Academic Governance, Advancement and Operations Partner

About the role

Lyceum College is hiring an Academic Governance, Advancement and Operations Partner, based in the Office of the Chief Academic Officer at the Randburg head office. The role turns executive direction, Senate resolutions and institutional priorities into coordinated delivery, giving legally informed governance advice, monitoring institutional commitments and overseeing matters sponsored by the Office of the Chief Academic Officer. It is a governance and execution role, not a project management or compliance post, and works alongside the Academic Liaison Lead.

Key responsibilities

• Provide governance support to the Chief Academic Officer across Senate, Senate committees and executive committees, keeping accurate governance records, decision registers and action trackers.
• Monitor the implementation of Senate resolutions and directives and drive them to closure within set timeframes.
• Translate the Office's strategic priorities into workstreams and coordinate delivery across faculties and professional support divisions.
• Identify implementation risks, bottlenecks and dependencies early, and escalate material governance risk in writing.
• Interpret academic regulatory requirements for executive decision making and advise on the governance implications of institutional decisions.
• Investigate matters referred by the Chief Academic Officer with a governance or regulatory dimension and recommend institutional responses.
• Draft and review Senate papers, committee submissions, governance frameworks, academic policies, executive memoranda, briefing notes, position papers and regulatory correspondence.
• Prepare implementation dashboards, governance reporting and presentations for Senate, Council and Executive Management.
• Coordinate institutional responses to regulatory engagements and support governance reviews.
• Build working relationships across academic and professional support divisions and resolve implementation barriers through stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or a recognised law-related degree supported by substantial exposure to academic governance, regulatory affairs or higher education legal matters.
• At least five years of experience in higher education governance, academic administration, executive office support, legal advisory work or institutional governance.
• Demonstrated experience in Senate or committee administration, academic policy development, regulatory interpretation, executive reporting and cross-functional coordination.
• Proven discretion with confidential governance matters and the ability to stay accurate and composed during peak Senate, committee and accreditation cycles.

Required skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Higher Education Act, the Council on Higher Education framework, the Department of Higher Education and Training requirements, the SAQA framework and the National Qualifications Framework.
• Sound understanding of institutional and Senate governance, committee procedure, corporate governance principles and administrative law.
• Executive-level writing, drafting, reporting and presentation, supported by policy drafting experience.
• Advantageous: postgraduate qualification in higher education, corporate governance, compliance or project management; experience in a private higher education institution, especially distance or online delivery; experience preparing submissions to the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Higher Education and Training or SAQA.