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  • Posted: Aug 8, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Picture a friendly, hip and happening university campus, nestled right in the heart of the Free State capital, Bloemfontein; a university that has produced some of the country’s top thinkers and academics; a university that continues to stand out as a beacon of academic excellence. Of course, this is the University of the Free State, or UFS, one of the old...
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    Journal Administrator (Post Level 12)

    Duties and responsibilities: 

    • Maintain a proper filing system pertaining to all the relevant documentation and communications. If the journal is hosted online, this could be the management of the online workflow. 
    • Deal with communications to the Southern Journal for Contemporary History. 
    • Receive submissions to the Southern Journal for Contemporary History and respond to contributors. 
    • Decide jointly with the Editor-in-chief if submissions are sufficiently qualified to be considered for review.  
    • Coordinate the review process, if needed in consultation with the Editor-in-chief. 
    • Assign related duties to Associate editors. 
    • Communicate with authors. 
    • Liaise with printers or other administrative partners. 
    • Manage the editorial and publication process. 
    • Proofreading and language editing of article manuscripts. 
    • Keep custody of the records relating to the Southern Journal for Contemporary History. 
    • Handle book reviews. 

    Inherent requirements:

    • Relevant master’s degree on NQF Level 9 in the Humanities

    Recommendations:

    • Relevant PhD on NQF Level 10 in the Humanities.
    • Relevant working experience in managing or administering large-scale academic projects in history or an adjacent field.  
    • Familiarity with open-access publishing.  
    • Fluent in English. 

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    Interested and qualified? Go to University of the Free State on ufs.hua.hrsmart.com to apply

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