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Job Title - Subject Head (five-year contract) (Job ID: 6280) - Organizational Unit - University of the Free State -> Faculty of Humanities -> Department English - Contract Type - Contract - Occupational Level - Temporary - Location - Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary) - Closing Date - 2/11/2025 - Description **PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY PERMANENT ACADEMIC STAFF WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POST.** **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). **Duties and responsibilities**: - Provide academic leadership by creating and executing strategies to establish the department as a leader in the discipline vis-à-vis competing international entities. - Directing the academic debate in the department; - Influencing the department's overall climate and culture; - Energising everybody in the department and beyond; and - Shaping the future of the department. - Contribute to the overall leadership in the faculty. - Responsible for frequent and continuous planning and execution of plans, general organising and coordinating of staff, students and activities, mentoring and motivating staff, structuring, and exercising overall control. - Create an atmosphere of collaboration among staff. - Responsible for effective internal and external communication. - The AHD is pivotal in linking the department’s staff and students with the University's management and administration through communication, negotiation and consultation. - Active participation and involvement in faculty management structures, attending meetings, leading project teams, representing the department and faculty, and fulfilling the roles of liaison officer and marketer, when necessary. - Active participation and involvement in applicable UFS management structures, e.g. Senate. - Initiate, formulate and implement a visionary academic strategy for the department that is aligned with and supportive of the guiding strategic documents of the UFS and faculty. - Ensure - The provision of top-quality, research-informed facilitation of learning at all levels of teaching in the department. - Relevance of content, material and presentation in all modules. - The enhancement of student experiences and their continuous engagement in academic debates. - That adequate rules and regulations are in place to optimally deliver high-quality teaching and learning programmes on both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. - Adherence to all the rules and regulations of the UFS, faculty and department. - Quality and timely feedback on student work. - Proper and quality-driven academic advice and support to all under - and postgraduate students in the department; and - The revisiting and development of fresh learning programmes that will help to position the department as a leader in its field. - Create and maintain a(n) - Visionary research strategy for the department; and - Environment that encourages research, leading to strong and active research habits and a culture of inquiry. - Ensure that - Every academic staff member is engaged in quality-driven and discipline-specific research; - Postgraduate students are recruited to broaden the research base of the department; and - Ethical requirements are met. - Guide and support senior academics towards acquiring NRF ratings. - Engage actively with the faculty research committee and the UFS Directorate of Research Development in order to ensure sustainable financial support for departmental research initiatives. - Build an effective team of scholars through: - Planning and implementing a fair and reasonable dispensation regarding the workload of staff members in the department; - Planning and implementing a clear and reasonable career path for every staff member in the department, taking account of the strategic plans of the University, faculty and department; - Appropriate mentoring interventions where and whenever needed; - Managing staff performance in accordance with existing university policies and procedures; - Recruitment and selection of scholars in the case of vacancies and/or specific strategic needs, whenever strategic repositioning requires expansion of academic endeavours; - Creating and maintaining a scholarship-friendly environment in the department; and - Planning and overseeing effective and relevant staff development. - Responsible for the financial management which culminates in: - Annual budgeting; - Financial planning; - Allocation of funds; and - Financial control. - Adherence to the UFS’s financial policies and procedures. **Inherent requirement** - A PhD on NQF Level 10 in English. - A full-time, permanent member of the academic staff of the Department of English at the University of the Free Sta