Research Coordinator - Honours at Mancosa

About the position

Introduction

MANCOSA, a DHET registered and CHE accredited private higher education distance education provider, offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications has the following vacancy available: RESEARCH COORDINATOR

Description
CORE PURPOSE
Coordinate and administer marking of research proposals, manage and monitor research process. Consult and provide pastoral care to students and organise and facilitate research events. CORE FUNCTION PROCESSING OF PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS 

• Maintain and update the Comprehensive spreadsheet throughout the proposal processing phase
• Construct the proposal tracker for the new intake and utilize throughout the proposal processing phase
•  Allocate proposals equally (unless otherwise authorized by the Honours Manager) to the Research Coordinators for internal review
•  Save the proposal feedback from the Research Coordinators in the student folders

STUDENT SUPPORT

• Timeously answer student calls and attend to student complaints
• Confirmation of receipt of emails done daily
•  Hold consultations with students to assist with the research process and/or research content
• Resolution of queries to be done timeously
•  Be knowledgeable in topic areas surrounding research and programme subject matter
•  Provide students with relevant guidelines, resources and templates to assist them through the research proceses

 REVIEW OF HONOURS PROPOSALS

• Provide students with feedback on proposals within 5 working days from date of allocation
•  Process the proposal on Turnitin and provide the student with the Turnitin Originality Report
• Hold plagiarism and referencing consultations with students whose similarity index is above 35%
•  Proposal feedback should be thorough, clear, aligned to the guidelines and academically sound
•  Consider and bring to the attention of the student all possible technical, ethical and methodological concerns
• Ensure that the relevant stakeholders are copied in on proposal feedback

ETHICAL CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS 

• Advise students on the process of applying for ethical clearance
• Review all ethical clearance applications and research proposals, ensuring that it meets the minimum requirements
• Consider and bring to the attention of the student and Supervisor all possible technical and ethical concerns
• Submit reviewed and approved ethical clearance applications to the Postgraduate Research Managers for review by the Ethics Subcommittee
• Provide feedback to student and Supervisor regarding the outcome of the ethical clearance applications
• Process ethical clearance applications within 48 hours
• Feedback provided on ethical clearance applications to be academically sound and consistent
• Obtain panel approval with first time ethical clearance submissions

 ATTENDANCE AT RESEARCH MEETINGS AND TRAINING INITIATIVES

•  Punctual attendance at Catch-up meetings
• Punctual attendance at ad hoc Research meetings
• Punctual attendance at training initiatives communicated by the Research department

 ASSISTANCE WITH AD HOC RESEARCH AND MANCOSA EVENTS

• Assist with Research initiatives as and when required
•  Assist departments within MANCOSA with events
• Training of colleagues on Proposal processes

Minimum Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum requirements: At least an Honours Degree (Masters would be advantageous)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 12 month’s administrative experience
• Experience within a higher education institution advantageous

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficient in MS office (word, excel, PPT, outlook)
• Attention to detail
• Ability to multitask
• Time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to handle difficult students
• Honesty and Integrity
• Sound moral principles

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to work during weekends when requested
  

Desired Skills:

• Communication
• Detail-oriented
• Conducting analyses of datasets
• Data collection
• Critical thinking
• Collaboration
• Scheduling