report to the Dean.

Key Performance Areas

The duties and responsibilities of the successful incumbent will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Oversee the resource centre resources, activities and usage
• Support staff to enhance the learning experience of undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Develop collections in a variety of formats, across all education subject fields, to support and enhance the learning needs and research output of the Faculty.
• Provide support to enhance students' abilities to use a range of teaching aids and for micro-teaching and work-integrated learning.
• Provide guidance and training on information management, including searches, citations, bibliographic management software and referencing techniques to postgraduate students and researchers.
• Provide first line ICT support to students and staff
• Attend to all ICT matters within the resource centre
• Liaison between faculty and ICS
• Training of staff and students, incl. recruiting, supporting and training student assistants to provide the necessary resource centre services to students and staff.
• Coordinating the Faculty website
• Administration
• Other duties as required by Faculty management

Minimum Requirements

• Postgraduate qualification in Education (NQF Level 8)
• A minimum of five (5) years' teaching experience at school level or in Higher Education
• Proficiency in ICT knowledge and software

The following will be advantageous

• Experience in materials development to support learning, teaching and assessment
• Experience in building subject collections to enhance the quality of resource centre services to students and staff

Required competencies

• Technical knowledge of IT systems and software
• IT innovation skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Planning and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to function as part of a team

In your application, you are encouraged to highlight your strengths and also include anything else that you feel may be pertinent to the selection panel. Please attach your covering letter, a detailed curriculum vitae and highest qualification to your online profile. To be considered for this vacancy, you must click on the Apply for this Job link below or apply directly via UWC Careers at https://uwc.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/JobSearch/viewAll. For any queries, please contact the Human Resources Department at +27 21 959 4063/9763/9708/3551/3756 or email: e-recruitment@uwc.ac.za

EQUITY DISCLAIMER: In line with the University's commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with Employment Targets of the University. The University reserves the right to not make an appointment, make an appointment at a different level, seek additional candidates and may conduct competency assessments.

University of the Western Cape