About the position
We are seeking a motivated Facilitator to join our team. As a Facilitator, you will be responsible for delivering engaging educational content to students. Duties include planning and implementing lesson plans, assessing student progress, and providing constructive feedback. The ideal candidate should have a passion for education and excellent communication skills. If you are enthusiastic about making a difference in the lives of students, we would love to hear from you!
Key Performance Areas:
Learning and Teaching
- Facilitate the requisite content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, in alignment with curriculum and module outcomes.
- Develop facilitation session plans to facilitate the requisite content knowledge, and interactive learning activities that foster critical thinking and practical application.
- Facilitate the requisite content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in alignment with institutional standards and statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Apply diverse and innovative pedagogical strategies to support active student engagement and learning.
- Promote active learning, collaboration, and reflective [URL Removed] engaging sessions that enable knowledge transfer, and allow students to engage in praxis.
- Promote epistemic justice practices in all learning and teaching activities.
Student Support
- Provide academic mentorship and guidance to undergraduate students.
- Assess student performance through various assessment activities.
- Monitor student progress and offer timely, constructive feedback.
- Identify and address learning challenges in collaboration with the academic and administrative support teams.
Curriculum Development
- Collaborate with the academic team to design, review, update, and enhance undergraduate learning materials to ensure consistency in accordance with the accredited module outcomes and NQF levels.
- Ensure the content in the learning materials and assessments are relevant, inclusive, and aligned with programme and accreditation requirements.
- Construct assessments that support student learning for various purposes by taking into consideration assessment for learning, assessment of learning and assessment as learning.
Student Support and Mentorship
- Provide academic support to students through one-on-one consultations, group discussions, and online forums.
- Identify and address individual student learning needs to enhance their academic performance.
- Serve as a mentor to guide students in their understanding of essential concepts and career planning.
- Provide student support by responding to all their academic queries
Academic Administration
- Maintain accurate records of attendance, assessments, and student performance.
- Participate in academic meetings, moderation processes, and professional development activities.
- Participate actively in industry and community engagements.
- Support the Academic Head and/or the Head of School with additional administrative tasks when required.
- Use relevant and appropriate student data to support student success and student access.
Professional Development and Research Requirements
- Stay abreast of developments in Education, to maintain subject-matter expertise.
- Participate in training programs, workshops, and academic conferences to enhance teaching effectiveness.
- Engage in research activities to contribute to the academic knowledge base and publish findings in relevant journals.
- Supervise Postgraduate students on their research projects.
- Produce academic publications in accredited and recognized scholarly journals.
- Complete a PhD in Education or a related discipline if not registered for a PhD as yet.
Quality Assurance
- Uphold academic integrity and institutional policies.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives in learning and teaching practices.
- Ensure adherence to Regenesys’ quality assurance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Prepare and submit progress reports, lesson evaluations, and student performance summaries to the Head of Department.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- A Master’s degree in Education, specializing in Philosophy of Education or Curriculum Studies or Educational Leadership and Management.
- Candidates with a PhD in Education or currently registered for a PhD will be given preference.
- A Teaching qualification (e.g., BEd, PGCE) with a minimum of five years teaching experience in Senior Phase and/or Further Education and Training Teaching Phase.
- Minimum 3 years experience in teaching or facilitation in Higher Education, is essential.
Required Professional Skills and Competencies:
- Strong understanding of undergraduate curriculum design and assessment practices.
- Ability to facilitate learning using inclusive, student-centered approaches.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in digital learning platforms and educational technologies.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Commitment to ethical practice, academic excellence, and ongoing professional development.
- Must be a strong team player, but also be able to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Must have good reporting, planning, record keeping and project management skills.
- Excellent computer skills, augmented abilitiy to use MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint, to name a few.
- Must be hands-on and proactive
- Good communication skills – written and verbal.
- Develop professional and polished high-level reports.
Key Qualities
- Strong relationship building skills
- Willing to work overtime when necessary
- Professional, reliable, trustworthy, and honest
- Timeline disciplined
- Attention to detail
Work Environment
- The Facilitator will operate in both on-campus and virtual environments, requiring flexibility to deliver contact and online classes.
- The role may involve evening and weekend sessions to accommodate part-time students.
Desired Skills:
- Professional
- reliable
- trustworthy
- and honest
- Timeline disciplined
- Attention to detail
