Job Description

My client in the Tertiary Education Industry is seeking to employ a Professor for Governance and Leadership at their Port Elizabeth Branch.

Job scope:

• To advance the Faculty's mandate: to revitalise the humanities disciplines where humanities research and teaching is linked with pertinent societal programmes to advance democracy, social justice, and the public good.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Foster an intellectual environment for research by engaging scholars in the academy and outside organic intellectuals with a purpose of examining the capacity, accountability and sustainability of the public service and government and provide insights into the improvement of these for the betterment of society
• Nurture scholarship in public administration and leadership that appreciates indigenous ways of knowing, especially around the values of ethical leadership as epitomised
• Serve as a research hub for postgraduate students and postdoc fellows in the area of Public Administration and Leadership and related subject fields in the School of Governmental and Social Sciences
• Identify and pursue strategic partnerships with the government sector and other entities with similar purpose
• Establish sustainable collaborations within Africa and the global South
• Develop extra-curricular learning programmes (Short Learning Courses), and
• Identify, pursue and successfully make use of opportunities to generate third stream income for the Centre's long-term sustainability and the successful implementation of its programmes.

Minimum Requirements:

• PhD in the field of Public Management and Leadership or cognate discipline
• 4-7 years of demonstrable experience as an Associate Professor Public Management or related discipline in a university
• At least 3 years' experience in a senior management position
• Proven research record and publishing of creative and other outputs
• Advanced academic experience in public management and leadership, and understanding of African intellectual traditions on ethical and value-based leadership
• In-depth knowledge of governance systems and policy in relation to local, provincial and national public institutions
• Experience in initiation and establishing sustainable strategic partnerships between the University and relevant institutions within Africa and beyond
• Experience in the higher education sector and with advanced competencies in research, postgraduate and postdoctoral supervision
• Capacity to mentor early career scholars in the area of Public Management and Leadership
• Advanced research skills, and ability to strategically support the intellectual project of the Department of the Public Management and Leadership in the Humanities Faculty
• Ability to conceptualise and monitor the implementation of the projects of the Centre
• Leadership in a senior position in a related field
• Experience in fundraising and financial management

Should you want to apply for the position, please send through your CV and qualifications to the following email address and use the reference number for the position as the subject of the email

Email: natasha@staffunlimited.co.za

Reference nr: NDProfessorGovernance

Should you not get an email from us within 2 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful

Skills

Research Leadership Teaching Communication Fundraising

Industries

Tertiary Education

Staff Unlimited