Professor / Associate Professor and Head of Department: Department of Construction Economics (one post) (Re-advertisement) at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• The strategic, academic, and transformation leadership of the Department;
• Promoting, planning, organising, accreditation and managing of academic and research programmes and the Department’s research profile;
• The recruitment and management of world class personnel;
• All financial activities including externally funded projects;
• Playing an active role as academic leader of the discipline at a local, national and international level and development of international partnerships;
• Marketing and growing the Department;
• Leading and promoting research intensity within the Department in terms of research outputs, international publications and PhD students.
   

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Associate Professor:

• A PhD/Doctorate in Quantity Surveying / Construction Management or related degree;
• At least 6 years tertiary education experience or 6 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
• Professional registration with the SACQSP or SACPCMP;
• Experience in curriculum / strategy development and innovation; 
• Evidence of sustained publications output with at least 12 DHET accredited publications (at least 3 publications published in the last 5);
• Majority of recent publications should be in WoS / Scopus / IBSS journals;
• Evidence of at least 3 research Master’s OR 6 coursework Master’s mini-dissertations successfully completed (supervised or co-supervised);
• Evidence of Doctoral student supervision;
• Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for journals and/or conferences;
• NRF Rating is preferred for this level.

Professor:

• Same as for Associate Professor, plus;
• At least 8 to 10 years tertiary education and/or industry experience;
• Professional registration with the SACQSP or SACPCMP;
• Experience in curriculum development and innovation;
• A well-established and internationally recognised research record supported by publications in high quality peer reviewed journals with at least 18 DHET accredited publications (at least 5 publications published in the last 5 years);
• Evidence of successful Doctoral student completion;
• Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for ISI/Scopus indexed journals;
• Evidence of conference papers delivered internationally;
• An NRF rating is required for this level.

Head of Department must demonstrate:

• Experience in the following:
• High-level liaison with internal and external stakeholders and professional boards;
• Managing and leadership activities;
• Marketing of technical projects to obtain research and development contracts and research funding;
• Professional knowledge and experience in the built environment;
• Managing academic and technical staff;
• Accreditation processes;
• National and/or international collaboration;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.  

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Managerial experience at a tertiary institution;
• Strong leadership and communication skills;
• International recognition;
• An exceptional research record in one of the department’s research specialisation fields.

CLOSING DATE: 9 March 2026