SAIDE: Education Specialist
The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE) was formed as an educational trust in July 1992. Its brief is to assist in the reconstruction of education and training in South Africa. SAIDE undertakes projects across South Africa, as well as in sub-Saharan Africa. It strives to increase access to cost-effective quality education, especially to more marginalised communities, through the appropriate use of distance education and different technologies. It contributes to policy development, researches educational practice, and offers a range of capacity-building services.
AIDE seeks to appoint an Education Specialist, based in Johannesburg, who will develop a strategy and implementation plan for ‘use of ICTs in education’ to support SAIDE’s work in the area focus on links to open educational resources, engage critically in the field of ICTs in education, and design and lead large scale research/evaluation and/or capacity building exercises to budget and deadline.
Requirements:
- Minimum of honours degree or equivalent;
- High level of competence in use of a wide range of ICTs in education and an appreciation of their added contribution to the teaching and learning process;
- Good analytic abilities and ability to operate at a high conceptual level;
- Effective written/oral communication skills;
- Initiative, be flexible and hardworking;
- Enjoy working in teams as well as independently;
- Materials development/evaluation experience would be an advantage.
Salary: Will commensurate with skills and experience, and includes attractive benefits.
To apply, submit a one-page motivation letter, CV and three work related referees with contact details, to Ms Maureen Madonsela, SAIDE, P O Box 31822, Braamfontein, 2017, or maureenm [at] saide [dot] org [dot] za or fax to: 011 403 2814.
For more about SAIDE, refer to www.saide.org.za.
