Faculty Research Coordinator at Durban University of Technology

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

FACULTY RESEARCH COORDINATOR POSTS

CAMPUS: DURBAN AND RIVERSIDE

REF: MS04 AND MS05

 

Minimum Requirements:

• A Master’s Degree or equivalent

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in Higher Education or in Research Coordination and Promotion

• Must have a record of Publications, Research outputs and /or Creative outputs.

• Evidence of successful Postgraduate Supervision

 

Additional Requirements:

• Experience and insight into the requirements needed to establish and maintain a research office.

• Experience with research grant applications

• Experience with external funding agencies

• Experience with website development

• Dashboard reporting on Excel

 

Summary of Duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Tracking and monitoring of Postgraduate students.

• Support of postgraduate students and departments with regard to all processes from registration to graduation, approval of project proposals, study panels, final titles and external examiners / assessors.

• Maintain an accurate database on all research activities and update website

• Follow up on reports from conference attendance, postgraduate students and supervisors, work load relief and sabbaticals, annual focus and niche area reports.

• Coordinate internal review of external funding applications

• Provide data for Annual Research reports

• Interface between students, supervisors and examiners.

• Prepare documents to be sent to the Higher Degrees Committee for ratification.

• Prepare minutes and agenda of monthly Faculty Research Committee meetings.

• Play a more academic role in the research initiatives.

• Initiating research in departments that are not research active.

• Interface between staff and the Research Office

• Capture, collate and report on data as and when required by the Executive Dean.

• Arrange Faculty Research seminars, workshops and Conferences.

• Any other duties as required in the Faculty and by the Executive Dean

 

Salary: R387 276.00 per annum, plus benefits to R648 228.00 per annum, plus benefits

Grade: 07

Status of Position: Permanent

Contact Person: Ms. MN Mthembu and Ms PP Dlamini Gwala

 

Applications should include:

1. A fully completed prescribed application form which can be obtained from www.dut.ac.za (under the QUICK LINKS tab - @careers)

2. A detailed curriculum vita (explicitly stating experience or knowledge in the above mentioned fields)

3. Covering letter.

4. Certified copies of all academic records and certificates

5. Current contact information of referees

6. Please email applications to [email protected] and quote the post reference and post description in the subject line.

7. No manual applications will be accepted and incomplete applications will be disregarded.

8. Only applications made on our application for employment form would be considered.

9. Communication will be entered into with short-listed candidates only.

 

CLOSING DATE: 17 OCTOBER 2021

 

“While DUT strives for equal opportunities, preference will be in terms of the University’s equity policy” “The University reserves the right not to appoint”