Professor / Associate Professor and Head of Department - Engineering and Technology Management (1 post) at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• The strategic, academic and operational management of the Department;
• Promoting, planning, organizing and managing academic and research programmes and the Department’s research profile;
• Recruiting and managing of world-class personnel;
• All financial activities, including externally funded projects;
• Playing an active role as an academic leader of the discipline at a national and international level;
• Marketing and growing the Department with an emphasis on growth at the graduate level.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Associate Professor:

• A BSc / BScEng / BEng degree;
• A relevant Masters’ degree;
• A relevant PhD degree that follows on the previous qualification;
• At least 6 years tertiary education experience or 6 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
• Experience in curriculum / strategy development and innovation;
• Evidence of sustained publications output;
• Majority of recent publications should be in WoS/Scopus/IBSS journals (past 7 years);
• Evidence of at least 3 research Master’s OR 6 coursework Master’s mini-dissertations successfully completed (supervised or co-supervised);
• Evidence of Doctoral student supervision;
• Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for journals and/or conferences.

Professor:

• Same as for Associate Professor, plus;
• At least eight years’ experience at a tertiary academic institution or industry related experience;
• Evidence of successful doctoral student completion;
• Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for ISI/Scopus-indexed journals;
• A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, including graduation of Doctoral students;
• A well-established and internationally recognised research record supported by publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals.

Head of Department must demonstrate:

Experience in the following:

• High-level liaison with internal and external stakeholders and professional boards;
• Managing and leadership activities;
• Marketing of technical projects to obtain research and development contracts and research funding;
• Professional knowledge and experience in the engineering environment;
• Managing academic and technical staff;
• Accreditation processes;
• National and/or international collaboration;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Managerial experience at a tertiary institution;
• Strong leadership and communication skills;
• International recognition;
• An exceptional research record in one of the department’s research specialisation fields.