Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer: Health management / Public or Community Health Management at Stellenbosch University

Duties    

• Developing and delivering academic content in health management;
• Supervising postgraduate students at PhD and master's levels;
• Researching and publishing results in accredited and impactful international journals;
• Participating in the leadership, management, transformation, and social impact activities of the Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management;
• Contributing towards the Centre's new strategy, vision and on-going development of new academic programmes.

Job Requirements    

(For Associate Professor):

• A PhD awarded by a recognised university;
• Evidence of national and international recognition as a researcher, for example through the attainment of a South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rating and peer reviews;
• Evidence of academic leadership in a subject domain which may include several sole and/or first-authored papers; evidence of publications in high-impact or highly ranked journals; and the impact of the applicant¿s own work as reflected in h-indexes such as Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science;
• At least six subsidy-bearing publication units based on all credit-worthy academic output;
• Evidence of sustained research productivity since appointment or the previous promotion;
• International and national conference participation;
• Evidence of successfully completed PhD and master's degree supervision;
• A teaching portfolio reflecting quantitative and qualitative teaching performance displaying evidence of the scholarship of teaching relevant to the level of the academic rank, as well as teaching and learning contributions on departmental and university levels;
• External service-rendering and social impact relevant to the academic rank;
• Participating in and leading internal service-rendering relevant to the academic rank.

(For Senior Lecturer):

• A PhD degree awarded by a recognised university in any of the following fields: health management / health economics / community health management / social science, or related field;
• At least two subsidy-bearing publication units based on all credit-worthy academic output;
• Evidence of successfully completed postgraduate supervision;
• A teaching portfolio reflecting quantitative and qualitative teaching performance displaying evidence of the scholarship of teaching relevant to the level of the academic rank, as well as teaching and learning contributions on modular level;
• External service-rendering and social impact relevant to the academic rank;
• Participating in internal service-rendering relevant to the academic rank.

Recommendation    

(For Associate Professor):

• Proven experience in designing and developing module content and of supervising postgraduate students;
• Postgraduate programme management experience, including in student recruitment and admission;
• Experience in the application of health management and HIV/Aids knowledge, and the evaluation of health interventions for managerial decision-making;
• Senior leadership and management experience;
• Experience in the use of Moodle software.

(For Senior Lecturer): 

• Proven experience in designing and developing module content;
• Postgraduate programme management experience, including in student recruitment and admission;
• Experience in the application of health management and HIV/Aids knowledge, and the evaluation of health interventions for managerial decision-making;
• Senior leadership and management experience;
• Experience in the use of Moodle software.