Professor / Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer (Rural Development) (One Position) - Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development - Faculty of NAS at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules;
• Supervising honours, master’s and PhD students;
• Conducting research and publish articles in leading accredited journals;
• Raising funds to support existing research programmes and/or initiate new ones;
• Community engagement; and
• Academic administration.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Senior Lecturer:

• A PhD in Rural Development, Development Economics, Development Studies, Political Science, Sociology or related field;
• Three years’ teaching and research experience in a tertiary/research institution in any of the fields above;
• At least eight publications in accredited journal(s);
• Evidence of successful supervision /co-supervision of master’s students; and
• Evidence of community engagement and project leadership.

Associate Professor (same as for Senior Lecturer, PLUS):

• A proven record of successful supervision of PhD students;
• Five years’ teaching and research experience;
• Recognition by peers as a researcher with high academic standing;
• A comprehensive international publication record and experience leading joint research projects;
• A record of collaboration with local and international scientists; and
• Proven experience in fundraising for research.

Professor (same as for Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer, PLUS):

• Proven graduation record of PhD students;
• Eight years’ teaching and research experience;
• A well-established and internationally recognised research record; and
• Evidence of designing and implementing own curriculum content.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Ability to develop a world-class research programme;
• Ability to teach and conduct research in the following areas:
• Principles and approaches of rural development;
• Agriculture and rural development;
• Agricultural and rural finance;
• Food security and food systems transformation;
• Sustainable development;
• Land and resource policy reform;
• Smallholder agriculture;
• Climate-smart agriculture;
• Issues, challenges, policies and options for rural development; and
• Drivers, frameworks and strategies for agriculture and rural development;