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Doctoral Research Administrator

Durban, eThekwini💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-15

Core

Provide end-to-end administrative and compliance support for the doctoral research lifecycle, including student progress tracking, supervisor onboarding, examination processes, and thesis archiving.

Role type

Doctoral Research Administrator

Builds

Doctoral research programme support services

Domain

Higher Education / Distance Education

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Project management, database maintenance, quality assurance compliance, conflict resolution, digital admin tools proficiency

Preferred skills

Higher education research experience, experience working with master's and doctoral students, specialization in business or management

Technologies

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Responsibilities

Track student project progress reports, manage supervisor onboarding and contracts, oversee doctoral examinations and ratification processes, maintain doctoral thesis archives, generate monthly dashboard reporting

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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