An ICT Training service is looking for someone who wants to develop their presentation and business skills in the ICT learning and development world. An opportunity exists for one to become involved in all aspects of a small but busy ICT Training service. The successful applicant will join a group of experienced professionals responsible for providing a wide range of training. The successful candidate will receive a Train-the-Trainer training in the preparation and delivery of classroom-based training to enable them to deliver a range of end-user IT application classroom courses. The role will also include supporting the ICT Training Service in an administration function as well as working closely with the Senior Managers or directors to manage and coordinate the daily operations and tasks.
This post is reserved for female applicants ONLY. Interviews for this post will be held week commencing 20th October 2008. See attached detailed job description. Send CVs to leemuzala@yahoo.com
Position: Admin Assistant /ICT Trainee Trainer
Supervisor: Senior Consultant
Starting Salary: Commensurate with education and experience.
Start Date: The expected start date of this position will be no later than November 1, 2008.
Continuation in the position and possible upgrade is based on satisfactory job performance.
Job Description
This job involves carrying out a range of administrative and IT-related tasks. Typical work activities will include:
• liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff;
• dealing with correspondence and writing letters, and taking dictation and minutes;
• screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate; dealing with complex queries and complaints on the telephone, by email and in person; dealing with incoming company emails, faxes and post;
• organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments;
• dealing with administrative records, organising and storing paperwork, documents and computer-based information;
• dealing with shipments,
• carrying out background research and presenting findings into subjects the senior managers are dealing with;
• meeting with senior managers to review office performance;
• arranging travel and accommodation and workshop/seminar logistics.
• carrying out specific projects and research;
• responsibility for accounts and budgets;
In addition to supporting senior managers and other consultants, this job may also call for additional roles and responsibilities, which may include the following:
• liaising with external course providers, employers, clients, examining bodies and software companies
• compiling course materials and other documents such as handouts, manuals and exercises;
• carrying out training needs analyses
• organising and marketing courses to meet the needs of learners and demands of business;
• preparing the learning environment and resources, including setting up IT equipment;
• delivering training programmes to clients either in a group classroom setting, or on a one-to-one basis;
• supporting and coaching learners using self-learning packages or CBTs;
• assisting with the management and coordination of an education project;
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) 2006 Living Conditions Monitoring Survey (LCMS IV) results in Zambia indicate that the most owned assets were the radio at 55.6 percent, Cell phones at 24.2 percent and Television at 24 .1 percent while the least owned asset was the internet connection with 0.1 percent.
The CSO June monthly publications shows that the 2006 LCMS IV collected information on information communication and technology (ICTs) facilities which included radios, televisions, video player, land phone, cellular phone, satellite dish and decoder, computer and internet connection.
Analysis by rural and urban shows that, ownership of a radio, cell phone and television was more in urban areas that in rural areas. The proportion of households that owned a radio in urban areas was 65.8 percent compared to 50.1 percent in rural areas while that of those who owned a cell phone was 53 and 8.8 percent in urban and rural areas respectively. The proportion of households that owned a television was 54.6 percent in urban areas compared to 7.8 percent in rural areas.
The survey also revealed that there has been an increase in the proportion of households that own cell phone while those that owned land telephone lines declined. The proportion of household that own a cell phone increased from 10.8 percent in 2004 to 24.2 percent in 2006. The proportion of household that own land telephone line declined from 5.2 percent to 1.2 percent during the same period.
Analysis of ICT assets by sex of household head shows that male headed household own more ICT facilities that female headed households. About 62 percent of male headed households and 35.5 percent of female headed households own a radio. The results also indicate that 26% male headed household owned a cell phone than 18.4 percent female headed households.
We invite applications for this full-time permanent position, for appointment as soon as possible. The University is seeking to appoint an experienced academic to join the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in Education postgraduate programme team. The programme is co-convened by the School of Education and the Centre for Educational Technology at the University of Cape Town. This post is in the Centre for Educational Technology (CET).
In addition to teaching, supervision and research, the applicant will be expected to play a pivotal role in a special project supporting African professionals attending UCT’s postgraduate programme.
The incumbent will be expected to take responsibility for the following:
- designing and developing ICT in Education postgraduate courses
- teaching ICT in Education postgraduate courses
- supervising PhD and Master’s students
- overseeing the selection of candidates for the African educational technology bursary awards
- supporting the bursary recipients
- identifying and developing new teaching programmes
- identifying and leading niche research areas.
In addition, the incumbent is expected to participate, where feasible, in CET’s general activities and projects.
Appointment to this position requires:
- a PhD at Associate Professor level, OR nearing completion of a PhD at Senior Lecturer level
- extensive postgraduate teaching experience
- relevant supervision experience with evidence of successful Master’s and (at Associate Professor level) PhD student completion
- solid relevant research experience with peer-reviewed outputs
- sound knowledge of current research trends in the field of ICTs in Education
- experience in supporting students from a variety of backgrounds.
In addition to ICT in Education experience, exposure to and experience in higher education teaching and supervising in disciplines other than those directly linked to the ICT in Education area would be advantageous, as would relevant knowledge of the challenges faced by African educational technology professionals.
The annual remuneration package, including benefits, is:
- Associate Professor – R422 154
- Senior Lecturer – R361 232
Please send:
- a letter of motivation
- a full CV (no certificates)
- a one-page summary of your CV
- the names, e-mail and telephone details of three contactable referees to:
Mrs R. Daniels (Ref:1698-MG),
Staff Recruitment & Selection,
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, by 30 June 2008
tel. 021 650 2220
e-mail: Roslyn.Daniels@uct.ac.za
Website: www.ched.uct.ac.za
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