AQA Officer – Strategic Management

Job Objective

• To support and enhance the quality of academic programs and services by ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory standards

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting in monitoring and evaluating academic programs and courses to ensure they meet institutional quality standards.
• Supporting the AQA Manager in conducting regular reviews of academic processes and outcomes
• Analysing data related to student performance, feedback, and academic quality.
• Ensuring academic programs and courses are in compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Assisting in preparing documentation for accreditation processes and quality audits.
• Ensuring academic programs and courses are in compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Assisting in preparing documentation for accreditation processes and quality audits.
• Providing support to academic staff on quality assurance matters, including training on best practices for assessments and course delivery.
• Preparing and maintaining records of quality assurance activities, including meeting notes, reports, and audit results
• Organising meetings or workshops to engage academic staff in discussions about quality assurance processes.
• Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisors or as captured in the detailed job description.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Education Management, Curriculum Development, Total Quality Management, Management Science, Operations Management or a relevant field from an accredited University. A Master’s degree in the listed fields will be an added advantage.
• A professional qualification or other qualification in Quality Management;
• At least (3) years experience in teaching, administration of academics or student customer service.
• Membership in a relevant and recognised professional body.
• Good understanding of the Universities Act, CUE standards and guidelines, TIVETA and other relevant regulatory body standards and guidelines;
• Familiarity with the development, implementation and management of Curriculum from Diploma to PhD Level;
• An understanding of the Learning Outcomes (LO) and Competence-Based (CBC) approaches to teaching and learning;
• Familiarity with Pedagogical and andragogical Approaches and the requisite Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Working Knowledge of online and face-to-face Teaching and Examination systems and familiarity with Teaching Taxonomies and rubric-building;
• Registered or Registrable for PhD;