Senior Lecturer: Management Accounting and Finance

About This Role

Application close date: 13 November 2026

Ref. No.: SL_SOPA_131126

The Position

A Senior Lecturer in the Postgraduate Department of the School of Professional Accounting plays a pivotal role in academic leadership, teaching excellence, assessment governance, and team contribution within a fully online environment.

The role requires a high level of engagement, accountability, communication, and curiosity, aligned with Milpark Education’s values and culture.

As part of their respective subject team, a Senior Lecturer is responsible for all aspects of delivering the subject’s modules in the SAICA-endorsed Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (“PGDA”, CTA equivalent) and Bridging course (“BCTA”). Responsibilities may also expand to some involvement in the BCom Accounting.

While there is no formal research output requirement attached to the role, scholarly engagement and teaching-related research activities that strengthen teaching and learning is strongly encouraged.

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Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Teaching, Learning, and Student Support

• Design and deliver high-quality online learning experiences, ensuring clarity, academic rigour, and student-centred learning.
• Maintain a consistent, engaging and visible online presence, contributing positively to student motivation and learning culture.
• Provide accessible and reliable student support through consult availability, timely feedback, responsiveness, and academic guidance.
• Approach challenges with professional optimism, proposing solutions and improvements rather than focusing only on problems.
• Contribute suggestions or initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the learning experience.
• Contribute to the continuous development of the academic team by sharing expertise and promoting best practice in student-centred learning.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in assessment practices, or student support processes.

Assessment Process

• Independently develop high-quality PGDA and BCTA assessments within the approved assessment plan (subject to peer review and internal moderation), ensuring alignment with learning outcomes, professional standards, and institutional requirements.
• Take responsibility for the assessment process, including planning, setting, review, moderation, marking processes, marks finalisation, reporting, feedback and integrity of results.
• Drive continuous improvement in the assessment setting process and design, marking processes, and quality of assessment feedback provided and the clarity of marking guidance and justifications provided to markers.
• Supporting the academic team in developing their assessment-setting, marking, and feedback capabilities.

Academic Leadership and Subject Team Contribution

• Contribute actively to academic leadership within the subject team, by supporting the Subject Head in key operational domains as well as modelling best practice and professionalism within the subject team and contributing towards reaching the subject team and department’s strategic goals.
• Lead and contribute to:
• Material development and curriculum refinement
• Team operational planning and coordination
• Support and mentor colleagues, fostering a culture of responsibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Take ownership of decisions and learn openly from mistakes to strengthen team processes demonstrating a reflective, and solutions-oriented approach to work.

Remote Working and Collaboration

• Communicate clearly, proactively, and contextually in a remote working environment.
• Work collaboratively with all staff of the department and institution, while also working independently and delivering on required outputs.
• Participate consistently and constructively in online and in-person meetings, as well as discussion forums at subject team, department, school and institutional levels, as required.
• Facilitate productive discussions that move the team forward and support execution.

Curiosity, Innovation, and Scholarly Engagement

• Demonstrate curiosity by questioning existing practices and exploring innovative approaches to teaching, assessment, and team operations.
• Engage in continuous professional and scholarly development, such as:
• Teaching, learning and/or assessment scholarship
• Professional body engagement and/or contribution to the accounting profession
• Training activities
• Share new insights and learning with the team to enhance academic practices.

Institutional and External Engagement

• Attend and contribute to institutional meetings, academic planning sessions, and institutional engagements.
• Represent Milpark Education at graduation ceremonies and key events as required.
• Act as a positive ambassador for the institution, modelling Milpark’s values and professionalism in all internal and external interactions.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA(SA))
• NQF 9 qualification in Accounting, Finance, or related field would be advantageous
• Technical competence in relevant subject domain at PGDA/CTA level, usually evidenced by a minimum of 3 years postgraduate-level academic experience (PGDA/CTA or equivalent)
• Demonstrable ethical behaviour
• A passion for developing students through genuine care
• A self-directed, dependable and collaborative approach, with the ability to learn, solve problems, innovate, build effective working relationships and deliver agreed outputs independently
• Demonstrates emotional intelligence in developing strong, supportive relationships that contribute to individual and organisational success
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A reliable home internet connection
• A suitable home working environment
• Moderate to advanced IT competence

After-hour availability

• Our programmes are designed to be flexible and accommodate students who find themselves in a wide range of circumstances, including working students. As a result, we offer synchronous, online live sessions to our students after-hours on a weekly basis – these occur between 5:30pm and 7:30pm on weeknights (Monday to Thursday). Different subjects’ sessions occur on different days, and these sessions are planned in advance for academics to have foresight of their involvement.
• Additionally, academic staff members are expected to be available for after-hours online, one-on-one consultations with students for a few hours each week, either in the evenings or early in the mornings, before working hours. (As a general rule, we do not expect any individual to be student-facing more than two evenings a week on a consistent basis, as we understand that this has a material impact on one’s personal life.)

Travelling

• The departmental team gathers in person approximately four times per year. Meetings are typically held in Cape Town, although alternative locations may be selected from time to time to best accommodate the geographical distribution of the team. Staff are expected to travel to attend these meetings, which may require up to three nights away at a time. (The cost of this travel is covered by Milpark.)