23 Oct
MANCOSA
Durban
CORE FUNCTIONS
• Liaise with prospective DBA students, advising on inter-alia, programme structure, programme costs and admission requirements
• Coordinate admissions and selections processes and liaise with the admissions and selections committee.
• Arrange and execute student induction and official welcome communication with new DBA students
• Develop the DBA weekend workshop programme, in consultation with the DBA Programme Manager/Director
• Manage the database of DBA supervisors.
• Monitoring and follow up the research process and progress of DBA students.
• Submit regular reports on student progress to the Manager/Director of DBA, Director Research and members of the DRC.
• Communicate with DBA supervisors in respect of their appointments, induction and duties and responsibilities.
• Regularly monitor supervisor performance and ensure that supervisor-student disputes are amicably and efficiently resolved.
• Serve as a key liaison between the DBA office and other departments, directors, managers and staff within the organization.
• Coordinate the proposal defense, assessment and approval processes.
• Ensure that DRC and ethics committee members receive meeting dates, agendas and supporting documentation, timeously.
• Responsible for coordinating the thesis examination processes, in accordance with the doctoral rules and as directed by the DRC.
• Receive student intention to submit notifications and initiate the process of examination
• Oversee the internal review and external examination processes.
• Receive examiner's reports and produce a coordinating report for the DRC.
• Coordinate the thesis oral defence process
• Ensure that thesis examination outcomes are communicated with appropriate stakeholders.
• Responsible for ensuring that all documentation required for ratification of the thesis are received by the stipulated deadline for graduation.
• Submit approved graduands lists to the AVC.
• Ensure that the DBA programme delivery is in accordance with appropriate policies, rules and SOPs.
• Work closely with the DBA administrator/s to ensure that logistical aspects of programme delivery are efficiently executed.
• Align all mechanisms and operations to enterprise digital enterprising.
Desired Experience & Qualification
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
• Doctoral degree
• Preferable: Specialisation in business administration, management or in a cognate field/s.
• Research related experience after obtaining Doctorate: 1 year
• Coordination/ administration/ management experience: 3 Years
RELATED KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
• The research process and Production of theses/ dissertations
• Administrative processes related to delivery of a doctoral programme
• Relevant committee structures
• Communication skills
• Conflict resolution skills
• Management skills
• Research Acumen
• Proactive problem identification and resolution skills
• Initiative taking
▶️ DBA Programme Coordinator at Mancosa - KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
🖊️ MANCOSA
📍 Durban