Eduvos is looking to appoint Academic Content Writer, with specialisations in Information Technology within the subject areas of Software-Engineering.
Type of role:
Fixed Term (Will be required to work on a full-time basis)
Purpose of the role:
The purpose of the role is to provide content writing services within the Information Technology Department.
Minimum qualifications required:
- BEng in Electrical Engineering or related fields
- Honours in Computer Science/ Systems Engineering/ Information Technology or related fields
- Msc in Computer Science/ Systems Engineering/ Information Technology or related fields
Minimum experience required:
- At least three years’ experience of lecturing and / or developing study materials in the Higher Education sector
- Experience in creating interactive content on a learner management system (e.g. Moodle) will be highly preferable
- Experience in setting assessments on various NQF levels
- Publishing of academic journals will be advantageous
- Strong knowledge of areas such as software development, systems design, software architecture, databases, cloud computing, DevOps, testing, and programming principles
- Experience with modern programming languages and development frameworks will be advantageous
- Ability to develop academically rigorious content up to 4th year/Honours level aligned to higher education qulity standards
Responsibilities:
As an Academic Content Writer, you would be responsible for the following:
- Develop new learning material for students (study material and assessments), in collaboration with subject matter experts within the faculty by way of establishing communities of practice:
- Follow development guidelines
- Develop material to program specifications and Eduvos brand
- Review material with moderator for quality assurance
- Submit developed material for Copy Editing via the approved process
- Upload / release material in required format to relevant platform
- Review and update learning material and assessments
- Resolve content related queries
- Ingesting of module content where needed
Areas of specialisation required:
- Programming Fundamentals (C#, C++, Python, Java)
Technical / Functional Competencies
- Writing skills
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Competence in field for which development takes place
- Proficiency in a LMS system (Moodle)
- Setting up a module page
- Programming Languages (Python, Java, C++,Javascript & Enterprise C#)
Behavioural Competencies
- Initiative and responsibility
- Constructive teamwork
- Relations and networking
- Effective communication (verbal and written)
- Analysis and judgment / problem solving
- Innovation and change
- Systematic approach (planning and organising)
