Vacant Jobs at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• General legal advice and support
• Promptly responding to enquiries directed to the Legal Services Office.
• Providing written and verbal feedback on legal enquiries within reasonable timelines.
• Serving on task teams, providing guidance on legal implications and potential risks.
• Acting in the best interests of Stellenbosch University after weighing all opinions, interests, and evidence.

Drafting, reviewing, and vetting legal documents

• Drafting, reviewing, and vetting legislation, policies, regulations, management documents, and contracts to ensure alignment with applicable laws and SU's interests.
• Providing detailed commentary and ensuring that amendments safeguard the University's position.

Legal opinions

• Preparing thorough, balanced legal opinions on requested matters.
• Ensuring that opinions provide clear, practical guidance aligned with SU's best interests.

Liaising with external law firms and stakeholders

• Acting as internal liaison and communication coordinator for external legal counsel, particularly in litigation matters, as well as any contract-related matters.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external service providers.

Legal risk management

• Identifying, assessing, and managing legal risks.
• Contributing to policy, guideline, and process development aimed at mitigating legal risk.
• Reviewing and introducing controls to minimise exposure to legal liability.

General and administrative duties

• Working closely and independently with the Senior Legal Advisor and Legal Advisors: Commercial Contracts.
• Drafting reports and providing timely feedback on consultations and legal developments.
• Maintaining proper filing, document management, and administrative records.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• LLB or relevant professional law degree.
• Admission as an attorney or similar registration, OR at least three years' experience as an in-house legal advisor or within a higher education/regulatory environment.
• At least two years' post-admission experience (if admitted).
• Knowledge of higher education legislation and related regulatory frameworks (e.g. the Higher Education Act, POPIA, PAIA).
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and policy documents.
• The ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, service-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficiency with MS Office and online research tools.
• Experience in liaising with external legal providers and institutional stakeholders.
• A high level of responsibility, sound judgement, and independent decision-making ability.
• Strong facilitation and coordination skills.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and priorities.
• Professional, courteous, and diplomatic communication style.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

The ideal candidate will have:

• Prior experience within higher education or another regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience with or working knowledge of legal risk mnagement.
• Exposure to contract drafting, policy review, and compliance matters.
• The ability to provide pragmatic legal guidance aligned with institutional objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence in stakeholder engagement.

Closing Date 09-Jan-2026

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Duties/Pligte

• Managing and implementing SU's B-BBEE strategy across the University.
• Engaging with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Driving initiatives to strengthen all elements of the scorecard.
• Improving institutional mechanisms for documenting and evidencing scorecard-related transformation activities.
• Managing the annual B-BBEE audit process and ensuring accurate documentation and reporting.
• Preparing and presenting B-BBEE reports to senior leadership and governance structures.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory B-BBEE requirements and contributing to policy development.
• Providing expert input into broader transformation initiatives and responding to ad hoc requests from leadership.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• Relevant bachelor's degree in commerce, business administration, law, or human resources.
• At least five years' relevant experience, including three years in B-BBEE-related roles (consulting, verification, or similar).
• Proven, in-depth understanding of B-BBEE legislation and related frameworks (EE, Skills Development Act, King III).
• Proven skills in project leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Excellent communication and report writing.
• Data analysis and presentation.
• The ability to manage competing priorities.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Project management qualification.
• Experience in managing holistic transformation and the strategic role of B-BBEE in higher education.

Closing Date 09-Jan-2026

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Duties/Pligte

• Leading independent bioinformatics, computational biology, or genomic epidemiology research projects.
• Publishing high-quality research articles in reputable, peer-reviewed journals.
• Developing new analytical methods, pipelines, or computational models.
• Identifying emerging scientific questions and proposing innovative solutions.
• Preparing and submitting competitive research grant proposals to national and international funders.
• Securing funding to support group activities, students, and project expansion.
• Maintaining a strong publication record aligned with Stellenbosch University's expectations.
• Building and maintaining computational workflows for genomic analysis (e.g., phylogenetics, variant calling, functional analysis).
• Contributing to open-source tools, databases, or software packages.
• Improving scalability, reproducibility, and automation of analysis pipelines.
• Presenting research at national and international conferences, workshops, and symposia.
• Representing the institution in scientific networks, consortiums, and forums.
• Contributing to science communication, policy briefs, and stakeholder engagement where appropriate.
• Identifying new research directions aligned with institutional strategic priorities.
• Contributing to the development of institutional or national bioinformatics research agendas.
• Delivering lectures, seminars, or workshops in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or related modules.
• Contributing to postgraduate teaching (Honours, MSc, PhD) through specialised content delivery.
• Developing and presenting short courses and advanced training sessions for internal and external participants.
• Designing or updating course content, including lecture materials, assessments, and practicals.
• Developing new modules aligned with emerging trends (e.g., machine learning in genomics, data science for health).
• Ensuring curriculum relevance to local and global bioinformatics needs.
• Producing technical reports, preprints, conference papers, and datasets.
• Supervising postgraduate students (Honours, MSc, PhD) and postdoctoral fellows.
• Providing mentorship on research design, computational methods, and scientific writing.
• Guiding junior researchers in developing independence and technical expertise.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• PhD in molecular biology, genetics or a related field (e.g., bioinformatics or biological sciences with emphasis on transcriptomics and human genomics).
• At least five years' post-PhD experience in the field of bioinformatics.
• Proven ability to teach bioinformatics courses effectively at postgraduate level.
• Experience supervising postgraduate students up to and including PhD level.
• A record of peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals related to bioinformatics or biomedical research.
• Experience working with researchers from diverse backgrounds (biology, computer science, statistics).
• Proven experience in processing and analysing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) high throughput data.
• Proficiency in at least three programming languages such as Python, R, Bash, Perl or C/C++, C#, Ruby, and/or Java.
• Data analysis skills: good background in statistical analysis techniques relevant to biological data interpretation.
• Technical skills: advanced experience with work and setup of computational clusters and servers.
• Demonstrable high-level proficiency in software development and programming.
• In-depth understanding of molecular biology, genetics, transcriptomics, and genomics, particularly human genomics and gene expression analysis.
• Comprehensive knowledge of bioinformatics algorithms, workflows, and software for sequence alignment, variant calling, functional annotation, and data visualisation.
• Deep knowledge of programming principles, software development practices, and version control.
• Knowledge of computational infrastructure, cluster management, and workflow automation.
• Familiarity with grant proposal development, project management, and collaboration in multidisciplinary research environments.

Closing Date 22-Dec-2025