Current Jobs at University of Johannesburg

Job Description:

• The School of Tourism & Hospitality develops future-fit leadership for the Tourism & Hospitality sector by providing both high-quality programme offerings as well as facilities, which host functions and events.  These commercial facilities and services add to the high-quality teaching & learning environment that the students are exposed to.

 Responsibilities: 

• Report daily to the Sous Chef & Chef de Partie.
• Ensure the daily production against the requirements.
• Ensure that hygiene requirements in terms of HACCP are adhered to.
• Manage the correct use of equipment and ensure maintenance thereof when necessary.
• Providing good customer service to the relevant stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and/or mentorship to students in the production of food.
• Conduct assessments of students' portfolios, behaviour and performance to facilitate the WIL process.

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 (NQF 4) qualification
• A minimum of three (3) years' job related experience.
• At least six (6) months experience in similar position.
• Proven computer skills in Windows and MS Office.
• Professional cookery experience in the hotel industry, preferably in the 5-star/fine dining environment.
• Industry knowledge.
• Wine knowledge.
• Kitchen management experience.

Recommendations:

• A relevant Diploma (NQF 6).
• Assessment skills.
• Understanding of the academic environment.
• MICROS experience.

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Computer Literacy.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to work in a team.
• Good organisational and administrative abilities.

Deadline:27th March,2026

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Job Description:

• The Coordinator will be responsible for advancing the reputation and brand through social media (including Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn) activities that support and promote the vision, mission, and strategic objectives of UJ.

Responsibilities:
 
Social Media Account Management:

• Oversee social media (including Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn) account design.
• Execute a results-driven social media strategy.
• Attend events and produce live social media content.
• Maintain a unified brand voice across different social media channels.
• Interact with users and respond to social media messages, inquiries, and comments.
• Review analytics and create reports on key metrics.

Content Creation and posting schedule:

• Create and oversee social media content.
• Develop and curate engaging content for social media platforms.
• Create and execute an optimal posting schedule.
• Assist in the creation and editing of written, video, and photo content.

Stakeholder Liaison & Coordination:

• Liaise with the UJ Marketing and Brand team to align the social media content with the institution’s Social Media Strategy.
• Provide input into the communication strategy of the Vice-Chancellor’s office.

Other duties:

• Assist with any other reasonable administrative requests and duties.

Minimum requirements

• Diploma (NQF 6) in Communications or Public Relations or a relevant equivalent.
• Three (3) to five (5) years’ job-related experience.
• Management of individual social pages on various platforms.
• May be required from time to time to work and travel outside the normal working hours.

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Team player.
• Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, and social media platforms.
• Resourceful, innovative, and proactive.
• Self-driven and with a well-developed sense of responsibility.
• Ability to work in a team but also independently.

Deadline:20th March,2026

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Job Description

• The successful incumbent will be responsible for providing operational leadership in the management of externally funded bursaries and related student allowances. The role ensures that sponsor funds are administered accurately, responsibly and in alignment with institutional financial controls. The incumbent plays a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of external bursary funding through effective financial oversight, reconciliation, reporting, stakeholder engagement and the management and development of staff within the External Bursaries function

Responsibilities:
The incumbent will be expected to:

• Oversee the end-to-end administration of externally funded bursaries, from confirmation of funded students to the accurate allocation of funds on student accounts.
• Ensure that bursary allocations are processed accurately and timeously in accordance with sponsor conditions and institutional financial controls.
• Oversee the administration and processing of external bursary allowances, including the review and approval of allowance files prior to submission to disbursement service providers.
• Oversee the reconciliation of sponsor funding, bursary allocations, allowance disbursements and control accounts, and ensure that discrepancies are investigated and resolved.
• Prepare management reports relating to external bursaries and allowances.
• Provide input for internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with University financial policies, governance requirements and contractual obligations with sponsors.
• Act as the primary liaison with sponsors, allowance service providers and internal stakeholders on matters relating to external bursaries and allowances.
• Manage, support and develop staff within the External Bursaries function.

Minimum requirements

• BCom Degree with Accounting or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ finance-related experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ managerial experience within a bursaries environment.
• Experience within a higher education environment. 

Recommendations:

•  Proven experience working on ITS

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes: 

• Strong financial, reconciliation and analytical skills.
• Sound understanding of bursary and allowance administration.
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage high volumes.
• High attention to detail and strong problem-solving ability.

Deadline:27th March,2026

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Job Description:

• The Strategic Research Support Unit supports the University’s researchers and strengthens the research network and collaborations. The unit also Manages excellence programmes such as the National Research Foundation (NRF)'s South African Research Chairs (SARChl) initiative, and the DSTI/NRF Centres of Excellence (CoEs).

Responsibilities:

• Identification of external funding opportunities.
• Management of NRF South African Research Chairs (SARChl) Initiative Applications and related processes.
• Management of DSTI/NRF Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and related processes.
• Coordination of processes related to the university's Research Centres and Institutes.
• Coordination of activities related to senate sub-committees, including the University Research Committee (URC).
• Screening of proposals for completeness and adherence to the criteria of the Call
• Management of the calls for funding proposals
• Liaising with external stakeholders such as funders.
• Arrange briefing sessions focusing on various SARChI Chair and CoE activities.
• To manage the pre – award and post–award funding processes.
• Proper analyses on data received from funding applications.
• Integrated reporting on various sub – programme that the incumbent will be responsible for.

Minimum requirements

• Degree or any relevant qualification (NQF 7).
• Three (3) to five (5) years’ proven working experience in Research Administration.
• Three (3) to five (5) years’ proven working experience in grant management, such as NRF systems, Wellcome Trust, and MRC.
• Proven report writing skills.
• Proven project management and stakeholder management skills.

Recommendations:

• A Postgraduate degree qualification will be an added advantage.
• Strong experience in the Higher Education Sector.
• Must be proficient with computer literacy.

Deadline:27th March,2026

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Job Description:

• To ensure effective and efficient coordination and facilitiation (where appropriate) of postgraduate programmes/workshops within the RCD unit at the PGS.

Responsibilities:

• Organises appropriate, needs-driven research capacity development opportunities for postgraduate students.
• Coordinates comprehensive research capacity development programme(s) for postgraduate student’s research journey.
• Organises, coordinates, facilitates, and assists (where appropriate) research communication events, such as the UJ Visualise Your Thesis (VYT), 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and the Postgraduate Conference amongst other RCD annual or adhoc events.
• Use Moodle for distance learning and provide an enabling environment around this learning management system (LMS).
• Engages in related communication and marketing, quality assurance, impace measurement, administrative and reporting activities that will add value to all RCD related activities.

Minimum requirements

• A degree or any relevant qualification (NQF 7), in any of the STEM fields
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in administration of academic programmes or projects in a higher education institution
• 3 to 5 years' experience in a coordination role in a higher education context
• 3 to 5 years' experience in supervising postgraduate students
• 3 to 5 years' experience of curriculum development or coordination of postgraduate programmes
• 3 to 5 years' experience with using online or distance learning programmes, digital technologies, and social media
• 3 to 5 years' experience in facilitating postgraduate programmes
• Demonstrate ability to coordinate academic courses, programmes, and processes
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office programmes

Recommendations:

• A Master’s degree in any of the STEM fields will be highly beneficial
• Have a sound knowledge of what a postgraduate lifespan entails through supervision
• Show strategy around planning of postgraduate workshops
• Understanding the demands of postgraduate study

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

•  Strong administrative skills
•  Excellent planning and organising skills
•  Good written and oral communication skills for report writing
•  Ability to handle large volumes of communication, responsiveness “while on the move”
•  Analytical and problem-solving skills
•  Ability to identify and mitigate risks
•  Collegial and emotionally intelligent
•  Ability to work independently and take initiative
•  Ability to work in a pressurised environment and meet deadlines
•  High level of integrity and ethical standards
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills

Deadline:27th March,2026

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• To supervise the Operational function and Client relationships in line with the site. To maintain client and staff relations to ensure contract retention. To implement and maintain the best practices in all operations within the client’s organization for the University of Johannesburg service offerings. Responsible for ensuring resource allocation achieves maximum utilization and efficiency of staff time and skill set. Take initiative in developing and maintaining operational systems principles, practices, and procedures. This position reports to the coordinator of campus facilities management and may require you to work at night if you are allocated night work.

Responsibilities:
Operational Planning and General Management

• Complete management of the day-to-day operation and service delivery to the client’s site. To report any issues of any kind within 1hour to the Coordinator.
• Supervise all relevant cleaning and other services activities to the building and site whilst maintaining and improving the site.
• Coordinates the efforts of the employees to ensure continued operations within the assigned facility for both scheduled and non-scheduled work.
• Functions as the frontline contact with the client and relevant stakeholders to ensure efficient service delivery to site.
• Acts as the interim incident commander during emergencies and coordinates response efforts as necessary, reporting all within 1 hour to the Coordinator.
• Reports all maintenance and building problems daily to the Coordinator for corrective action and keeps documentation thereof to be handed to the Coordinator.
•  Account for the operational standards at the client. Audit on-site services are done to the Works Schedule / Programmes focusing on addressing client needs. Coordinate, direct and monitor the functional operations at each site.
• Day-to-day management of staff ensuring that all timekeeping and attendance is adhered to, all staff are dressed according to requirements, and that all staff are neat and clean in their appearance.
• Ensure adequate resources are made available on-site to deliver quality service within the work schedules but also ensuring that ROI is achieved by managing and checking on-site tools and consumables.
• Ensuring that all necessary systems are in place as per on-site specific requirements and that each operational team is working according to set standards.
• Implement and manage an onsite complaints programme with clients and ensure that feedback with corrective action is communicated and resolved within 24hours.
• Set and monitor appropriate performance objectives and standards for staff.
• Maintain budgets for employees, tools, consumables, and equipment. Placing orders monthly or as necessary to maintain a quality service on-site.
• Accountable for all tools, Operational Planning, and General Management of equipment and consumables delivered and on-site. Manage all chemical dilutions appropriately and the storage thereof.
• Manage, implement, and train all staff on shift and area allocation roster. Train and induct all staff to the site before commencing their workstations. Introducing all new staff to relevant client contacts on site.
• Managing on-site equipment and standards thereof to ensure quality services to clients. Equipment and tools register to be managed and checked monthly.
• Assist when required on additional services or ad-hoc services for the site.
• Ensure that all staff is trained on company policies and procedures as well as client policies and procedures. Ensure that these are complied with at all times by all staff.
• All and any issue reported be it for staff, clients, equipment complaints, or any other reason in whatever form must be resolved within one week without fail and the full responsibility thereof rests on the Supervisor. Documentation of the issue and signed resolution needs to be filed.
• Daily Hygiene and ALL Work Schedule checks are done, actioned where necessary, and filed.
• All space or areas allocated must be kept clean, tidy, and free from any objections by the client at all times.

SHEQ (Safety Health Environment and Quality)

• Full understanding and implementation of Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality interventions for Client site-specific requirements.
• Investigate, manage, and collate all incident and accident reports on sites and corrective actions to be implemented and filed.
• A valid site SHEQ file kept at the site which has the relevant MSDS’, works schedules, valid medicals (if required), safety procedures, planned contingencies, and quality documents which will include but are not limited to complaint procedures ®isters, risk assessments, incident investigations & outcomes with corrective measures, all training registers.
• All relevant SHEQ reports and administration completed accurately, with attention to detail and submitted to Coordinator at month-end.

Supervision of Employee Matters 

• Daily training, coaching, and guidance of all direct reports to comply with the highest standard of service delivery.
• Request of employment of all new employees as per company procedures and full inductions are done for staff before commencing work.
• Ensure all staff is provided with the correct protective wear as per site requirements and that an inventory is kept and managed.
• Ensure that all medicals including exit medicals are done where necessary.
• Report all grievances and disciplinary actions to the coordinator immediately and according to company expectations and standards.
• Knowledgeable, planning, coordinating, and recording of all training conducted.
• Submitting training plan and proposal to Coordinator every 3 months per site-specific requirements or operational requirements.
• Offering and conducting in-house training.
• Control measures and communication with relevant departments to ensure Supervision of fraudulent and unauthorized conduct is prohibited in all aspects or categories of the business.
• Build relations with staff and have an open-door policy, assist all staff where needed be it business, improvement opportunities, or personnel to ensure staff happiness.
• Receipt of time sheets by the 7th of each month from the Team Leader and approval thereof, to be handed to the coordinator for processing.
• All employees on site must be managed according to their work requirements and if any issues, deviations, or out of the ordinary happen then this needs to be communicated immediately or within 1hour to the coordinator.
• Monitor and manage staff absenteeism and turnover, ensuring relievers can be arranged at short notice, and promoting good staff attendance at all times through appropriate absence management techniques.
• All relevant labour reports and administration completed accurately, with attention to detail and submitted to reporting managers at month-end.

Reporting customer satisfaction

• Ensure all reports are submitted accurately to the coordinator by no later than the stipulated dates every month
• Site audits and surveys to be presented to the coordinator by the last working day
• Training Conduct or arrange for on-site relevant training to develop and grow UJ staff per month.

Performance Management

• Conduct and report to the Coordinator of KPI reviews done of direct reports per month.

UJ Policy

• Employees must work within UJ policy and guidelines.
• Live the UJ Values.

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12
• Minimum of three 3 years' supervisory experience in relevant operations/Facilities management industry

Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:

• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects
• Good verbal communication skills
• Customer care
• Creative thinking
• Good conflict management skills

Deadline:27th March,2026