Student Affairs Supervisor

Respublica is looking for a dynamic Student Affairs Supervisor to join the team at Head Office. The individual must be energetic and a self-starter that can interact and communicate with stakeholders at different levels.

Main Responsibilities:
1. General Operations:

• Ensure that procedures and policies are reviewed in line with best practice for
  students’ wellness
• Ensure managers and fellows/leadership team follow all protocols, laws and
  regulations in the wellness and support space to lead students efficiently
• Identify and communicate to students that are experiencing challenges
• Respond to crisis engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation at res
  level
• Collaboration with relevant departments to respond and assist in prevent mental
  wellness problems
• Document and track all mental wellness cases on a monthly basis
• Supervise the in-residence social worker programme and liaise with the respective
  universities on progress etc.
• Regularly engage with mental health providers to ensure maximum support for
  the student communities at all time.
• Ensure alignment to university mental wellness resources.

2. Student Governance (Number of incidents)

• Administer student discipline process. Ensure that Disciplinary Committees are
  reviewing and actioning disciplinary cases timeously
• Ensure that disciplinary case administration is being done accurately and
  timeously
• Participate in student disciplinary hearings
• Track and report on student incidences on a monthly basis
• Ensure that incidences are accurately and timeously being captured on Hi-Res.
• Understand the student Governance processes of key stakeholders (Universities
  Support structures, SADAG, Higher Health, Kaelo etc.)

3. Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Identify appropriate communication channels for mental health and governance
  issues
• Ensure that all helplines are readily available to students
• Ensure that students are aware of support channels within and external to the res.

4. Administration, Assessment, and Organisation Input:

• Develop a working knowledge of Hi-Res and provide reports and data as
  requested by ResLife management
• Provide research contribution, training, presentations on student wellness and
  social work impact
• Establish a sustainable training plan for staff and leadership team on effective
  student mental wellness support
• Prepare monthly reports on mental wellness and governance
• Evaluation of Student support and impact of wellness programmes (Formally
  formulate methods to access this data).
• Constantly align social work research theory with programming to help
  understand challenges.
• Design comparative analysis to understand residence mental wellness culture and
  behavior.
• Engage in practice-informed research and research informed practice)

Skills and Attributes

• Demonstrated experience in the areas of strategic planning and wellness program
  development.
• Knowledge of professional and ethical standards relating to student wellness and
  social work including and not limited to contracts and relevant legal considerations.
• Proficiency in planning and assessment of wellness programs and activities.
• Experience with student wellness assessment and incident management.
• Knowledge of student development and student learning theories.
• Ability to relate successfully in one-on-one and group situations with persons
  representing diverse social and cultural identities and interests.
• Strong knowledge of the cultural, social, recreational, and educational needs of the
  campus community.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent team building skills.
• Excellent human relations skills
• Ability to build positive and effective relationships across the residences.
• Demonstrate ethical and professional behaviour
• Engage diversity and difference in practice
• Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice

A minimum of:

• University degree or higher
• Two years of social work/ student wellness experience, one-year administrative
  experience strongly preferred; student leadership experience strongly preferred
  and familiarity with Hi-res system also strongly preferred

Technical Competencies:

• A strong administrator with excellent IT skills across Microsoft products: Word,
  Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint (essential).
• Hi-res software familiarity
• Social work experience

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Johannesburg North, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Administration: 1 year (required)
• Social work/ Student wellness: 2 years (required)
• Hi-Res system: 1 year (preferred)