Manager: Teaching & Learning - Stellenbosch University (SU) - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dean's Division
(2022-06)
- Provide high-level pedagogic support to the Vice-Dean.
- Direct institutional teaching & learning processes and strategic reporting.
- Support faculty-wide curriculum transformation change management.
- Support multi-modal assessment frameworks.
- Manage statutory accreditation processes for HEQSF compliance.
- Evaluate academic programmes against strict CHE standards.
- Oversee comprehensive programmatic monitoring and evaluation.
- Coordinate academic governance case management systems.
- Drive pedagogical innovation across contact, distance and hybrid learning modes.
- Manage institutional and faculty budget and resource allocations.
- Cultivate cross-faculty academic Communities of Practice.
- Optimise student engagement and support.
Advisor: Teaching & Learning - Stellenbosch University (SU) - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
(2019-04 - 2022-05)
- Supported teaching across face-to-face, blended, hybrid and successful pivoting to emergency online modalities during the Covid-19 period.
- Led initiatives promoting engagement with innovative teaching and learning practices across multiple campuses.
- Contributed to the development of competency-based assessment frameworks and digital teaching resources.
- Advised academic staff and clinical educators on curriculum renewal, assessment design and learning innovation.
- Supported scholarship of teaching and learning initiatives across the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences.
- Mentored academics in teaching portfolio development, reflective practice and professional learning.
- Designed and facilitated faculty development workshops, webinars and communities of practice.
- Evaluated higher education programmes for accreditation and quality enhancement for the Council on Higher Education (CHE).
- Supported curriculum and co-curricular development initiatives.
- Taught and assessed on the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education programme for university educators.
- Served as Acting Project Manager for Finlo, Stellenbosch University's Fund for Innovation and Research into Learning and Teaching, and implemented systems to monitor and evaluate the project.
- Lead communities of practice focused on teaching innovation and scholarly exchange.
- Managed digital platforms supporting teaching resource dissemination and academic engagement, e.g. launched a blog and a website on teaching, learning and assessment.
Chief Academic Officer / Acting Registrar / Head of Curriculum Development - AFDA (Stadio Holdings) - Multiple campuses, South Africa
(2002-10 - 2019-03)
- Academic leadership for the establishment and scaling of three new higher education campuses, including governance, accreditation, staffing models, quality assurance systems, research development and institutional readiness.
- Conceptualised, developed, and secured accreditation for 6 new HEQSF-aligned undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
- Scaled internal quality assurance (QA) and delivery systems seamlessly across 5 geographically dispersed national campuses.
- Engineered robust Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment systems to widen student access within tight regulatory boundaries.
- Chaired the institutional Academic Standards Committee and the AFDA Senate to drive collaborative policy development and continuous quality improvement.
- Supervised all strategic institutional preparations for statutory site visits and programmatic accreditation and audits by the CHE.
- Implemented student support systems: student-at-risk tracking, bridging mechanisms, and summer school frameworks to increase retention and throughput.
- Managed the operational academic calendar, lecturing resource allocation, and multi-campus institutional budgets.
- Recruited, onboarded, and managed performance for national multi-disciplinary academic cohorts across NQF levels 5–9.
- Spearheaded academic change-management strategies to onboard lecturers during institutional phases of innovation, mergers and transitions.
- Served as External Examiner at postgraduate level for Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town, reviewer for CHE accreditation process, and research supervisor.
Internet Subeditor & Journalist - News24, Media24
(1998 - 2002)
- High-accuracy English subediting, translation of financial news, and copy editing.
Environmental Education Officer & Corporate Social Responsibility Consultant - KZN Wildlife, WESSA, & Illovo Sugar
(1999 - 2000)
- Presented environmental education initiatives in collaboration with colleagues and communities.
- Authored funding proposals, managed community development, and ran multi-stakeholder media campaigns.
Arts & Entertainment Editor / Journalist - City Vision Newspaper, Media24
(1995 - 1999)
- Arts Editor responsible for editorial planning, journalism and production.
Visiting Curriculum Researcher & Educator - Universiteit Utrecht & International School of Amsterdam - Netherlands
(1993 - 1994)
- Executed international research into higher education transformation, digital learning systems
- Taught comparative literature at Matric/IB level.
Junior Lecturer: General Literary Theory - North-West University
(1992 - 1995)
- Designed outcomes-based workplace curricula and student support systems
- Volunteered supplementary English tuition and literacy training for township Grade 12 students.
High School Teacher (Grade 10–12) - Moshaweng High School - Bophuthatswana
(1991 - 1991)
- Taught Second Language Afrikaans to remote, marginalized student groups
- National Matric exam assessor (1990– 1992).
Committee & Educational Officer - National Road Safety Council
(1990 - 1990)
- Authored corporate reports and designed multi-media educational campaigns for senior national safety steering committees.
