Programme Coordinator and Lecturer – Supply Chain and Transport Management

Lyceum College seeks a dedicated and versatile Programme Coordinator and Lecturer to coordinate, teach, and provide academic leadership in the Higher Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Practices and Higher Certificate in Fleet and Transport Management. This role integrates academic leadership, programme oversight, curriculum implementation and review, and high-quality teaching to ensure that both qualifications remain academically sound, industry-relevant, and compliant with regulatory standards. The successful candidate will support student success in a distance learning context and uphold the College’s standards of excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the academic and administrative activities of the Higher Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Practices and Higher Certificate in Fleet and Transport Management.
  
• Teach and provide academic support in modules aligned with the incumbent’s disciplinary expertise, and coordinate the appointment and performance of appropriately qualified module specialists across the programmes.
  
• Coordinate programme and curriculum review and recommend improvements through the College’s approved academic governance and regulatory processes.
  
• Coordinate assessment development, marking and moderation processes, including the setting or review of assessments within the incumbent’s area of expertise, and ensure that appropriate independent internal and external moderation is undertaken in accordance with College policy.
  
• Manage Independent Contractors involved in the programmes and ensure teaching quality, regulatory alignment, and timely delivery.
  
• Monitor programme performance, student progression, and retention indicators and implement interventions as required.
  
• Provide academic advising and student support, fostering engagement and success in a distance learning environment.
  
• Contribute to Faculty meetings, committees, and governance structures as required.
  
• Participate in academic research, scholarship, and professional development activities.
  

Required Competencies

Applicants must demonstrate:

• Strong subject-matter expertise in at least one of the principal disciplines of logistics, supply chain, fleet or transport management, together with sufficient interdisciplinary understanding to coordinate both qualifications.
  
• Excellent teaching, facilitation, and presentation skills suited to distance and blended learning. Competence in curriculum development, assessment design, marking, and moderation.
  
• Sound understanding of higher education regulatory frameworks and quality assurance principles.
  
• Proficiency in using digital learning platforms (including learning management systems such as Moodle) and online teaching tools.
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to academic rigour.
  
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and student-engagement abilities.
  
• Capacity to identify and support at-risk students through targeted interventions.
  
• Effective time management, organisational, and administrative skills.
  
• Commitment to academic integrity, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively within academic teams and contribute to governance structures.
  
• ​Research experience or interest in contributing to scholarly activities.
  
  

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• A relevant Master’s degree (NQF Level 9) in Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Transport Management, Operations Management, Fleet Management, or a closely related discipline, supported by sufficient prior academic study in one or more of the principal disciplines of Logistics, Supply Chain, Fleet or Transport Management.
  
•  At least three years’ lecturing experience in higher education, preferably with programme coordination responsibilities.
  
•   Demonstrable knowledge of the South African higher education regulatory and quality assurance environment such as CHE, SAQA and DHET.
  
•   Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a digitally enabled, distance learning environment.
  
•   Experience in assessment design and quality assurance processes.
  

Added Advantages

• Relevant professional or industry experience in logistics, supply-chain, fleet or transport management.
  
• Previous programme coordination experience.
  
• Experience in private or distance higher education.
  
• Doctoral qualification or progress towards one.
  
• Experience supervising or managing part-time staff, tutors, other sessional academics and academic deliverables.