Lecturer/senior Lecturer/associate Professor: Department of Public Administration and Management

Job Title- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor: Department of Public Administration and Management (Job ID: 6289)- Organizational Unit- University of the Free State -> Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences -> Department Public Administration and Management- Contract Type- Permanent- Occupational Level- Junior Management- Location- Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary)- Closing Date- 17/11/2025- Description- - **INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED**- A detailed Curriculum Vitae. - Copies of your qualifications, or official proof of qualifications obtained (If you hold foreign qualifications, please include SAQA accreditation). - A copy of your identity document (South African ID or passport for foreign nationals). - Confirmation of employment in the form of a letter, appointment contract, service certificate, or recent payslip from your current or most recent employer (applicable to external applicants only).- - **Duties and responsibilities**: - Teach Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Public Administration modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students. - Perform academic administration of undergraduate and postgraduate modules pertaining to learning, teaching, research and assessments. - Contribute to curriculum development in the department and faculty. - Provide supervision in postgraduate programmes to Honours, Master's or PhD students. - Conduct high-quality research, publish in accredited journals, and deliver quality research outputs in line with the faculty's research strategy. - Provide leadership in pursuit of the department and faculty’s strategic plan with regard to research, learning and teaching, engaged scholarship, as well as leadership and administration. - Participate in additional academic activities including, but not limited to, presentation of research papers at national and/or international conferences as well as involvement in departmental/faculty research projects. - Serve as a member of various academic and research committees and perform any other tasks allocated by the Dean and Head of the department. - Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with relevant research, civil society, government, industry, and professional organisations.- - **Inherent requirements**: **Lecturer**- A PhD on NQF Level 10 relevant to the field of Public Administration and Management (for a permanent appointment) - or- Master’s degree on NQF Level 9 relevant to the field of Public Administration and Management (contract appointment: five years during which a PhD on NQF Level 10 relevant to the field of Public Administration and Management MUST be obtained to be converted to a permanent appointment). - Proven record of teaching Public Administration related modules at an undergraduate and/or postgraduate level with a specific focus on Project Management and/ or Monitoring and Evaluation. - Proven experience in the delivery of poster or oral presentations at conferences or equivalent activities. - Evidence of manuscripts produced that have the potential to be converted or submitted for publication in accredited journals. - A good academic record (attach a copy).- - **Senior Lecturer**- A PhD on NQF Level 10 relevant to the field of Public Administration and Management. - Proven experience in the presentation of papers/posters at national scholarly conferences. - Proven record of teaching Public Administration related modules at an undergraduate and/or postgraduate level with a specific focus on Project Management and/ or Monitoring and Evaluation. - Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship. - An NRF rating or demonstrated potential for obtaining an NRF rating. - Proven experience in supervising to completion of honours and master’s degree students. - A proven research record of relevant publication/s in peer reviewed national and international accredited scientific journals. - Proven experience of service as an active member of a national or international scholarly society or committee or agency concerned with research at higher-education levels.- - **Associate Professor**- A PhD on NQF Level 10 relevant to the field of Public Administration and Management. - Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students. - Proven record of teaching Public Administration related modules at an undergraduate and/or postgraduate level with a specific focus on Project Management and/ or Monitoring and Evaluation. - Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national and international 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. - An NRF rating of C3 or equivalent status. - Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s and doctora