Professor/Associate Professor: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) - with a 5-Year Term as Director at University of Western Cape

Key performance areas – Professor/Associate Professor:

• Conduct research and publish in the broad field of land and agrarian studies, rural development and natural resource governance
• Undertake postgraduate supervision
• Participate in community engagement and outreach
• Contribute to a high public profile for PLAAS across policy, civil society, and scholarly sectors nationally and internationally
• Facilitate learning and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Provide academic and administrative leadership
• Undertake curriculum development and renewal
• Provide mentorship to emerging scholars
• Generation of research grants (required at Full Professorship level)

Key performance areas – Director:

• Formulate and drive a clear vision and provide overall strategic leadership, management and contribute toward overall organisational efficiency
• Provide strong intellectual leadership of the academic project
• Financial management and fundraising for donor-funded projects, new initiatives and initiating income-generating projects 
• Ensure a high public profile for PLAAS by engaging in relevant collaborative partnerships and networks, locally, regionally and globally 
• Contribute to the management and development of human resources in PLAAS, by developing, empowering and motivating staff to achieve high performance.

Minimum Requirements

• A PhD or NQF equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. sociology, anthropology, geography, environmental science, development studies, politics, economics) from a reputable university 
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating learning and teaching
• Extensive experience of social science research on topics relevant to the core focus of PLAAS 
• A demonstrated capacity for fundraising from international philanthropic foundations
• Extensive experience and proven competence in academic leadership and management 
• An excellent track record of accredited peer-reviewed publications 
• A track record of successful postgraduate training and supervision 
• Evidence of the integration of community engagement for societal impact with learning and teaching and/or research
• Evidence of expertise and national standingin his/her discipline (as well as definite international presence at Full Professorship level)
• Experience in generating research grants through international partnerships (required at Full Professorship level)