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Experienced Math & Science Tutors Wanted – Join Elite Tutors Cape Town

Elite Tutors Cape Town, a leader in personalized tutoring, is seeking passionate Math and/or Science Tutors with at least 5 years of teaching or tutoring experience to join our team. Based in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs or City Bowl, you'll empower students through one-on-one, group, and workshop sessions in Maths, Sciences, Accounting, and NBT prep, delivering both online and in-person lessons at students' residences to foster clarity, confidence, and academic success.

About the Role: This is a part-time, hybrid role based in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs or City Bowl, with work-from-home flexibility for online sessions.

As a tutor, you'll:

• Create tailored lesson plans for online and in-person delivery

• Provide engaging one-on-one and group instruction, including in-person lessons at students' residences

• Contribute to curriculum development

• Track student progress and offer constructive feedback

• Build confidence in students of diverse abilities

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 5 years of tutoring or teaching experience in Mathematics and/or Science

• Expertise in lesson planning and curriculum development

• Excellent communication skills and patience

• Ability to deliver both online lessons and in-person lessons at students' residences

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Mathematics, Science, or related field

• Must be based in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs or City Bowl

Why Join Elite Tutors Cape Town?

• Flexible hybrid work environment (online and in-person)

• Competitive compensation and supportive community

• Resources to enhance your tutoring impact

• Opportunity to shape students' academic futures

Join our mission to elevate education in Cape Town Apply now to inspire and empower students.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: Up to R30 000,00 per month

Expected hours: 3 – 12 per week

Application Question(s):

• Are you based in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs or City Bowl area?
• Do you have your own reliable transport to travel to students' residences in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs or City Bowl for in-person tutoring sessions?
• Do you tutor Mathematics and/or Sciences at the high school and/or university level?

Experience:

• tutoring or teaching maths or sciences : 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cape Town, Western Cape 8001

Academic Writers Required. Calling lecturers, school teachers and retired academics.

Do you love breaking down challenging concepts into clear, easy-to-understand content? Are you passionate about making learning accessible and engaging for everyone?

We're seeking academic writers who can:

· Transform complex ideas into simple, digestible explanations.

· Write with clarity, creativity, and accuracy.

· Produce content that inspires understanding and sparks curiosity.

We're building learning content for:

Paralegal Studies

· Management of the Legal Office

Electrical Engineering

· Communication & Information Literacy

Public Relations (Journalism)

· Public Relations (Year 2 and Year 3)

· Industrial Relations (Year 2 and Year 3)

Bachelor of Commerce in Information Systems

· Business Communication

· Fundamentals of Business Management

Requirements

Ø Degree in the subject area (or higher)

Ø Strong research, academic writing, and editing skills.

Ø Ability to meet deadlines and follow content guidelines.

If you meet the requirements above please send your CV to

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person

Job Description:

Department: Student Support

Type: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Overview: QuickStart is a leader in IT workforce development that helps job-seekers break into in-demand IT fields and upskills existing IT professionals. The organization uses its proprietary learning methodology and workforce readiness platform (CLIPP) to deliver personalized learning using AI and multi-modal formats. We partner with leading universities, certification providers, and employers to build and transform IT workforce for Fortune 5000 customers in the areas of App Dev, Dev Ops, Information Security, Cloud computing and Data Science. If you are interested in becoming a part of a team that is changing the game in IT training and workforce development, we want to hear from you.

At QuickStart, we are committed to upholding the following core values:

P*assion |Respect | Accountability | Innovation | Speed | Execution ( PRAISE* )

* The Academic Advisor* will serve as the primary point of contact for learners throughout their educational journey, ensuring they stay engaged, supported, and on track to meet their academic and career goals. They are responsible for owning the entire student journey, from on-boarding to program completion. Their goal is to build genuine relationships with students, foster accountability, and help them stay motivated and on track through proactive support, facilitation, and communication.

Responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

1. Student On-boarding & Orientation

a. Conduct engaging live orientation sessions for newly enrolled students.

b. Send welcome emails and on-boarding kits with program details, expectations, and schedules.

c. Share calendar invites and reminders for kickoff and early sessions.

2. Student Relationship Building & Retention

a. Develop a deep understanding of student goals, backgrounds, and challenges.

b. Conduct 1:1 or peer facilitation sessions to strengthen motivation and belonging.

c. Make weekly follow-up calls to maintain engagement and identify blockers early.

d. Call all new batches after their first two sessions to gather initial feedback.

e. Personally follow up with:

i. Students falling behind.

ii. Students missing multiple classes.

iii. Students flagged by mentors for special attention or support.

3. Communication & Engagement

a. Answer day-to-day student queries via email, SMS, or calls with empathy and speed.

b. Send weekly reminder messages for live classes and assessments.

c. Deliver personalized communications during special events, holidays, and milestones.

d. Manage ongoing check-ins throughout the course to build trust and continuity.

4. Mentor Coordination

a. Regularly check in with mentors for insights on class engagement and individual student progress.

b. Ensure mentors have student data needed to provide targeted support.

c. Share weekly student progress summaries with mentors for better alignment.

5. Academic Progress Tracking

a. Maintain accurate records of student scores, attendance, and feedback.

b. Review weekly progress reports provided by the IT team and flag trends.

c. Alert academic staff about at-risk students or emerging learning issues.

d. Coordinate additional resources for students needing extra support.

6. Performance & KPIs

a. Work towards clear KPIs around:

i. Student retention and attendance.

ii. Student satisfaction and feedback scores.

iii. Successful course completion and certification rates.

b. Use CRM and reporting tools to document all student touchpoints and progress.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Education and Experience

· Bachelor's Degree

· 3 to 5 years of work experience in Customer Support / Sales /Career Advisory

Competency Identifiers

· Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

· Team player

· Customer support/sales experience

· Excellent interpersonal, and active listening skills.

· Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple student cases simultaneously.

· Technologically adept: proficiency in tools like Zoom, HubSpot, Zapier, Microsoft Office, and learning management systems.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: Remote

Duties/Pligte

• Coordinating the design, implementation and evaluation of all academic renewal tasks and projects for the Faculty.
• Coordinating, driving and administering academic renewal funding opportunities.
• Planning, coordinating and co-facilitating the Science Learning and Teaching Day and regular science-related academic renewal workshops and training sessions.
• Participating in institutional events, workshops and professional development opportunities.
• Managing the annual Faculty Yearbook revision project, which includes ensuring correctness and completeness of submissions for approval, and the effective execution of all steps of the

process.

• Serving as secretary for the Science Learning and Teaching Programme Committee, ensuring effective communcation, accurate record-keeping and timely execution of action items.
• Maintaining a repository for all documentation related to programmes and modules offered by the Faculty of Science, including specification forms, assessment plans, moderation reports, and

module frameworks.

• Ensuring the alignment of the academic offering with institutional policies, regulations and systems.
• Ensuring that faculty-level implementation plans and guidelines are updated in response to policy changes, institutional developments, or recurring issues identified through Faculty processes

and student feedback.

• Koördineer die ontwerp, implementering en evaluering van alle akdemiese vernuwingstake en -projekte vir die Fakulteit.
• Koördineer, dryf, en administreer befondsingsgeleenthede vir akademiese vernuwing.
• Beplan, koördineer en tree op as medefasiliteerder van die Wetenskapsleer en -onderrigdag, en gereelde werkswinkels en opleidingsessies vir wetenskapsverwante akademiese vernuwing.
• Deelname aan institusionele geleenthede, werkswinkels en professionele ontwikkelingsgeleenthede.
• Bestuur die Fakulteit se jaarlikse Jaarboekhersieningsprojek, insluitend om die korrektheid en volledigheid van voorleggings vir goedkeuring, en die effektiewe uitvoering van alle stappe van die

proses te verseker.

• Dien as sekretaris vir die Wetenskapsleer en -onderrigprogramkomitee, en verseker effektiewe kommunikasie, akkurate rekordhouding en tydige uitvoering van aksies.
• Onderhou 'n bewaarplek vir alle dokumentasie wat verband hou met programme en modules wat deur die Fakulteit Natuurwetenskappe aangebied word, met inbegrip van spesifikasievorms,

assesseringsplanne, modereringsverslae, en moduleraamwerke.

• Verseker dat die akademiese aanbod in ooreenstemming is met institusionele beleide, regulasies en stelsels.
• Verseker dat implementeringsplanne en riglyne op Fakulteitsvlak bygewerk word in reaksie op beleidsveranderinge, institusionele ontwikkelings, of herhalende kwessies wat deur

fakulteitsprosesse en studenteterugvoer geïdentifiseer word.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• A postgraduate qualification in the Natural Science-related field or education, at NQF level 8 or an equivalent qualification.
• At least five years' experience in a higher education institution, with a focus on learning, teaching, and assessment.
• Proven experience in programme/curriculum renewal or programme/curriculum development initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with all academics, professional support staff and external stakeholders.
• Good presentation, training, and facilitation skills.
• Excellent project management and problem-solving skills.

• The ability to work independently, as well as in a team.

• 'n Nagraadse kwalifikasie in 'n Natuurwetenskap-verwante veld of opvoedkunde op NKR-vlak 8, of 'n gelykwaardige kwalifikasie.

• Minstens vyf jaar se ervaring by 'n hoëronderwysinstelling, met 'n fokus op leer, onderrig en assessering.
• Bewese ervaring in program-/kurrikulumvernuwing of program-/kurrikulumontwikkelingsinisiatiewe.
• Uitstekende kommunikasievaardighede en die vermoë om met alle akademici, professionele steunpersoneel en eksterne belanghebbendes saam te werk.
• Goeie aanbiedings-, opleidings- en fasiliteringsvaardighede.
• Uitsonderlike projekbestuur- en probleemoplossingsvaardighede.
• Die vermoë om onafhanklik én in 'n span te kan werk.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Master's degree.
• Sound knowledge of the science context.

• Experience in training and academic development of staff at a higher education institution.

• Meestersgraad.

• Deeglike kennis van die wetenskapskonteks.
• Ervaring van opleiding en akademiese ontwikkeling van personeel by 'n hoëronderwysinstelling.

Job Description
– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

– Good planning and organizing skills.

– Hardworking, enthusiastic and team leading skills.

– Excellent computer literacy.

– 2 to 3 years experience in a managerial capacity at a renowned educational institute.

Key Purpose Statement

The Academic Administrator role was created to provide professional and efficient assistance.

Key Responsibilities:

1. ADvTECH IT Liaison for academic system support and School academic system support

ADvTECH IT liaison for upgrades, manual and query support to the community.

• Distribution of new manuals and communication of system changes and upgrades.
• Assist with ADvTECH IT queries, responses and changes to be made.
• Liaise with ADvTECH IT, Toddle and/or TEAMS on system changes and complete change request forms.
• Assist with parent queries and profile changes and updates related to STASY, Toddle and TEAMS or any other management systems used by Crawford International.
• Communication system upgrades and changes made by ADvTECH IT to the learning community.
• Assist parent with all STASY, Toddle and/or TEAMS queries and access control if required. (including assisting parents with updating personal details and accessing of reporting etc. )
• Resetting passwords for parents on all management systems and do applications for of students whose parents are unable to do the application online.
• Creation and maintenance of student access rights to the academic platforms
• Keeping a log of system issues and system change requests.

User role allocation, implementation and training of new and current users.

• Allocation of users according to their roles.
• Training of new staff, parent and student users.

• Support to the learning community on using STASY, Toddle, TEAMS and/or any other management systems used by Crawford International.

• Academic platforms (STASY, Toddle, Teams, Advlearn) - Academic reporting (for students & Brands)

Create and maintain student academic master data

• At the beginning of the year, academic set up of classes, subject and option allocation.
• Checking teacher and student subject allocation and access to input information.
• After new year re-registrations or new registrations, share the list of new registrations for music, aftercare and boarding with the relevant school staff (Music Department, aftercare supervisor).
• Accurately capture the student's academic records
• At time of the student registration, ensure that certified copies from the previous schools' report and academic record, where applicable, are kept in the student file.
• Responsible for leading the Annual STASY/Management system rollover and re-registration process of all classes, subjects and school-related academic activities. It includes the update of the students statuses in STASY at year-end (grade promotion, deactivating of graduated grade 12, deactivation of students identified for Non-reenrolment in the new year)

Set up of markbooks and assessment events

• STASY - setting up of Markbooks/Assessment Events
• Allocation of weighting according to management plans.
• STASY - Printing of Draft teacher comments.
• STASY - Printing of Draft reports for the SMT.

Input of assessment criteria, outcomes and indicators required per school

• STASY - Input of Marks/Indicators/ Effort Indicators.
• STASY - Input of teacher comments and subject comments.
• STASY – Assist with inputting of marks for certain teachers and deputies

Attending to all reporting tasks and queries related to the administration of reports

• STASY - Printing of Draft teacher reports
• Toddle/TEAMS – Set up, data input and reporting on all student management systems.
• STASY – Printing of subject ranking for Deputies.
• STASY – Printing of improvement ranking for Deputies.
• STASY - Printing of ranking reports for Awards and celebration assemblies.

Target-driven reporting and data analysis as required

• Pulling Data from all management systems used to navigate teaching and learning.
• Look at stats of various data and report back on the trends occurring that are of value to Crawford International academics.
• STASY/other management systems - Check in and communicate with deputies regarding failures and subject related concerns.
• Gather data from all management systems, analyse it and then translate the results into non-technical language for the academic learning community to understand.

• Using diagnostic, descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics to feed back to the Academic department in order to bring increasing value to Crawford International, as a Brand.

• STASY – maintenance of student and parent record and registrations Other School Administration Duties

• Assist students and parents for changes and updating of documents and personal details on all SIS and Academic systems.

• Capture in STASY the aftercare and music registrations which were not recorded at the beginning of the year at the time of re-registration or registrations

Weekly: based on report downloaded from the Crawford website registration portal

Ad hoc: based on requests from parents or school staff

• Responsible for deactivating students in STASY timeously when they leave the school, based on the student withdrawal form received from the CXO and Bursar
• Responsible for capturing in STASY the de-registrations of aftercare/music services
• Manage student transfers to and from Crawford (identify them in STASY and prepare documentation pack for transfers)
• Performing physical verification on a monthly basis of the accuracy of the STASY list of registrations ("bums on seat count" to be compared to STASY) for tuition, music, aftercare and boarding. If STASY data corrections are highlighted, perform the registration/de-registration corrections in STASY.
• Report on STASY data accuracy twice a month to the Brand Office. Attend to Brand Office queries relating to STASY data accuracy (including discrepancy vs Bums on seat verification)

• Responsible for putting students flagged for financial suspensions on financial hold in STASY

• Other School Administration Duties

• School newsletters and communication

Newsletters on Sway for parents – design and distribution.

Support and work closely with your campus CXO and AC to support and ensure the flow of communication to the entire learning community from both a marketing and academic perspective.

• Communication to parents regarding school communication via email and sms.
• Communication to staff on system changes, updated manuals and any other form of comms from STASY, Toddle and/or TEAMS
• Academic awards and certificates
• Finance department liaison – Billing Start/End, Service Billing Start/End, Deactivation of Students
• Commitment and support to the CXO and AC for each individual campus

Qualification

• Grade 12 plus Office/IT diploma/qualification, IT competence level - intermediate

Experience

• 1year Administration and School specific/ parent liaison function

Start Date: 1 October 2025

Eduvos is seeking to employ the services of Academic Administrator at our Mbombela campus on a full term basis.

Type of Position:

• Permanent Contract

The Position:

To support all the academic administration functions (including assessment administration, recordkeeping of student data, enrolment functions, etc.) at the campus.

Minimum qualification:

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification will be preferable.

Experience:

At least one years' administrative experience, preferably in Assessment Administration, in the higher education environment.

Responsibilities:

As the Academic Administrator, you will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Provide assessment administration service (Information Systems Administrator only on request)
• Student query handling and resolution
• Assist with administration of enrolment process
• Assist with administration of graduation
• Assist with CAT, RPL or qualification change applications
• Contributes to Atrisk tracking process
• Extended studies contract (Information Systems Certificates only)

Functional competencies:

• Proficiency in MS office
• Data capturing
• Detail orientated
• Ethical approach
• Organised and good time management

Behavioural competencies:

• Initiative and responsibility
• Relations and networking
• Influence
• Effective communication
• Professional and technical expertise
• Analysis and judgment
• Systematic approach (planning and organising)
• Execution

Eduvos is seeking to employ the services of Academic Administrator at any of our any of our Eduvos campuses.

Type of Position:

• Fixed Term (12 months)

The Position:

To support all the academic administration functions (including assessment administration, recordkeeping of student data, enrolment functions, etc.) at the campus.

Minimum qualification:

• Grade 12
• Tertiary qualification will be preferable.

Experience:

At least one years' administrative experience, preferably in Assessment Administration, in the higher education environment.

Responsibilities:

As the Academic Administrator, you will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Provide assessment administration service (Information Systems Administrator only on request)
• Student query handling and resolution
• Assist with administration of enrolment process
• Assist with administration of graduation
• Assist with CAT, RPL or qualification change applications
• Contributes to Atrisk tracking process
• Extended studies contract (Information Systems Certificates only)

Functional competencies:

• Proficiency in MS office
• Data capturing
• Detail orientated
• Ethical approach
• Organised and good time management

Behavioural competencies:

• Initiative and responsibility
• Relations and networking
• Influence
• Effective communication
• Professional and technical expertise
• Analysis and judgment
• Systematic approach (planning and organising)
• Execution

About Unihawk

Our comprehensive EIPA (Explore, Identify, Prepare, Achieve) framework represents two decades of refined educational consulting expertise. This systematic approach ensures every student receives personalized guidance tailored to their unique strengths, interests, and aspirations. We believe education transcends traditional metrics – our methodology nurtures well-rounded individuals prepared for global challenges, fostering both academic excellence and personal growth throughout their transformative journey.

I am looking to fill positions in the Test Prep and Tutoring Department at Unihawk

Requirements:

• Relevant degree(s) and proven teaching experience
• Strong background in IGCSE, AP, O-Levels, and SAT preparation
• Must be willing to relocate immediately
• Passion for delivering high-quality education experiences

Details:

• Urgent hiring with multiple vacancies available
• Candidates must be available for in-person interviews in Cape Town this September (exact dates to be confirmed)

If you are a motivated educator looking to advance your career and relocate to the GCC, we encourage you to apply with Unihawk today