DIRECTOR, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES – The Botswana Teaching Professionals Council (BOTEPCO)

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The Botswana Teaching Professionals Council (BOTEPCO) is a regulatory body established through the provisions of the Botswana Teaching Professionals Council Act. No. 22 of 2019. The Council’s main functions are to regulate the teaching profession; maintain professional and ethical standards includingteaching knowledge, skills and competence; license teachers; establish, publish, review and maintain a code of ethics for teachers; and review as well as advise on professional standards of teachers.

The Council invites candidates with the requisite qualifications and experience to apply for the following positions.

DIRECTOR, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Role Purpose

Reporting to the Registrar, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading, directing, and overseeing the Councils Teacher Professional Services function which covers facilitation of teacher registration, licensing, continuous professional development and other teacher support services through established policies, standards. and regulations as part of Council s teacher professionalisation mandate.

Key Performance Areas

•Availability and implementation of the Council strategy on Techer Professionalisation.
•Availability and maintenance of policy on Professional Qualifications for Teachers.
•Availability and maintenance of ProfessionalnTeaching
Standards and Regulations.
•Availability of teaching accreditation requirements.
•Efficiency in registration of teachers.
•Efficiency in licensing of teachers.
•Efficient roll-out of Continuous Professional Development programmes and training.
•Readily available and up-to-date list of accredited programmes.
•Efficient and effective Teacher support services.
•Availabilty of complete, accurate and up-to-date database of registered and licensed teachers.

The main duties include but are not limited to:

Strategy and Leadership
•Oversee the formulation, review and implementation of relevant policies, strategies, rules, regulations, systems, and procedures that are meant to facilitate the delivery of the department s mandate.
•Coordinate the efforts of respective departmental functions and assume accountability for teacher registration, licensing, and teacher development.
Licensing and registration
•Oversee the effective development, review and implementation of the registration and licensing framework, procedures, systems, and criteria for issuing, suspension and cancelation of registration and licenses.
•Manage and lead a team in the provision of advice, information and the registration and license transaction processing needs of the Council.
Continuous Professional Development
•Liaise with the Strategy. Planning and Research and Teacher Professional Services functions on the development of the Teacher Training and Continuous Professional Development Framework.
•Facilitate the promotion of continuing education, training, and development of teachers.
Stakeholder engagement
•Engage with the Ministry on any prevailing teacher registration and licensing documents and initiatives from the Ministry of Basic Education.
•Engagement with teacher representatives.
Teacher Support Services
•Oversee the establishment and implementation of teacher support services procedures on licensing, registration, accreditation, continuous professional development, and other professionalisation support requests.
Finance. Human Capital. Risk
•Authorise departmental expenditure in accordance with financial policies and budgets.
•Lead the departmental recruitment, selection, performance management, learning and development, employee relations, talent development, staff welfare and succession planning.
•Ensure that appropriate departmental risk management and internal controls are effectively implemented.

Qualifications and Experience

•Postgraduate degree in Education. Social Sciences. Humanities or related field.
•A minimum of fifteen (15) years post qualification experience. At least five (5) in a regulatory environment or in a teaching role in the education sector.

Postal Adress
P O Box 407 AAD. Poso House. Gaborone
Location
Plot 63726. Fairgrounds. Gaborone
Telephone ♦267 3933472
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