The University of Fort Hare is in the Eastern Cape and has 3 campuses in Alice (Main), East London and Bisho. It is an academic institution offering degrees - Bachelors, Honours, Masters and PhDs. It is famous for having many of Africa's academics, politicians and business people as its students.
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Minimum Requirements:
- A relevant Doctoral Degree
- Professional registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa in the category of Speech Therapist/Speech Therapist & Audiologist
- At least 3 years’ experience in higher education
- Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research experience in Speech Language Pathology
- A record of accredited research publications commensurate with the academic rank of Senior Lecturer
- Postgraduate supervision experience including successful Masters/Doctoral supervision commensurate with the academic rank of Senior Lecturer
Added Advantages
- Qualification/courses in higher education teaching and learning
- Evidence of successful external fundraising for research.
- Evidence of supporting early career academics.
- Recognition in a chosen area of research (e.g., NRF rating).
- Evidence of networking and collaboration beyond one institution in research and/or teaching
- Evidence of community engagement integrated with teaching, learning or research
Duties:
- Participate in research; curriculum design, development, and implementation
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules
- Meet research publication requirements for the academic rank of senior lecturer level
- Secure external research grants
- Supervise postgraduate students
- Establish institutional, regional or national collaborations
- Contribute to mentorship of emergent academic staff
- Participate in community engagement integrated with teaching and/or research
- Participate in administrative duties at departmental, faculty and university levels
Closing Date: 2nd November, 2025
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Professor: Nursing
Minimum Requirements:
- A relevant Doctoral Degree
- A qualification in Nursing Education that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Professional registration with the South African Nursing Council
- At least 9 years’ experience in higher education for the professor post
- Extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research experience in nursing
- A track record of international and national accredited research publications commensurate with the academic rank of Professor
- Postgraduate supervision experience including successful Doctoral supervision commensurate with the academic rank of Professor
- Evidence of successful national and international fundraising for research.
- Recognition as an established scholar in a chosen area of research (e.g., NRF rating, international keynote addresses/ plenary lectures).
Added Advantages
- A qualification in Nursing Management or Mental Health that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Evidence of professional and academic standing at national and international levels
- Evidence of academic leadership and mentorship of early career academics.
- Evidence of successfully hosting post-doctoral research fellows.
- Evidence of national and international collaboration
- Evidence of community engagement integrated with teaching, learning or research.
Responsibilities:
- Provide academic leadership in research; curriculum design, development, and implementation
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules
- Meet research publication requirements for the academic rank of professor
- Secure external research grants and establish research programs
- Supervise all levels of postgraduate students and host post-doctoral fellows
- Establish institutional, national and international collaborations
- Provide academic leadership and contribute to mentorship of academic staff
- Participate in community engagement integrated with teaching and/or research
- Contribute to University service and participate in administrative duties at departmental, faculty and university levels
Associate Professor: Nursing
Minimum Requirements:
- A relevant Doctoral Degree
- A qualification in Nursing Education that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Professional registration with the South African Nursing Council
- At least 7 years’ experience in higher education
- Extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research experience in Nursing
- A track record of international and national accredited research publications commensurate with the academic rank of Associate Professor
- Postgraduate supervision experience including successful Masters and/or Doctoral supervision commensurate with the academic rank of Associate Professor
Added Advantages
- A qualification in Nursing Management or Mental Health that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Qualification/courses in higher education teaching and learning
- Evidence of successful external fundraising for research.
- Some standing as a scholar in a chosen area of research (e.g., NRF rating, keynote addresses/ plenary lectures).
- Evidence of successfully hosting post-doctoral research fellows.
- Evidence of professional and academic standing at national and/or international levels
- Evidence of academic leadership and mentorship of early career academics.
- Evidence of national and/or international collaboration
- Evidence of community engagement integrated with teaching, learning or research
Duties:
- Provide academic leadership in research; curriculum design, development, and implementation
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules
- Meet research publication requirements for the academic rank of associate professor
- Secure external research grants and establish research programs
- Supervise all levels of postgraduate students and host post-doctoral fellows
- Establish institutional and national / international collaborations
- Provide academic leadership and contribute to mentorship of academic staff
- Participate in community engagement integrated with teaching and/or research
- Contribute to University service and participate in administrative duties at departmental, faculty and university levels
Closing Date: 2nd November, 2025
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Minimum Requirements:
- A relevant Doctoral Degree
- A qualification in Nursing Education that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Professional registration with the South African Nursing Council
- At least 3 years’ experience in higher education
- Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research experience in Nursing
- A record of accredited research publications commensurate with the academic rank of Senior Lecturer
- Postgraduate supervision experience including successful Masters/Doctoral supervision commensurate with the academic rank of Senior Lecturer
Added Advantages
- A qualification in Nursing Management that is registered with the South African Nursing Council
- Evidence of successful external fundraising for research.
- Evidence of supporting early career academics.
- Recognition in a chosen area of research (e.g., NRF rating).
- Evidence of networking and collaboration beyond one institution in research and/or teaching
- Evidence of community engagement integrated with teaching, learning or research
Duties:
- Participate in research; curriculum design, development, and implementation
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules
- Meet research publication requirements for the academic rank of senior lecturer level
- Secure external research grants
- Supervise postgraduate students
- Establish institutional, regional or national collaborations
- Contribute to mentorship of emergent academic staff
- Participate in community engagement integrated with teaching and/or research
- Participate in administrative duties at departmental, faculty and university levels
Closing Date: 2nd November, 2025
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Minimum Requirements:
- A four-year LLB Degree
- Proof of Admission and Practice as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
- Proof of Registration and good standing with the relevant Legal Practice Council
- A minimum of three - five years’ post-admission legal practice experience.
- Proven ability and experience in criminal and civil litigation as well as case management.
- A service record of your current employer/last employer only applicable to external applicants.
Added Advantages:
- Experience in teaching and/or facilitating legal education and/or training in a higher education environment
- A copy of your driver's license,
- An advanced degree in Law
Key Roles and Responsibilities Include:
- Implement, facilitate, and monitor the clinical legal education training program for undergraduate law students at the UFH Legal Aid Clinic.
- Facilitate the training of candidate attorneys and students as required.
- Ensure active involvement in research activities of the UFH Legal Aid Clinic.
- Provide legal services in line with services offered by the UFH Legal Aid Clinic.
- Coordinating provision for client consultations for law students
- Assist with community engagement programmes at the UFH Legal Aid Clinic and the Faculty of Law where required.
- Work in a team with colleagues within the Faculty.
- Contribute to academic coordination and perform administrative tasks related to the provision of legal services and student teaching at the UFH Legal Aid Clinic.
Closing Date: 2nd November, 2025
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Purpose of the Role
- Provide holistic mental health and wellness services to UFH students, contributing to their academic success, retention, and overall wellbeing.
- Supervise intern psychologists and support graduate development through training and mentorship.
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s degree in counselling or clinical psychology
- 4–5 years’ experience as a registered Counselling or Clinical Psychologist
- 2+ years’ experience in higher education (Student Affairs experience is an advantage)
- Knowledge of HPCSA regulations and ethical guidelines
- Strong communication, psychotherapeutic, and crisis management skills
- Valid driver’s license
Key Responsibilities
- Offer individual and group counselling and psychotherapy
- Conduct trauma debriefing and crisis interventions
- Supervise intern psychologists and their community interventions
- Deliver training for student cohorts (e.g., Wellness Leaders, Mentors)
- Monitor and evaluate programmes; submit monthly reports
- Implement mental health initiatives across multiple campuses
Closing Date: 2nd November, 2025
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Minimum Requirements
- Honours degree (NQF Level 8) in a relevant field
- At least 2 years experience in the process of research ethics clearance of research projects in a Higher Education environment.
- At least 2 years administrative experience, preferably in a Higher Education environment
Preferences
- Training in Research Ethics
- Experience in facilitating Research Ethics training
- Training and experience in managing meetings, including developing meeting agenda and writing minutes
- Experience in preparing information and documentation for audits
- Knowledge of and experience in running online research ethics application system
- Familiarity with the national research ethics guidelines of South Africa
Responsibilities:
- Providing overarching administrative support to UFH Research Ethics and Biosafety Committees, staff and students.
- Coordinating logistical arrangements of REC and BSC meetings, including agenda, minutes and follow up actions.
- Coordinating ethics and biosafety clearance applications for research projects
- Validating documents and research proposals in accordance with requirements for ethics or biosafety clearance.
- Preparing reports for submission to Senate Research Ethics Oversight Committee (SREOC), the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) and other regulatory bodies.
- Organizing mandatory training of UFH Research Ethics and Biosafety committee members.
- Organizing training on research ethics and integrity for students and researchers.
- Ensuring compliance with NHREC guidelines in terms of membership of committees.
- Keeping standard operating procedures updated in accordance with relevant policies, guidelines and NHREC requirements.
- Providing support for the online research ethics application system
- Compiling information and documentation for audit purposes.
- Promoting a culture of ethical awareness and integrity within the research environment at UFH.
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
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Requirements
- Honours degree
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience
- Experience in the process of applying DHET rules, monitoring research incentives, and financial accounting for awarded grants is essential
- In-depth knowledge of DHET rules and processes relating to incentive grants and page fees
Responsibilities
Coordinating and screening research outputs for submission to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
- Facilitating the annual capturing of research outputs on the online system for all Faculties, Research Institutes, Research Centres, Research Chairs, Research Niche Areas, and other UFH research entities.
- Verifying adherence to standards & rules
- Circulating & coordinating research outputs for amendment/compliance with standards
- Updating details on the online research outputs capturing system
Facilitating Research Outputs Audits
- Verifying units per submitted research output based on the number of authors and their institutional affiliations.
- Contacting researchers and requesting all the information required by the auditors
- Providing information and documentation requested by auditor
Disseminating information regarding DHET rules, grant policy
- Disseminating adverts and calls for submissions
- Disseminating updated DHET list of accredited journals
- Disseminating DHET and the university's research-related policies
- Facilitating policy awareness workshops for researchers and postgraduate students
Disbursing research output subsidy funds to research cost centres of the awarded researchers
- Preparing incentive loading forms for submission to line manager for approval
- Facilitating opening research accounts for newly awarded researchers
- Preparing student incentive loading forms submission to line manager for approval
- Liaising with Finance Department to drive transfer of funds and payment of requisitions
- Monitoring cost centre allocations to ensure accuracy and prompt disbursement of research incentive funds
Report on research units metrics
- Drawing up reports on the number of publication units produced by each researcher
- Drawing up reports on the number of publication units produced by each Faculty, Research Institute, Research Centres, Research Chairs, Research Niche Areas, and other UFH structures.
- Drawing up reports on amount of incentive funds awarded per Faculty
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
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Minimum Requirements
- An LLB degree or Honours degree in a relevant field
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Technology transfer
- Intellectual property management and/or intellectual property law
- Contract negotiation/drafting
- Commercialisation of technologies
- At least 2 years’ experience in administration, preferably within a university, institution of higher learning or research institution
Added Advantages
- Admission as an Attorney or Advocate
- Working knowledge of South African IPR laws and contract law
- Familiarity with public research and higher education environments
Responsibilities
- Manage the identification, evaluation, and protection of university-owned IP
- Draft and negotiate contracts and agreements, including licensing and MoUs
- Facilitate the commercialization of technologies through strategic partnerships
- Ensure legal compliance and support risk mitigation measures in contracts and IP operations
- Liaise with stakeholders including university researchers, legal experts, and external funders (e.g., TIA, NIPMO, CSIR):
- Maintain accurate documentation and reporting on contract lifecycles and IP matters
- Conduct awareness sessions and training workshops on IP and contract compliance
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
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Minimum Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field
- At least 2 years’ experience in administration in a Higher Education environment, preferably in a research office.
- At least 1 year experience in the process of Research Ethics clearance of research projects in a Higher Education environment.
Added Advantages
- Experience in compiling content for institutional annual reports
- Familiarity with logistical preparations for hosting large research colloquia and conferences.
- Training in Research Ethics
- Knowledge of and experience in running online research ethics application system
- Honours degree or higher qualification is an added advantage
Responsibilities
- Receiving and processing documents for Director’s approval from Department of Research and Innovation (DRI) Units, Research Niche Areas (RNAs), Research Chairs, Research Institutes, Research Centres, Researchers, and other UFH research entities.
- Drafting motivation letters for payments for services or products
- Processing quotations, invoices and requisitions for payments
- Organising quarterly departmental staff workshop
- Drafting programmes for departmental workshops or events
- Coordinating logistical arrangements for the annual UFH Research Week of Excellence
- Coordinating logistical arrangements for DRI events (e.g. launching of new programmes, research entities or online processes)
- Compiling information and statistics for the annual UFH Research Report
- Coordinating process of taking photographs of authors of articles and research facilities for the UFH Research Report.
- Writing minutes of meetings
- Providing central administrative support for UFH Research Ethics activities
- Providing central support for the online Research Ethics application system
- Ensuring that RECs submit mandatory annual reports to the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC).
- Coordinating meetings for the Director and for the Department
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
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Requirements
- An Honours Degree; a Master’s Degree will be considered an added advantage.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience in administering postdoctoral or research fellows.
- A strong knowledge of institutional and external funding policies and procedures.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail.
Responsibilities
Application Coordination:
- Overseeing the postdoctoral fellowship funding applications, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
- Maintaining a comprehensive and centralized database to monitor applications, statuses, tracking progress and outcomes.
Funder Liaison:
- Serve as the primary point of contact between the institution and various postdoctoral funding agencies.
- Establish and maintain relationships with alumni, government, industry stakeholders, and international funding bodies to facilitate collaboration and support.
Advisory Role:
- Provide expert advice and guidance to postdoctoral fellows on funding opportunities, application processes, and eligibility criteria.
- Assist postdoctoral fellows in preparing application materials, including project proposals and budgets.
- Ensure all applications comply with institutional policies and funder requirements.
Workshops and Training:
- Organize and conduct workshops to educate potential applicants about funding opportunities and application best practices.
- Promote the Postdoctoral Fellowships Programme through outreach activities at conferences, workshops, and academic events.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Track the success rates of funding applications and compile reports on outcomes and trends.
- Assess the effectiveness of the fellowship program and recommend improvements based on data analysis
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
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Minimum Requirements:
- Undergraduate qualification (NQF level 7).
- 3 years’ experience in Office Management and Administration Support, preferably at a senior level.
- 3 Years’ experience at a Higher Education Institution.
Responsibilities Include:
- Office Administration, including, Secretarial role to the Director
- Management of the office and diary of the Director, bearing in mind the complexity of managing the Director’s activities across campuses.
- Records keeping for audit, asset management and resource control purposes
- Financial administration for operational budgeting and spending
- Compiling information for ongoing reporting
- Provides an effective interface between the Director’s office and all levels of the University community.
- Event coordination and management, including administration of the relevant meetings (agenda compilation, minutes and reports)
- Implement administrative functions of stakeholders, including HODs and faculties related to the Director
- Communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Travel management, including bookings for local and international trips for the department
Competencies:
- Strategic communication and intercultural competence
- Operational and administrative expertise
- Programme and project management
- Data literacy and reporting
- Basic financial literacy
Closing Date: 26 October 2025
Method of Application
Interested candidates who meet the criteria are invited to visit the website ufh.ac.za/jobs for a more comprehensive advert.
Applications must be made online before the closing date, and the following documents must be attached:
- A completed University of Fort Hare application form,
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae,
- A Cover letter stating how you satisfy the requirements of the advertised position,
- Names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees,
- Copies of all your academic qualifications and proof of registration with professional bodies,
- If applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/or a portfolio of your creative output.
- Incomplete or applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
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