Professor/Associate Professor (College of Business & Economics: Industrial Psychology & People Management) at University of Johannesburg

Job Description:

• A full professor with behavioural science as an academic underpinning, both at undergrade and postgraduate level with the ability to carry out duties to promote and lead postgraduate leadership programmes to be globally recognised as thought leaders in the field of organisational leadership creating a visible, unique, academic footprint especially in Africa. This person must lead the Leadership area / chair / centre to attract the best scholars and be the opinion and thought leader in the field of Leadership

Responsibilities:

• Leading and developing the Leadership programme
• Lecturing face-to-face and ONLINE in related modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level
• Supervising postgraduate student research, steering research to enable economic and social upliftment to the greater good of the South African population
• Maintaining a research output pipeline to meet the yearly required supervision and publication research output units
• Publishing research results in scientific peer-reviewed journals
• Presenting research results at national and international conferences
• Academic leadership in the coordination of the postgraduate leadership programmes
• Participating in internal and external service rending and social impact programmes and activities and interventions
• Serving on internal department, school, college university committees
• Engaging in activities that will promote global department excellence and stature

Minimum requirements

• A relevant Doctoral degree (NQF 10) with academic underpinning in behavioural science both at undergraduate and postgraduate level
• A minimum of ten years working experience in the Higher Education environment.
• Excellent teaching skills and knowledgeable in the field of organisational leadership development and leadership business coaching
• A proven record of excellence in accredited scholarly research outputs in the field of organisational leadership.
• A track record of Master and Doctoral students - graduated

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Leadership and navigation
• Relationship management
• Ethical practices
• Good communication
• Business acumen

Recommendations:

• Knowledge of the online learning environment
• Previous exposure to management of portfolios within a higher education environment  
• Evidence of visibility within the academic community
• Currently NRF-rated, or on track to be rated in the next 2-3 years