Senior Academic Designer – Banking and Financial Services

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🔥 16 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Milpark School of Commerce

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51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 B2B

Education • Healthcare • B2B

Milpark School of Commerce is a higher education institution offering a diverse range of courses that cater to various industries. With academic pathways spanning from higher certificates to doctoral degrees, Milpark is committed to providing relevant and current educational opportunities to its students. The school's structured approach, divided into five separate schools, enhances its academic offerings and ensures it meets the evolving needs of both industry and learners.

📋 Description

• Lead the development and implementation of innovative learning and teaching strategies • Collaborate with faculty, learning and instructional designers, and learning specialists to design academic programmes and qualifications • Facilitate change in learning delivery using business, banking and commerce expertise • Design and lead experiential learning opportunities, including applied research projects, industry challenges, community engagement and industry collaborations • Establish measures to evaluate learning innovation effectiveness and support continuous improvement • Facilitate workshops to build faculty capability in innovative learning approaches • Build relationships with schools, academic operations teams, corporate partners and business stakeholders • Provide strategic leadership on Milpark’s educational technology ecosystem • Support programme reviews and advise on curriculum design and development • Encourage research and scholarly engagement • Create, review and revise learning and teaching resources and guidance • Review and provide feedback on learning and instructional designers’ work • Monitor emerging technologies, pedagogical approaches and industry developments • Propose learning solutions for corporate partners • Act as custodian of Milpark’s learning and teaching philosophy • Serve as institutional subject matter expert for banking, financial services, fintech and related commerce qualifications • Lead review, enhancement and innovation of banking and financial services curricula • Provide expert input into banking-related qualification and module design • Integrate developments such as digital banking, artificial intelligence, data analytics, open banking, cybersecurity, payments innovation, financial inclusion, sustainability, conduct risk and changing customer expectations into curricula • Translate local and global banking trends into programme outcomes, module content, authentic learning activities and assessment strategies • Lead simulations, case studies, work-integrated learning, industry projects and contemporary banking assessments • Engage banks, fintech organisations, professional bodies, employers and regulatory stakeholders to validate curriculum relevance and build partnerships • Support academic staff and learning designers in integrating banking expertise into learning design and delivery • Contribute to banking education thought leadership through research, professional engagement, conferences and industry collaboration

🎯 Requirements

• A Master’s or Doctorate in Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Economics, Business, Commerce or a closely related field, combined with substantial professional experience in banking or financial services and experience in higher education programme development and/or teaching; or • A Master’s or Doctorate in Education, combined with a relevant postgraduate commerce, banking or finance qualification, substantial professional experience in banking or financial services, and experience in higher education programme development and/or teaching • Demonstrable senior-level experience within banking, financial services or financial technology • Experience applying specialist knowledge to complex business, learning or curriculum challenges • Experience in curriculum design, qualification development, programme review, academic quality assurance or industry-aligned learning solutions • Strong and current understanding of the South African banking and financial services environment • Awareness of global developments affecting the banking and financial services sector • Deep knowledge of banking and financial services, including strategy, operations, technology, risk, regulation, customers and people • Ability to connect banking subject matter expertise with curriculum design, assessment practice and student-centred learning • Proven leadership, mentoring and stakeholder-management capability • Strong communication and facilitation skills • Confidence engaging senior academic leaders, banking professionals, corporate partners and subject matter experts • Insight into educational technologies and willingness to explore emerging technologies responsibly • Ability to analyse evidence, industry signals and programme data • Active engagement in research or professional thought leadership • Ability to establish and sustain collaborative initiatives with industry partners • Alignment with Milpark’s values and strong business ethics • Passion for education and industry-relevant learning • Persuasive, assertive and able to influence constructively • Professional, reliable and quality orientated • Service orientated and student centred • Ability to plan, prioritise and work effectively under pressure • Collaborative team player with strong listening and communication skills • High level of attention to accuracy and quality • Intellectually curious, future focused and comfortable navigating ambiguity • Preferred: experience in retail banking, business banking, corporate banking, risk, credit, compliance, anti-money laundering, foreign exchange, payments, digital banking, fintech or financial inclusion • Preferred: experience engaging banking regulators, professional bodies, industry associations or sector education and training bodies • Preferred: expertise in artificial intelligence in financial services, data-driven decision-making, digital banking ecosystems, cybersecurity, sustainable finance or customer-centred banking innovation • Preferred: established professional network within banking and financial services • Preferred: experience designing learning for formal qualifications and corporate or executive education contexts

🏖️ Benefits

• Fixed term or permanent employment option • Preference given to applicants from designated groups in line with EE requirements