Senior Researcher/ Associate Professor

Job Title- Senior Researcher/ Associate Professor - Researcher (in Nursing) (Job ID: 5975)- Organizational Unit- University of the Free State -> Faculty of Health Sciences -> School of Nursing- Contract Type- Permanent- Occupational Level- Middle Management- Location- Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary) - Closing Date- 17/11/2024- Description**Duties and responsibilities**: - Develop and oversee a robust research programme at the school with an emphasis on postgraduate students and staff members. - Establish and maintain strong partnerships and collaborations with other academic institutions and government institutions nationally and internationally. - Participate in knowledge transfer activities, attracting research income to discipline on a collaborative and individual basis to support high quality research activity. - Support the department with the strengthening of overall research related electives including research projects. - Attracting research income on an individual and collaborative basis, to the field or discipline, to underpin high quality research activity. - Recruit and supervise postgraduate students. - Sustaining a high standard of academic engagement and staying current with field advancement as required to fulfil the requirement of the position. - Being of service to other universities e.g. external examining, assisting with curriculum reviews, organising of conferences, collaborations on inter-university projects. - Being of service to other provincial and / or national stakeholders such as government or NGOs - e.g. servicing on advisory bodies, contributing to policy formulation and review. - Demonstrating excellent leadership in the creation and accomplishment of the school's strategies in an innovative, inspirational, person-centred manner in the interest of building the standing and stature of the school. - Maintaining own ongoing growth; incorporating the school's strategies into all relevant facets of their work while also contributing to the development and achievement of University and Faculty strategies within the context of being a research-led university in Africa. - Develop strategic direction within their own research area while providing over-arching leadership to staff in the Department in terms of their own research. - Being recognised and serving as an authority in the field of nursing with a strong external research profile as appropriate to the discipline. - Actively contributing to the development, planning and implementation of activities within the school of nursing. **Inherent Job Requirements**: **Senior Researcher**: - PhD in Nursing on NQF Level 10. - Three (3) years of academic experience at a higher education institution. - Registration as a nurse (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwife with the South African Nursing Council. - Additional qualification in Nursing Education. - Proof of registration with the South African Nursing Council. - Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and/or postgraduate modules in nursing. - Proven experience in the presentation of papers at national and/or international scholarly conferences. - Demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating. - Proven experience in supervision of graduated master’s students. - A proven research record of relevant publications in national and/or international accredited journals. - Proven experience as a reviewer for an accredited scholarly journal. **Associate Professor - Researcher**: - PhD in Nursing on NQF Level 10. - Five (5) years of academic experience at a higher education institution. - Registration as a nurse (General, Community, Psychiatry) and Midwife with the South African Nursing Council. - Proof of registration with the South African Nursing Council. - Additional qualification in Nursing Education. - Experience at management level, and of leading a large team. - Proven track record of research in nursing with a research profile commensurate with the level of associate. - Existing networks and collaborations in nursing, or higher education in Africa and/or beyond. - Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate degree students. - Proven experience in presenting research papers at national and international conferences. - Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship. - Demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating. - Successful supervision of graduated master’s degree students. - A proven research record of at least 10 relevant publications in national and international accredited journals. - Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR show evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent. **Recommendations**: - NRF rated. - Act as an editorial member of high-quality national scholarly journals. - Qualification in any field of specialisation will be