KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Programme Management
Planning and management of postgraduate funding projects.
Manage resources effectively and efficiently to ensure the budget and project plan objectives are met.
Developing, documenting and maintaining, frameworks and tools for postgraduate funding interventions.
Monitoring and Reporting
Ensure compliance to the Higher Degrees Improvement Plan.
Prepare progress reports for submission to the Higher Degrees Committee.
Analyse progress report for students' funding cases referred by faculties.
Analyse application vs funding needs vs academic progress statistics for master's and doctoral students.
Identifying risks/gaps in the postgraduate funding processes and acting accordingly.
Relationship Management and Research
Manage professional relationships with higher degrees internal and external stakeholders.
Providing training and guidance to colleagues across the institution on post-award management of postgraduate student funds.
Income generation
Create and manage a pool of funding to support postgraduate students who are "outside the normal funding brackets" or need interim or top-up support to ensure timeous completion of studies.
People Management
Leave management for personnel in the Programme.
Performance management of staff.
Participate in recruitment and selection of staff in the Programme.