Associate Professor /Senior Lecturer (Permanent) and Rotational Head of Department (5-year contract)- Retail Business Management - (7195) at Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Job Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Minimum Requirements: Associate Professor

• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Retail Business Management or related Business Management fields.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Retail Business Management.
• At least six (6) years’ relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
• Already at Senior Lecturer level with at least three (3) years’ proven academic managerial experience.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.

Recommended: Associate Professor

• NRF Rating.
• Successful supervision of Masters’ and Doctoral students.
• Previous experience in a similar position or at an equivalent or higher level.
• Preference will be given to a person that has at least 4 years’ experience in a department/programme coordinating or relevant portfolio role within a Retail Business Management department.

Minimum Requirements: Senior Lecturer

• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Retail Business Management or related Business Management fields.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Retail Business Management.
• At least four (4) years’ relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
• Experience in curriculum development.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.

Recommended: Senior Lecturer

• At least five years’ teaching experience in a higher education environment.
• Knowledge of the higher education landscape in SA.
• Evidence of research and publications

Minimum Requirements: Head of Department

• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Retail Business Management or related Business Management fields.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Retail Business Management.
• At least 5 years’ teaching experience in a higher education, with at least three (3) years at the Senior Lecturer level involving managerial responsibility.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.

Key Performance Areas / Principal Accountabilities

Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer

• Learning and Teaching
• Supervise postgraduate students
• Provide academic leadership in the department
• Participate in curriculum development
• Conduct student assessments
• Research and research capacity building
• Participate in quality assurance
• Provide support for Work-integrated learning and monitoring
• Develop and maintain industry linkages
• Risk management and related activities
• Compliance reporting

Head of Department

• Academic leader of the department.
• A representative of the department to the rest of the university community.
• A representative of the university leadership in the department’s representative of the university to external bodies.

The HOD roles and functions cover a broad area and include but are not limited to the following:

• Financial management and management of the budget Retail Business Management.
•  Academic management and academic administration Quality promotion and quality management.
• Academic planning and the development of the departmental Programme Qualification Mix (PQM).
•  Implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act.
• Professional development of academic and support staff.
• Implementation of the performance management system.
• Management of research and innovation activities.
• Management of workplace-based learning, service-learning and community engagement.
• Management of stakeholder partnerships.
• Initiating and engaging in fundraising activities.
• Overseeing the marketing and recruitment strategy of the department.
• Development of a departmental strategic plan and overseeing its implementation.
• Monitor Risk management and related activities.
• Compliance reporting.

Academic duties will include:

• Lecture at least one subject.
• Plan and execute all teaching and learning activities for the programme(s) of study.
• Promote community participation and linkages.
• Promote and manage research supervision of undergraduate projects and postgraduate students where applicable.
• Promote and assist staff with research funding both internally and externally.