Professor/Associate Professor (College of Business & Economics: Industrial Psychology & People Management) (Re-advert)
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development, and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for societal impact in the context of the changing social, political, and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
- Leading and developing the Leadership programme
- Lecturing face-to-face and ONLINE in related modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Supervising postgraduate student research in various areas of leadership, steering research to enable economic and social upliftment to the greater good of the South African population
- Maintaining a research output pipeline to meet the yearly required supervision and publication research output units in the field of Leadership
- Publishing research results in scientific peer-reviewed journals
- Presenting research results at national and international conferences
- Academic leadership in the coordination of the postgraduate leadership programmes
- Participating in internal and external service rending and social impact programmes and activities and interventions relating to leadership
- Serving on internal department, school, college university committees
- Engaging in activities that will promote global department excellence and stature
Minimum requirements
- A relevant Doctoral degree (NQF 10) with academic underpinning in behavioural science both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, but with a specialisation in Organisational Leadership.
- A minimum of ten years working experience in the Higher Education environment.
- Excellent teaching skills and knowledgeable in the field of organisational leadership development and leadership business coaching
- A proven record of excellence in accredited scholarly research outputs in the field of organisational leadership.
- A track record of Master and Doctoral students - graduated
- Leadership and navigation
- Relationship management
- Ethical practices
- Good communication
- Business acumen
- Knowledge of the online learning environment
- Previous exposure to management of portfolios within a higher education environment
- Evidence of visibility within the academic community
- Currently NRF-rated, or on track to be rated in the next 2-3 years
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
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Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
