Associate Professor/Professor and Head of Department at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria March, 2025

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following: 

• Supporting the Dean in advancing the Faculty of Education’s strategic vision.
• Leading the strategic, academic, and operational management of the Department.
• Enhancing the Department’s research profile and fostering impactful scholarly outputs. 
• Enhancing quality teaching, learning and student support in the Department.
• Overseeing the academic and professional education and training activities within the Department.
• Serving as an active academic leader, advancing the discipline at national and international levels.
• Supporting the Faculty’s teaching and learning initiatives by promoting innovative uses of technology.
• Coordinating equitable and sustainable resource allocation in the Department.
• Leading fundraising efforts to support departmental programs and initiatives.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

The following criteria must be fulfilled for appointment at the level of Associate Professor:

• A relevant doctorate with specialization in Humanities Education, Curriculum Studies or closely related field 
• At least 5 – 8 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education Institutions or other closely related education sectors;
• Comprehensive teaching portfolio;
• Meaningful engagement with student feedback;
• At least 11 publications (journals, book chapters, books) of which:
• 4 should be in a mix of internationally and nationally accredited journals; 
• 3 publications should be sole authored;
• At least six (6) students supervised to completion at Masters and/or Doctoral level;  
• Proven national and international peer recognition;
• Proven experience in raising research funding; 
• Active international collaborations;
• International conference presentations; 
• Community engagement in a related field; 
• Involvement in Work-Integrated Learning (e.g., Teaching Practice);
• Proven active academic citizenship and mentoring; 
• Proven academic administration experience;
• Membership of departmental/faculty/ institutional committees;
• Membership of international scholarly/professional bodies; and
• Membership of external bodies relevant to the discipline or profession Editorial boards/ committees, peer reviewer of academic contributions, external examinations; and
• Recommended: H Index (4 and above).

The following criteria must be fulfilled for appointment at the level of Full Professor:

• A relevant doctorate with specialisation in Humanities Education, Curriculum Studies, or closely related field; 
• At least 8 – 10 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education Institutions or other closely related education sectors;
• Comprehensive teaching portfolio;
• Meaningful engagement with student feedback;
• Proven leadership experience in broader curriculum development and scholarship of teaching and learning;
• Proven transformational leadership in curriculum development and innovation;
• At least 16 publications (journals, book chapters, books) of which
• 10 should be in a mix of internationally and nationally accredited journals;
• 5 publications should be sole authored;
• At least eight (8) students supervised to completion at Masters or Doctoral level; 
• At least four (4) Doctoral level students supervised, of which three (3) should be sole supervision;
• Proven national and international peer recognition; 
• Proven success in raising research funds;
• Proven experience being a lead or principal investigator on national and international research projects; 
• Proof of (inter) national peer recognition;
• Active international collaborations;
• International conference presentations; 
• Community engagement in a related field; 
• Work-integrated involvement/ mentorship;
• Active academic citizenship with a leading mentoring role;  
• Proven experience in academic administration;
• Prominent and value-adding participation in departmental/faculty/ Institutional committees; and
• Active membership of international scholarly/ professional bodies.
• H-Index of 8 and above;

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Proven managerial skills and competencies in a tertiary environment; 
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills;
• Appropriate language and communication skills; 
• Diversity management skills;
• Ability to lead research and teacher training programmes.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES

• Current recognition as an Associate Professor or Full Professor:
• NRF rating;
• Record of scholarly awards.
• Proven record as Principal investigator 
• An active research profile including an ORCiD