Associate Professor/Professor and Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies (Term Appointment) at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties, among others:

• Carrying out academic, managerial, and administrative responsibilities in the Office of the Dean.
• Providing strategic and operational leadership of the research and postgraduate studies portfolio.
• Assisting the Dean in developing and implementing innovative research and postgraduate education strategies.
• Fostering and maintaining strong relationships with the relevant stakeholders within and outside the University.
• Developing and nurturing an environment that will enable the departments to achieve their targets for research and postgraduate enrolments, and for postgraduate throughput.
• Developing strategies for support of early career and postgraduate mentorship.
• Promoting and creating an enabling environment for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.
• Assisting in the development of effective support and monitoring mechanisms to enhance the quality of postgraduate offerings.
• Assisting the Dean with fundraising for research.
• Establishing and building existing international networks.
• Performing any other duties that may be assigned by the Dean and/or members of the Executive.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A relevant doctorate with specialisation in the broad field of education.
• The requisite qualifications and experience to be eligible for appointment as Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria, the assessment of which is based on several factors, including teaching and learning, research, postgraduate supervision, community engagement, academic administration, and academic citizenship.
• A minimum of five years of academic management experience in a higher education institution.
• A proven, ongoing track record of excellence in leading teams in research and postgraduate programme development and implementation.
• Proven leadership experience in inter-faculty research and postgraduate programmes
• Extensive proven experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision.