Academic and Student Experience Manager

Eduvos

Job Advert Summary

Eduvos is looking to hire the services on an Academic and Student Experience Manager at the East London campus on a full time basis.

Position Type:

  • Permanent

The Position:

  • To manage the student affairs and student support portfolio at a campus; thereby ensuring a positive student experience on a campus outside the classroom that contribute to ensuring that a student is successful in his/her learning and teaching journey.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum qualification

  • At least an honours degree, preferably in education, psychology or management

Experience

  • Minimum two years of managerial experience in an academic environment
  • Three to five years’ of service or customer management experience, preferably in higher education environment

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities

As the Academic and Student Experience Manager, you will be primarily responsible for the following:

A) Student retention - implemented student experience journey (social events, governance, physical and emotional wellness, academic support)

  • Orientation, onboarding and induction
  • Communication
  • Contract management
  • Facilities and venue compliance
  • Support faculty delivery on campus – facilitating lecturer evaluations/student feedback
  • Sponsor engagement
  • Academic support programmes
  • Wellness programmes
  • Employability and work readiness

B) Student resource enablement

C) Student compliance with institutional policies

D) Events management (e.g., graduation event management, career fairs)

E) Facilitate campus disciplinary process / Chair of student disciplinary committee (incl. enquiries)

F) Management

G) Leadership

H) Internal and external stakeholder engagement and management/collaboration

Functional and Behavioural Competencies

Functional competencies

  • MS Office
  • Exposure to / experience with systems
  • Project management skills
  • Case management and other systems
  • SLA management skills / matrix management skills

Behavioural competencies

  • Initiative and responsibility
  • People leadership and development
  • Relations and networking
  • Influencing
  • Effective communication (verbal and written)
  • Analysis and judgment / problem solving
  • Systematic approach (planning and organising)
  • Steadiness (emotional tenacity)