Vacant Jobs at Rhodes University

Job Description

Admin Assistant (Grade 8)

Procurement

• The Procurement Department invites suitably qualified candidates to join their team. 

Main Objectives

• To provide a professional transactional procurement service to the University by creating purchase orders from purchase requisitions and managing the purchase order lifecycle through to their closure.
• To provide helpdesk support to registered suppliers and prospective suppliers who seek to register on the supplier database. Responsible for providing functional and end-user support to requisitioners.

The Requirements
Grade 12 or equivalent plus approximately 3 years relevant experience where such experience includes:

• Previous experience in a pressurised computerised accounting and/or administrative environment.
• Experience in using and maintaining electronic administrative systems.
• Experience in capturing and processing high volumes of data and information in a mainframe system.
• Previous experience in procurement, supplier database administration and purchasing.
• Previous experience in procurement using the Oracle Cloud finance system.

Closing Date 08 December 2025

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Main Objectives

• All academics are responsible for disseminating knowledge (teaching and learning), creating knowledge (research) and community engagement, and recognising differences in executing these responsibilities within the various departments and Faculties. Academics are also expected to assume administrative, management, and/or leadership duties at the departmental, faculty, and/or university levels.
• In addition, an Associate Professor is to provide academic leadership in the following areas: teaching and learning; research and community engagement, and contribute towards the institution's governance. 

The Requirements

• PhD in Information Systems or equivalent
• Professional experience in Information Systems or equivalent will be an advantage
• Considerable teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels is required
• Experience in teaching Information Systems, with the ability to teach in the following areas: IT Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Ethics, and Digital Transformation, Systems Analysis and Design, and Project Management
• Research Supervision of Master’s and PhD degrees
• An established research group/area
• Established national profile and emerging national profile in the discipline
• Track record of administration, management and/or leadership roles

Closing Date 12 January 2026

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Main Objectives

• All academics are responsible for disseminating knowledge (teaching and learning), creating knowledge (research) and community engagement, recognising that there are differences in the execution of these responsibilities within the various departments and Faculties. 
• Academics are also expected to assume administrative, management, and/or leadership duties at the departmental, faculty, and/or university levels.

The Requirements

A Master’s Degree in Information Systems or equivalent. Membership of a professional board (e.g., IIBA, IITPSA, etc.) would be an advantage.

• Tutoring or facilitation experience required. Some teaching experience would be an advantage.
• Ability to teach in the following disciplinary areas: Project Management and System Analysis. The ability to teach databases, data analytics, digital transformation, accounting information systems security and control, and IT ethics will be an advantage.
• Some research supervision or research outputs would be an advantage.
• Some administrative experience, albeit in informal contexts. (e.g., student or sports clubs, work experiences)

Closing Date 12 January 2026