ENVIRONMENT:

DEVELOP course material, including module guides, study manuals, video content and assessments and ingest (where needed) on an ongoing basis for a dynamic Academic Institute seeking an Academic Content Writer for its Faculty of Information Technology. The successful incumbent must possess a Postgraduate tertiary qualification in an IT-related discipline with 3 years' work experience lecturing and / or developing study materials for Higher Education - able to setup a module page and proficient in a LMS system.

DUTIES:

• Develop new learning material for students (study material and assessments), in collaboration with subject matter experts within the faculty by way of establishing communities of practice:
  • Follow development guidelines.
  • Develop material to program specifications and brand.
  • Review material with moderator for quality assurance.
  • Submit developed material for Copy Editing via the approved process.
  • Upload / release material in required format to relevant platform.
• Review and update learning material and assessments.
• Resolve content related queries.
• Ingesting of module content where needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications -

• A minimum postgraduate qualification in the relevant field of Information Technology.
• A Master's Degree will be preferable.

Experience/Skills -

• At least 3 years' experience of lecturing and / or developing study materials for Higher Education.
• Writing skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Competence in field for which development takes place.
• Proficiency in a LMS system.
• Setting up a module page.

Potential areas of specialisation required:

• Programming (Backend) (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Security and Cloud ((BSc IT / Honours); and
• Databases and Programming (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Networking (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Robotics (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Data Science (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Web (Frontend) (BSc IT / Honours); and
• Server

Advantageous -

• Publishing of academic journals.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Initiative and responsibility.
• Constructive teamwork.
• Relations and networking.
• Effective communication (verbal and written).
• Analysis and judgment / problem solving.
• Innovation and change.
• Systematic approach (planning and organising).
• Execution.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

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