Academic Quality Assurance & Accreditation Manager

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Listing status: Online

Apply by: 8 November 2026

Job category: Others:
Education and Training

Location: Durban

Contract: Permanent

EE position: Yes

Shape the future of higher education through quality, accreditation and academic excellence.

MANCOSA, a DHET-registered and CHE-accredited private higher education distance education provider offering undergraduate and postgraduate business qualifications, is looking for an experienced Accreditation and Quality Assurance Compliance Manager to join its Curriculum Development and Management Department.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced higher education quality assurance, accreditation, academic compliance or curriculum development professional to play a key role in ensuring that academic programmes meet South African regulatory, accreditation and quality standards.

If you have strong experience working with CHE, DHET, SAQA, QAF, HEQSF, programme accreditation, curriculum development and regulatory compliance, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful institutional impact.

Why join MANCOSA?

You will be joining an organisation where your expertise directly contributes to the quality, credibility and continued development of higher education  this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Lead and influence academic quality assurance and accreditation processes.

Contribute to the development of new formal and short learning programmes.

Work closely with academic leaders, internal stakeholders, professional bodies and regulatory authorities.

Support institutional readiness for CHE audits, accreditation reviews, site visits and regulatory processes.

Drive continuous improvement of the institution's Quality Assurance Framework and Digital Quality Management System.

Work at the intersection of academic quality, curriculum development, regulatory compliance and institutional strategy.

The Accreditation and Quality Assurance Compliance Manager
will provide management and strategic support to the Curriculum Development and Management Department across:

• New formal and short learning programme development and submission.
• Programme accreditation and re-accreditation.
• Professional body accreditation and recognition.
• Regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
• Responses to regulatory conditions and representations.
• Accreditation audits, reviews and site visits.
• Institutional and programme-level Self-Evaluation Reports (SERs).
• Continuous improvement of quality management systems.

The role will monitor adherence to regulatory, accreditation and institutional requirements
, maintain accurate accreditation and compliance records, track conditions, commitments and submission deadlines, and support corrective actions where required.

Academic Programme Development & Accreditation

• Manage the development of new programme curricula in line with institutional strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Design and quality assure curricula for new formal and short learning programmes.
• Manage programme submissions and responses to regulatory conditions and representations.
• Identify, develop and submit professional body accreditation and recognition applications.
• Chair Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) and Programme Design, Development and Review Committee (PDDR) meetings relating to programme development and professional accreditation.

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance

• Maintain regulatory compliance across academic and programme activities.
• Oversee preparation for and participation in accreditation, re-accreditation, regulatory audits and site visits
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• Participate in CHE audits, site visits and regulatory activities
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• Ensure effective implementation of the Qu…