Associate Professor/Professor and Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies 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.
• Guide the implementation and execution of the Faculty’s plans for postgraduate studies and research at the departmental level.
• Assisting the Dean in developing and implementing innovative research and postgraduate education strategies.
• Providing leadership and chairing Faculty committees related to research and postgraduate studies
• 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.
• Lead the development and facilitation of innovation initiatives to enrich research, postgraduate education and improvement of throughput.
• Developing strategies to support 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 and partnerships.
• Establishing and building existing national and 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 Theology and Religion.
• The requisite qualifications and experience to be eligible for appointment as Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Theology and Religion 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 three (3) years of academic management experience in a higher education institution.
• A proven, ongoing track record of excellence in leading teams in research, postgraduate programme development and implementation and fundraising.
• Proven leadership experience in inter-faculty research and postgraduate programmes
• Extensive proven experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES

• Experience in leading an academic department in a higher education environment.
• Experience in academic staff development.
• An NRF rating.