Professor/associate Professor and Head of Department

2 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa University of Pretoria Full time

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- The strategic, academic, leadership and transformation of the Department;
- Promoting, planning, organising, accreditation and managing of academic and research programmes and the Department’s research profile;
- The recruitment and management of world class personnel;
- All financial activities including externally funded projects;
- Playing an active role as academic leader of the discipline at a local, national and international level and development of international partnerships;
- Marketing and growing the Department with the emphasis on student growth;
- Leading and promoting research intensity within the Department in terms of research outputs, international publications and PhD students.

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**:
**Associate Professor**:

- A PhD/Doctorate in Information Science or related discipline;
- At least 6 years tertiary education experience or 6 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
- Experience in curriculum / strategy development and innovation;
- Evidence of sustained publications output;
- Majority of recent publications should be in WoS / Scopus / IBSS journals;
- Evidence of at least 3 research Master’s OR 6 coursework Master’s mini-dissertations successfully completed (supervised or co-supervised);
- Evidence of Doctoral student supervision;
- Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for journals and/or conferences;
- NRF Rating is preferred for this level.

**Professor**:

- Same as for Associate Professor, plus;
- At least 8 to 10 years tertiary education and/or industry experience;
- Experience in curriculum development and innovation;
- A well-established and internationally recognised research record supported by publications in high quality peer reviewed journals with at least 5 publications published in the last 5 years for non-industry appointments;
- Evidence of successful Doctoral student completion;
- Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for ISI/Scopus indexed journals;
- Evidence of conference papers delivered internationally;
- An NRF rating is required for this level.

**Head of Department must demonstrate**:

- Experience in the following:

- High-level liaison with internal and external stakeholders and professional boards;
- Managing and leadership activities;
- Marketing of technical projects to obtain research and development contracts and research funding;
- Professional knowledge and experience in the information science environment;
- Managing academic and professional staff;
- Accreditation processes;
- National and/or international collaboration;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

- Managerial experience at a tertiary institution;
- Strong leadership and communication skills;
- International recognition;
- An exceptional research record in one of the department’s research specialisation fields.

The annual remuneration package will be commensurate with the incumbent’s level of appointment, as determined by UP policy guidelines. UP subscribes to the BESTMED medical aid scheme and contributes 50% of the applicable monthly premium.
- Complete and updated Curriculum Vitae;
- A short teaching portfolio;

CLOSING DATE: 6 September 2023

ENQUIRIES: Prof WJvdM Steyn, Tel: (012) 420 5318
- The University of Pretoria is committed to equality, employment equity and diversity._
- The University of Pretoria reserves the right to not fill the advertised positions._

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