Professor (x1) at University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

Post-specific requirements for Professor:

• An appropriate Doctoral degree at NQF level 10 in Decision Sciences or Cognate fields
• At least five (5) years of relevant teaching/research/work experience with a strong focus in the field of specialization in Mathematical
• modeling, Statistical analysis, Artificial Intelligence or Quantitative Finance.
• Must have supervised at least two postgraduate students to completion, one of which must be a Doctorate
• Must have produced five (5) output points in 3 years OR seven (7) output points in 5 years as recognized in the DHET Research
• Output Policy, 2015 (Government Gazette 38552 of 11 March 2015) and/or the Policy on the Evaluation of Creative Outputs and
• Innovations Produced by South African Public Higher Education Institutions, 2017 (Government Gazette 40819 of 28 April 2017)
• Demonstrate potential to participate in engaged scholarship (non-academic applicants)
• Active involvement in engaged scholarship, with evidence of how this has been transferred into Teaching and Learning/
• curriculum transformation/Research Outputs (academic applicants)
• Evidence of participation in workplace committees or task teams and voluntary associations (non-academic applicants)
• Evidence of contribution and leadership in Departmental, School, College and University committees including task teams and
• voluntary associations (academic applicants).

Recommendations:

• Research project leadership and fund sourcing
• Teaching experience in a CODeL environment
• Evidence of mentorship of junior staff members
• Membership of professional associations/bodies
• Completed moderator and assessor training programs
• Any evidence of student or peer evaluation from previous institution(s)
• NRF-rating or rating application in progress
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of ODL and/or technology-enhanced learning
• Knowledge of other South African languages and the ability to provide tuition in those language(s).