Head of Quality Assurance (Academic )

  • Full-time

Company Description

Educor is the largest private education supplier in Southern Africa., managing 10 educational brands across its more than 60 campuses and sites in South Africa and internationally. As a Group we possess a rich heritage with brands that have been in existence for many years. Since our inception in 2008, Educor has evolved into an education giant offering face-to-face, distance and online learning. Our face to face brands include Damelin, City Varsity, ICESA and Central Technical College. Distance brands include INTEC College, Damelin Correspondence College (DCC) and our higher-education distance brand, Lyceum.

Job Description

Head of Quality Assurance (Academic ) 

Durban

Market Related

 

Oversee and facilitate an environment for the management of quality related to academic processes at head office level as well as delivery site level.

 

Requirements:

Minimum of master’s degree, preferably in quality assurance or educational management

10 years’ experience in higher education sector

High level of competency in MS office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

 

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee the management of the maintenance of the accreditation status with the CHE, Umalusi and QCTO as well as registration with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the higher education as well as TVET space

Oversee management of the academic policy environment

Conceptualize and implement quality management systems

Audits and design instruments for implementation

Identify, analyze, evaluate and solve accreditation and registration problems and propose risk mitigation

Manage the impact of changes in educational legislation on organization and its sites

Manage the performance of the QA Unit through a synthesized system of quality assurance, quality support, quality development and enhancement and quality monitoring and review

Qualifications

Requirements:

Minimum of master’s degree, preferably in quality assurance or educational management

10 years’ experience in higher education sector

High level of competency in MS office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint