Leadership Programme Coordinator

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development (FVZS Institute) Department Description/Departement Beskrywing Centre for Student Life and Learning (CSLL) Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute for Student Leadership Development (FVZS Institute) Leadership Programme Coordinator (Post Level
8) (Stellenbosch Campus) /325/0826

The primary goals of the Responsibility Centre:
Dean of Students, which reports to the Dean of Students, is to provide systemic-holistic support and development to students and to promote coherent cooperation among all the University's role players (especially students and faculties) to advance the goals of SU and students. The Centre for Student Life and Learning (CSLL) operates in conjunction with the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD).

Both these Centres form part of the RC:
Dean of Students, which is primarily aimed at student development by means of a broad spectrum of co-curricular activities. It is the primary belief of the CSLL that students
¿ learning and living environments should be integrated and should not function separately. This entails, inter alia, the integration and offering of transformative student experiences, with a focus on providing engaged leadership development and support.

The Leadership Programme Coordinator's role is to expand and strengthen student leadership engagement across the University as it relates to the broader societal context. In line with Stellenbosch University's (SU) vision to create a transformative student experience, and cultivation of key SU graduate attributes (engaged citizen, digital knower, dynamic professional, enquiring learner and caring individual). The Leadership Programme Coordinators will be responsible for collaborating with various SU departments and higher education partners to coordinate and implement a range of student leadership engagement projects to increase student participation, not only on campus, but on global citizenship matters, and ultimately supporting student success.

This role's primary focus will be on the development of leadership programmes within the student communities (e.g. Clusters, Residences, Prims, House Committees with integration with broader focus) and will form part of the core FVZS Institute team within CSLL and will report to the DD (Leadership)/Head: FVZS Institute.
In short: the five dimensions of this role include: curriculum design, facilitation of leadership programmes, research, project management, and relationship building within the institution and broader higher education sector.

• With the guidance of the DD (leadership)/Head: FVZS Institute, implementing a strategy to increase student leadership engagement in support of student success.
• Offering strategic input and demonstrating insight in contributing factors impacting student engagement and student success.
• Conceptualising, adapting and implementing relevant ad hoc programming based on emerging needs related to current national student leadership trends.

• Identifying internal collaboration within the broader SU and other higher education partners on identified key student leadership projects.
• Coordinating content development sessions for the identified key projects with the relevant RC teams and the CSLL teams (Unit for Experiential Learning, Unit for Student Governance, Unit for Residence Student Communities, Unit for Commuter Student Communities). This includes Short Courses, Masterclasses and tailored student leadership offerings informed by the CSLL leadership strategy.
• Drawing up project plans to ensure timeous delivery of multiple projects.
• Project Lead for Maties Lead, the CSLL's largest integrated 3-phase blended learning leadership programme for aspiring and newly elected leaders.

• Briefing SMEs to conceptualise programme content (learning objectives, outcomes and competencies).
• Finalising assessments (where needed) with SMEs to confirm learning outcomes.
• Ensuring that SMEs are registered to gain access to the learning management system (as needed).

• In collaboration with national and…