Overview
Coordinator: and Learning Jobs in Bellville, South Africa at UWC Sport
Position: Coordinator: Living and Learning
Coordinator:
Living and Learning
Location:
Main Campus – Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)
Type of Position:
Permanent – Full Time
Closing Date: 8/6/2026
The Division for Student Development and Support (SDS) plays a leading role in creating a holistically focused, enabling environment and provides excellent opportunities for students to develop to their full potential as active scholars and socially responsive leaders in South Africa.
Applications for the post of Coordinator:
Living-Learning at Reslife are invited from dynamic and vibrant professionals who constantly strive for personal growth, self‑improvement, and excellent service to others. It is essential that applicants can demonstrate relevant student housing experience at a tertiary level; they must be client and service oriented and passionate about students and their curricular and co‑curricular development and well‑being.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and maintenance of Living‑Learning Communities for the UWC Residential Services (RS) (including private accommodation), as well as the development of monitoring and evaluation practices for co‑curricular (training, development, and support) initiatives across Student Communities. The incumbent is furthermore responsible for driving holistic, research‑informed academic and psychosocial support programmes and using research activities to develop impact assessments around these programmes.
This
Includes But Is Not Necessarily Limited To
- Coordination of all Living‑Learning and psychosocial support services offered to students living in UWC student communities (includes private accommodation).
- Human resource administration and coordination of staff in the Living‑Learning Office.
- Overall coordination and oversight for collaboration between the RS department and the Social Work department in terms of the final year Social Work department interns, and overall supervision for RS Counselling resources caseloads.
- Reconciliation and reporting on all RS research–based practices and activities in line with SDS.
- Strategic outputs (includes but is not limited to all programming monitoring and evaluations, RS surveys and other student and student‑staff feedback in respect of RS’ Living‑Learning strategy).
- Cultivating relationships with various faculty members and other departments for sustained involvement in academically related activities in the Living‑Learning spaces.
Minimum Requirements Qualification and Experience
- Honours Degree in Psychology or Degree in Social Work (NQF
8). - Current SACSSP or HPCSA registration.
- 5 years relevant experience.
- 2 years demonstrated evidence of involvement in training/workshop/seminar development and facilitation with large and small groups.
- 2 years supervision experience in a clinical/counseling setting.
- Familiarity with working in an academic/residence environment in the Higher Education context as well as working directly with tertiary students in the co‑curricular space.
- Demonstrated ability to network across various organisations.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Must be prepared to work after hours when required.
Required Competencies
- Integrity and discretion
- Sound judgement and decision‑making
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Self‑leadership
- Facilitation skills
- Planning, organising, and monitoring and evaluation skills
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Research and integrating recommendations fit for purpose
- Digital literacy and technology fluency
- Ability to self‑start, use initiative, and multi‑task while not losing sight of critical details
In line with the University’s commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with our Employment Equity Targets.
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Title: Coordinator: and Learning
Company: UWC Sport
Location: Bellville, South Africa
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