Associate Professor /Senior Lecturer (Permanent) and Rotational Head of Department (5-year contract)- Operations Management - (7509)Job Title: Associate Professor /Senior Lecturer (Permanent) and Rotational Head of Department (5-year contract)- Operations Management
Faculty: Business and Management Sciences
Department: Cape Peninsula University of Technology -> Business and Management Sciences -> School of Commerce, Management & Governmental Sciences -> Operations Management
Campus/ Location: District Six Campus - Cape Town, WC ZA (Primary)
Job Type: Permanent
Number of Positions: 1
Advert Closing Date: 20/10/2024
Job Purpose: The successful candidate will be appointed as a rotational HOD in line with the rotational HOD guideline for a five-year term. HOD responsibility includes:
Academic leadership and project management;Research management;HR and staff management;Financial management;Student management.Teaching: The candidate should be able to teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research: The candidate should be active in research, and successfully supervise undergraduate final year research projects; and postgraduate students.
Minimum Requirements: Associate Professor
• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
• At least six (6) years' relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
• Already at Senior Lecturer level with at least three (3) years' proven academic managerial experience.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.
Minimum Requirements: Senior Lecturer
• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
• At least four (4) years' relevant teaching experience in Higher Education.
• Experience in curriculum development.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.
Minimum Requirements: Head of Department
• Doctoral qualification: Doctor of Commerce / Doctor of Business Administration or equivalent doctoral qualification.
• Underpinning Masters qualification in one or more of the sub-fields of Operations Management.
• At least 5 years' teaching experience in a higher education, with at least three (3) years at the Senior Lecturer level involving managerial responsibility.
• Track record in academic leadership, research output and postgraduate supervision.
Key Performance Areas / Principal Accountabilities Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer
1. Learning and Teaching
2. Supervise postgraduate students
3. Provide academic leadership in the department
4. Participate in curriculum development
5. Conduct student assessments
6. Conduct research and research capacity building
7. Participate in quality assurance
8. Provide support for work-integrated learning monitoring
9. Develop and maintain industry linkages
10. Monitor risk management and related activities
11. Compliance reporting
Head of Department
1. Academic leader of the department.
2. A representative of the department to the rest of the university community.
3. A representative of the university leadership in the department's representative of the university to external bodies.
The HOD roles and functions cover a broad area and include but are not limited to the following:
1. Financial management and management of the budget.
2. Academic management and academic administration.
3. Academic planning and the development of the departmental Programme Qualification Mix (PQM).
4. Implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act.
5. Professional development of academic and support staff.
6. Implementation of the performance management system.
7. Management of research and innovation activities.
8. Management of workplace-based learning, service-learning and community engagement.
9. Management of stakeholder partnerships.
10. Initiating and engaging in fundraising activities.
11. Overseeing the marketing and recruitment strategy of the department.
12. Development of a departmental strategic plan and overseeing its implementation.
13. Risk management and related activities.
14. Compliance reporting.
Academic duties will include:
1. Lecture at least one subject.
2. Plan and execute all teaching and learning activities for the programme(s) of study.
3. Promote community participation and linkages.
4. Promote and manage research supervision of undergraduate projects and postgraduate students where applicable.
5. Promote and assist staff with research funding both internally and externally.
Additional Applicants must meet the Ad Hominem Promotions criteria at the relevant level of each one of the above as spelled out in the Ad Hominem Promotions policy.Candidates that are registered and made substantial progress towards the completion of their Doctoral qualification must provide a verified and signed letter from their supervisor indicating the date of registration, progress made to date, and the expected completion date of their qualification.General Information
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is committed to Employment Equity and aims to attract and retain talented individuals to achieve our equity objectives and therefore, people from the designated groups, including those with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to applicants whose appointment contributes towards the achievement of demographic representation. We reserve the right not to make an appointment.
Copyright, Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
We are a university in Cape Town, South Africa and the only university of Technology in the Western Cape province.
We are also the largest university in the province.
#J-18808-Ljbffr