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Junior Community Coordinator at Centre for Student Life and Learning

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Job Description

Division of Student Affairs

Centre for Student Life and Learning

Junior Community Coordinator: Tygerberg (Post Level 10)

(Tygerberg Campus)

(Full-time Permanent Appointment)

Ref. SSS/164/0725


At the core of everything we do at the Centre for Student Life and Learning (CSLL) lies the conviction that students¿ learning and living environments should be integrated instead of functioning as separate spheres. Therefore, student communities at Stellenbosch University (SU) are organised into clusters.

At SU, we have residential as well as commuter students ¿ and we apply the principles of cluster communities to all of them to integrate their academic and living environments. We harness the social dimension of community life to support SU's academic mission, one of our institutional objectives being to provide students with a university experience in which student communities - of commuter as well as residential students - are extensions of academic life at the faculties. 

Our aim is to establish a university environment that would create a well-rounded educational experience for students in line with the Strategic Framework and the profile of SU graduates.

The cluster system is geared towards building a student culture that promotes student success; a culture in which all students are included and engaged, and serious about playing an effective role within and beyond the borders of South Africa. In line with the University's institutional objectives, we encourage commuter and residential students to start applying their newly acquired knowledge immediately, in their community, to make a difference in their respective clusters and beyond.

The Junior Community Coordinator plays a crucial role in integrating residential and commuter students, and in encouraging students to develop values-driven management, academic excellence, innovation, meaningful community interaction, critical citizenship and international networks. Therefore, the incumbent's credibility and academic profile are decisive. The Junior Community Coordinator must also ensure that programmes that would contribute to the above objectives be designed and implemented in the various student communities and in the cluster as a whole.

The Junior Community Coordinator is responsible for the coordination and management of Ubuntu House, the commuter student community and residential communities at Tygerberg, and for administrative support to the cluster.Occasionally, the incumbent will have to attend meetings or workshops at the Stellenbosch campus and travel for training purposes.

Job Industry

Administrative and Support Services

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Establishing values-driven management in the residential and commuter student communities.
  • Thinking critically, innovate and problem-solve creatively in an ever-evolving commuter student environment.
  • Driving a process, in conjunction with the cluster and the CSLL, to evaluate the commuter student community model at the Tygerberg campus.
  • Integrating students' academic and out-of-class living environments.
  • Promoting healthy and inclusive community life in the residential and commuter student communities, and encouraging healthy relationships with other residences.
  • Developing residential and commuter student leadership, supervising leaders and providing them with guidance and mentorship.
  • Governing and managing the residential and commuter student communities effectively.
  • Being available for interaction and consultation with students.
  • Enhancing the cluster system in the residential and commuter student communities and the cluster.
  • Managing challenges and crises.
  • Participating in continuous training for resident and visiting heads.
  • Managing the liquor licence of the residential and commuter student communities and monitoring alcohol consumption.
  • Providing financial and administrative support to the Cluster Education Coordinator.

Kindly note: Many of these activities take place outside normal working hours. Be sure to familiarise yourself with the available accommodation.


For a full role description, contact Human Resources at granton@sun.ac.za



Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • A relevant tertiary qualification at least at NQF level 6.
  • Compassion and a positive attitude towards students.
  • At least two years' relevant experience in student development.
  • Proven ability, compassion and a positive attitude towards the complexity of students in a student community.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities, with the demonstrated ability to innovate and adapt to an ever-evolving environment.
  • Verbal and written proficiency in English and another official South African language, and the ability to function in a multilingual environment.
  • The skill to facilitate a student community to be values-driven.
  • The ability to provide thought leadership and guide students through a process of change.
  • The proven ability to make positive contributions as part of a team.
  • The ability to manage and resolve conflict situations.
  • Interest in the establishment of learning and living communities on campus.
  • Knowledge of basic management principles.
  • The ability to integrate the learning and living environment of students in order to establish communities of listening, living and learning.

Application Process

Close Date

04/08/2025

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