Administrative Assistant Teaching Practice

Location:	Cape Town, Bellville
Education level:	Matric
Job level:	Junior/Mid
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#TP-Bell
Company:	Stadio

Job description

Background
STADIO is a multi-campus higher education institution with a national footprint, as well as hosting several student support centres in South Africa and Namibia. STADIO endeavours to widen access to top quality higher education and highlight the importance of equipping graduates with accredited qualifications that are recognised by industry. STADIO offers a variety of academic and career-focused undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications through both contact and distance learning modes of delivery.

STADIO is a comprehensive private higher education institution, consisting of the following academic schools:
&• Administration and Management
&• Architecture and Engineering
&• Commerce
&• Education
&• Fashion
• Humanities
&• Information Technology
&• Law
&• Media and Design
&• Policing and Law Enforcement

Requirements

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
The Teaching Practice Administrative Assistant will take responsibility for aspects of administrative support in the teaching practice department in the Bachelor of Education Foundation Phase Teaching (B. Ed FP) and Intermediate Phase Teaching (B.Ed. IP) and Higher Certificate in Pre-School Education (HC) contact learning programmes as specified by the Academic Manager/WIL Manager/ Discipline Leader – Teaching Practice UG/ Teaching Practice Module Co-ordinator.

This position requires the ability to deal with a variety of tasks, including:

• Managing the placement of students in schools, including related documentation
• Managing the institutional placement databases for the students, schools, and assessors
• Assisting students with finding suitable schools for teaching practice
• Dealing with queries from schools, school-based assessors, lecturers as well as students
• Recording and management of all correspondence with schools/students/ assessors/Academic Manager/ Discipline Leader/ Module Co-ordinators
• Managing all school-based assessment documents as well as attendance registers from schools
• Arranging consultations between schools, students, assessors, Academic Manager/Module Co-ordinator/Discipline Leader where needed
• Attending and participate in institutional meetings, training and development activities
• Liaising with relevant staff in terms of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for student placements and communication with schools
• Attending and recording internal inquiry meetings on student disciplinary cases for school-based teaching practice
• Undertaking additional administrative duties or projects as allocated by the Academic Manager/WIL Manager/Discipline Leader -Teaching Practice/ Teaching Practice Module Co-ordinator may determine from time to time.

Minimum Requirements:
• National Senior Certificate (NSC) or equivalent
• Related experience
• IT skills including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Knowledge of the higher education sector
• Knowledge of Learning Management Systems (e.g., Moodle) and Student Information Management Systems

Posted on 13 Jan 09:37, Closing date 20 Jan