Associate Professor

Faculty- Business and Management Sciences- Department- Cape Peninsula University of Technology -> Business and Management Sciences -> School of Commerce, Management & Governmental Sciences -> Operations Management- Campus/ Location- District Six Campus - Cape Town, WC ZA (Primary)- Job Type- Permanent- Occupational Function- Academic- Number of Positions- 1- Annual Salary Package (incl. Medical Aid rate based on principal member only)- To be confirmed- Advert Closing Date- 23/2/2024- Job Purpose(i) academic leadership and project management;
(ii) research management;
(iii) HR and staff management;
(iv) financial management; and

(v) student management.
- Job Knowledge, Skills and Experience**Minimum Requirements: Associate Professor**
- Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
- Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
- At least six (6) years’ relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
- Already at Senior Lecturer level with at least three (3) years’ proven academic managerial experience.
- Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision

**Recommended: Associate Professor**
- NRF Rating.
- Successful supervision of Masters’ and Doctoral students.
- Previous experience in a similar position or at an equivalent or higher level.
- Preference will be given to a person that has at least 4 years’ experience in a department/programme coordinating or relevant portfolio role within a law/paralegal department.

**Minimum Requirements: Senior Lecturer**
- Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
- Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
- At least four (4) years’ relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
- Experience in curriculum development.
- Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision

**Recommended: Senior Lecturer**
- At least five years’ teaching experience in a higher education environment.
- Knowledge of the higher education landscape in SA.
- Evidence of research and publications

**Minimum Requirements: Head of Department**
- Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
- Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
- At least 5 years’ teaching experience in a higher education, with at least three (3) years at the Senior Lecturer level involving managerial responsibility.
- Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.
- Key Performance Areas / Principal Accountabilities**Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer**
1. Learning and Teaching
2. Supervise postgraduate students
3. Provide academic leadership in the department
4. Participate in curriculum development
5. Conduct student assessments
6. Conduct research and research capacity building
7. Participate in quality assurance
8. Provide support for work-integrated learning monitoring
9. Develop and maintain industry linkages
10. Monitor risk management and related activities
11. Compliance reporting

**Head of Department**
1. Academic leader of the department.
2. A representative of the department to the rest of the university community.
3. A representative of the university leadership in the department’s representative of the university to external bodies.

**The HOD roles and functions cover a broad area and include but are not limited to the following**:
1. Financial management and management of the budget Human resource management.
2. Academic management and academic administration Quality promotion and quality management.
3. Academic planning and the development of the departmental Programme Qualification Mix (PQM).
4. Implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act.
5. Professional development of academic and support staff.
6. Implementation of the performance management system.
7. Management of research and innovation activities.
8. Management of workplace-based learning, service-learning and community engagement.
9. Management of stakeholder partnerships.
10. Initiating and engaging in fundraising activities.
11. Overseeing the marketing and recruitment strategy of the department.
12. Development of a departmental strategic plan and overseeing its implementation.
13. Risk management and related activities.
14. Compliance reporting.

**Academic duties will include**:
2. Plan and execute all teaching and learning activities for the programme(s) of study.
3. Promote community participation and linkages.
4. Promote and manage research supervision of undergraduate projects and postgraduate students where applicable.
5. Promote and assist staff with research funding both internally and externally.
- Competencies- Leadership and deci