Director (3 Year Fixed-term Appointment) - Ukzn Health Consortium

2 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal Full time

**Listing reference**: ukzn_000689

**Listing status**: Online

**Position summary**

**Industry**:Education & Training

**Job category**:University and Academy

**Location**:Durban

**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**Introduction**
- COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, DIRECTOR, (Grade 4), 3 YEAR FIXED-TERM APPOINTMENT, UKZN HEALTH CONSORTIUM, HOWARD COLLEGE CAMPUS.

**Job description**
- The UKZN Health Consortium aims to establish a centralised Shared Services hub that streamlines governance, finance, human resources, legal oversight, intellectual property, and grant administration.
- This infrastructure is designed to liberate academics from administrative burdens, enabling them to concentrate on specialist research and translational impact.
- By managing complex donor-funded and contract research activities, the Consortium fosters an entrepreneurial culture rooted in rigorous business controls to ensure sustainable growth.
- A key objective is to integrate clinical services, professional consultancies, and turnkey platforms for trials, diagnostics, and health-care delivery, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and impact.
- The Consortium is committed to building and maintaining strategic alliances with government, industry, NGOs, and international research bodies to strengthen collaborative efforts

**Job Purpose**:

- The role is pivotal in driving institutional transformation, aligning with UKZN’s Project Renewal, and fostering ethical governance and inclusive impact across research, teaching, clinical services, and community engagement.
- The Director will champion a bold vision for health innovation, positioning UKZN as a continental leader in translational research and integrated health-care delivery.
- By empowering academics to lead in areas such as professional consultancies, collaborative research, drug formulation and distribution, and clinical testing, the Consortium will unlock new pathways for academic entrepreneurship and societal benefit.
- This position is designed to catalyse the critical development of UKZN’s capacity to bridge public and private sector partners—both locally and internationally—fostering alliances that accelerate translational health innovations, expand service reach, and deliver measurable benefits to South African and continental communities.

**Minimum requirements**
- PhD or Medical Doctorate degree or in a related field (e.g. public health, medicine, clinical / applied psychology, nursing)
- Registration with the appropriate Health Professions Council
- A minimum of 5 (five) years’ leadership experience in health research, innovation, or academia

**Essential Requirements**:

- Proven success in securing funding, leading teams, and driving impact
- Established connections in the health sector, academia, and industry
- Extensive knowledge of health systems
- Extensive knowledge of intellectual property
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Leadership and team management
- Stakeholder engagement and partnership building
- Fundraising and resource mobilization
- Financial management and risk management
- Visionary leadership
- Collaborative mindset
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

**Advantages**:

- A postgraduate qualification in business-related studies will be an advantage.

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**Benefits**

**The total remuneration package offered includes benefits.

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