ABOUT ALU
ALU provides higher education for a higher purpose. Our students declare missions, not majors.
They develop the real-world skills to take on the world’s most pressing challenges. And they take ownership of their learning from day one through our peer and student-led approach – because ALU believes in the power and agency of young people to start shaping the future right now.
Together with a world-class faculty and staff, our students are igniting a ripple of positive impact across Africa and the world.
HOW WE WORK
As a high-growth start-up, the ALU Team works in starkly different ways to traditional academic bureaucracies. We approach education from first principles, empower individuals to design, test, and implement creative new ideas, and work closely together to craft transformative learning experiences. We are deeply passionate about our students and excited by the challenge of building something entirely new.
The African Leadership University is committed to ensuring the safety and Well-being of all students under our care. As part of this commitment , we have a comprehensive safeguarding policy in place , which outlines our Zero-tolerance approach to any violation of safeguarding.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Foundations Manager oversees the development, delivery, and evolution of foundation modules within the undergraduate programs. Reporting to the Associate Director of Undergraduate Programmes, this role involves managing the in-person academic trimester, maintaining up-to-date program documentation, and leading a team of learning coaches. Responsibilities include conducting regular student feedback sessions, ensuring quality assurance, and implementing program modifications based on reviews and evaluations. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with significant experience in higher education and leadership development. This position is essential for enhancing the student learning experience and contributing to ALU's mission.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the in-person experience for the programme including the academic orientation, induction for the foundation modules for each new intake, including responsibility for its development, evolution and its delivery.
- Maintain updated definitive documentation for the foundations modules in documents, such as the Bachelor of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Software Engineering programme handbooks.
- Design, evolve and deliver the foundations programme induction and re-induction of new and existing Foundation coaches, respectively.
- Manage a team of learning coaches and learning coach leads responsible for providing academic support to students throughout their foundations learning journey, maintaining micro courses & concept maps, and the creation, review and validation of learning contracts.
- Manage the developmental process and performance management of learning coaches and learning coach leads.
- Contribute to the annual programme review to ensure content is up-to-date, valid, relevant and reflects current and future trends in the 14 grand challenges and great opportunities, whilst giving consideration to pedagogical approaches suited for online learning.
- Conduct regular student-staff consultative group meetings to capture student feedback and implement recommendations to enhance the quality of programme delivery.
- Regularly review the Learning Management System analytical reports to identify students who may require intervention from coaches throughout the foundations learning journey.
- The learning materials, assessments and other relevant components meet internal and external quality assurance requirements.
- Accountable for the implementation of modifications to the foundations academic components following the findings of the annual programme review, periodic review, student-staff consultative groups, student evaluations and other quality assurance & enhancement instruments.
- Other relevant activities to ensure successful delivery of the programme
- Contribute to decision-making as a member of the assessment board.
- Engage in institutional service through active participation in the Senate and its sub-committees as per their composition.
- Any other reasonable duties that may be allocated from time to time by the line manager.
REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Master’s degree or higher in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Business Administration, Social Sciences or related subjects, experience in leadership development, experiential education or similar and 5 plus years of related experience.
- Experience in teaching or programme development at higher education level.
- Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to multitask, prioritise own work, and work independently.
- Strong regional and international network with, for example NGOs, Startup Incubators and accelerators, etc.
Desirable
- Experience in programme management and leadership at a higher education institution.
- Experience in online teaching and learning delivery at challenger universities.
What gets us excited:
- Experience working at higher education institutions across a variety of settings, particularly in Africa.
- Experience using technology and proven methodologies to manage cross-functional projects effectively.
- High comfort level working within a self-directed culture and navigating ambiguity.
- Openness to critique and curiosity to learn from other perspectives.
- Additional educational credentials—industry certifications and/or formal educational degree(s).
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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024