Professor/Associate Professor (Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment: Department of Quality & Operations Management) at University of Johannesburg

Job description

• The Faculty of Engineering & Built Environments prides itself in its vibrant, dynamic and diverse engineering community of scholars who are passionate about enhancing the learning experience of students, enhancing the research profile of the Faculty and enhancing the academic, social and economic impact of the Faculty’s teaching and research programmes.

 
Job specification:

• The Department of Quality and Operations Management currently has a full-time staff compliment of 15 lecturers who provide services to more than 1500 students over three programmes namely Operations Management, Management Services and Quality.  Quality and Operations Management includes a range of activities from managing quality and process strategy to human resources and supply chain management. Students who complete and graduate from these programmes are better placed in the industry and major organisations. Career opportunities include opportunities in production supervision, factory management, product development, flow and cost control, quality assurance, quality control and work study.

 
Responsibilities:  

• Lecturing, coordinating, and assessing large undergraduate and postgraduate (Departmental/service) modules.
• Develop and manage study material for allocated modules.
• Supervise postgraduate students' research and supervised research projects of postgraduate students successfully.
• Research and publish in any field that articulates well with the existing research interests of the department and publish articles in accredited, peer-reviewed journals.
• Contributing to departmental outreach and community engagement programmes.
• Ability to raise research funding internally and externally.
• Being involved in all departmental academic and administrative activities (e.g., invigilation, participation in departmental and faculty meetings, leadership role).
• A well-developed quantitative and/or qualitative methodology skills.
• Forge and maintain external professional networks and international collaboration. 

Minimum requirements

• Relevant doctoral degree (PhD) or closely related (NQF 10 or Equivalent)
• At least 5 years of academic experience within a Higher Education institution.
• Proven record of postgraduate research supervision and publications in the relevant field.
• Evidence of research outputs (at least 5 units on credited journals), postgraduate supervision (at least 5 Master’s and 1 Doctoral as main supervisor), and presentations at national and international conferences.

 
Recommendations:

• Teaching experience in a Higher Education institution
• Track record of postgraduate research supervision and publications in the relevant field Preferably NRF rated
• Proven record of engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning Innovative teaching and research techniques incorporating technology
• Research specialization that articulates well with the existing interest of the department
• Evidence of research outputs and proven track record of postgraduate supervision at Masters level or higher.
• Some external research funding as primary investigator.

  
Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Good communication skills (written and verbal with a high level of proficiency in English).
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to work as a member of the department and faculty.
• Ability to be a flexible team player with good team-oriented skills.
• Enthusiasm and passion for teaching, research and community engagement
• Teaching in multidisciplinary fields.
• Sound problem-solving and decision-making skills.