Associate Professor/ Professor of Strategic

6 days ago

Bloemfontein, South Africa University of the Free State Full time

Job Title- Associate Professor/ Professor of Strategic Leadership and Business Management (Job ID: 6001)- Organizational Unit- University of the Free State -> Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences -> UFS Business School- Contract Type- Permanent- Occupational Level- Middle Management- Location- Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary)
- Closing Date- 20/1/2025- Description**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Deliver engaging and innovative teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including executive education programs.
- Conduct high-impact research recognised nationally and internationally in strategic leadership, business management and related disciplines.
- Participate (for Associate Professor) /lead and participate (for Professor) in interdisciplinary research projects and initiatives.
- Supervise to completion of Master’s and PhD students.
- Participate (for Associate Professor)/play a key role (for Professor) in curriculum development and programme enhancement for formal and executive education programmes.
- Engage with industry leaders and foster strong connections between the Business School and the business community, including providing consultancy work on behalf of the Business School.
- Generate third-stream income on behalf of the Business School through contract research, consultancy, and funding supporting learning and teaching.
- Contribute to the Business school's strategic vision and leadership.

**Inherent requirements**:
**Associate Professor**
- A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Leadership and/or Business Management with a strong focus on Business Strategy.
- Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students.
- Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
- Acted as an editorial board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.
- Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
- Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s degree students.
- Proven expertise of practice experience in strategic business management/ leadership.
- Demonstrated ability for third-stream income generation.
- A proven research record of relevant publications in high-quality accredited national and international journals.
- An NRF rating of C3 or equivalent status.
- Served as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR showed evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent.

**Professor**
- A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Leadership and/or Business Management with a strong focus on Business Strategy.
- Experience as external examiner for master’s and doctoral students.
- Acted as editorial board member of high-quality international/ISI/IBSS journals.
- A significant research portfolio demonstrated by a sustained research record in the last 8 years.
- A research record of relevant publications in high-quality national and international accredited journals.
- Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
- Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research in strategic business management and leadership (for example, regularly reviews international/WoS/Scopus (Q1 and Q2) journals).
- Demonstrated successful supervision of graduated master’s-degree and preferably graduated doctoral students.
- Proven expertise of practice experience in strategic business management/ leadership.
- Demonstrated ability for third-stream income generation.
- Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
- Demonstrate potential in wider public engagement and dissemination of research.
- Served as a member of a national or international scholarly society, committee, or agency concerned
- with research at higher education levels.
- An NRF rating of C1 or C2 or equivalent status.

**Recommendations**:

- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant practice experience in Strategic Leadership and Business Management.
- A track record in international cooperation.
- Ability to communicate research results to clientele groups.
- A track record in engaging with the industry and must have been involved in securing funding.
- Proven skills in data analysis using IBM SPSS, AMOS, PLS.
- Competencies**Required competencies**:

- **Results oriented.**:

- The ability to set high standards, establish tough goals, and to work to achieve success.
- The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.

**- Strategic thinking.**
- The ability to deal with several activities at a time.
- The ability to focus on details, work towards perfection, and approach work in a neat and organised manner.

**- Business Acumen**:

- The ability to adhere to rules

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