Senior Director: Learning and Teaching Enhancement at Stellenbosch University

Requirements

• Doctoral degree.

• At least seven years’ relevant management experience in higher education.

• Demonstrated and detailed understanding of the South African higher education system and higher education policy framework.

• Proven leadership and strategic planning abilities.

• The ability to contribute to the SU strategy as a member of a senior management team.

• Demonstrated experience in conducting, supervising and communicating institutional research/data for strategic decision making.

• Sound interpersonal skills to lead and to work as part of a team.

• The ability to function effectively in a transforming multilingual institutional culture.

• The ability to think innovatively and to thrive in an interdisciplinary environment.

• Proven knowledge and academic standing in the field of higher education studies, including but not limited to, teaching and learning through a recognisable body of published intellectual work.

• Demonstrable understanding of current trends and debates in digitally mediated teaching and learning.

• Knowledge and experience of being part of/or leading academic planning and academic renewal processes at departmental, faculty or, preferably, at institutional level.

Closing Date: 21-Nov-2025