DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION (5-year contract renewable subject to performance) RE-ADVERT
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan comprehensive university anchored in Africa by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature. The University strongly emphasizes positioning UJ as a leader in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), pioneering innovative thinking and sustainable strategic partnerships.
Job description
- Determine, articulate, implement and lead the portfolio’s strategic and executive initiatives in accordance with the University’s Strategic Plan to enhance and support academic, research, innovation and internationalisation excellence and stature.
- Ensure institutional compliance with the relevant statutory and regulatory framework in which the University functions.
- Relevant to this portfolio, provide oversight and secure the strategic execution of GES and research institutes.
- Act as custodian of the applicable rules, regulations, policies and charters in terms of which the University functions.
- Maintain and promote excellence in research and innovation.
- Sustain and nurture new international research partnerships and collaborations.
- Promote and sustain excellence within the portfolios.
- Manage and govern portfolios strategically.
- Maintain and promote strategic international partnerships.
- Target recruitment and nurture talented scholars and students with a focus on Africa as well as the Global South.
- Promote and establish world-leading study abroad programmes.
- Enhance the international profile of staff and students.
- Review and advance the LIC strategy in accordance with the University’s strategic objectives with a specific focus on the development, with peer institutions, of the virtual library.
- Strengthen relationships with stakeholders and partners, nationally and internationally.
- Ensure sustained excellence through research and innovation that respond to the sustainable development goals, domestically, in Pan-Africa and across the planet.
- Oversee and implement innovative academic staff development initiatives, including retention and recruitment.
- Advance the University’s online postgraduate presence.
- Ensure high-quality divisional governance, administration and systems functioning.
- Ensure the effective and efficient management and utilisation of the portfolio’s finances and resources.
- Serve as a director of the board in selected university companies advancing research, innovation and commercialisation.
- Respond to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) research and innovation-related policy documents, draft proposals and reports and initiate policy.
- Manage risks within the portfolio.
Minimum requirements
- Substantive and acknowledged academic stature, with a PhD (or equivalent) as a minimum academic qualification.
- Demonstrated leadership at all academic levels: undergraduate, postgraduate, postdoctoral, and in staff recruitment, mentorship and development.
- Senior management experience at an academic institution and/or within a faculty of significant size and complexity.
- Experience, savvy and vision, paired with demonstrated and acknowledged strategic execution capabilities.
- Demonstrated leadership in advancing research output.
- Advanced knowledge, insight and strategic execution capabilities in the development of the innovation, technology transfer and commercialisation ecosystem.
- Established and valuable international networks paired with outstanding stewardship, diplomatic, effective and efficient communication skills to leverage local, Pan-African and global networks.
- Demonstrated experience in fundraising external to the university environment.
- Outstanding personal qualities of integrity, sound judgement, energy, passion and constructive interpersonal skills.
- Rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa.
- Registration with recognised and relevant professional body or council.
PLEASE NOTE: APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED IN THE PREVIOUS ADVERT NEED NOT TO RE-APPLY.
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.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
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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.
