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RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties, among others:

Carrying out academic, managerial, and administrative responsibilities in the Office of the Dean.
Providing strategic and operational leadership of the research and postgraduate studies portfolio.
Supporting the Dean in developing and implementing innovative research and postgraduate education strategies.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with relevant stakeholders within and outside the University.
Developing and sustaining an environment that enables departments to achieve their research, postgraduate enrolments, and postgraduate throughput targets.
Developing strategies to support early-career researchers and postgraduate mentorship.
Promoting and facilitating an enabling environment for interdisciplinary, collaborative and transdisciplinary research.
Assisting in the development of effective support and monitoring mechanisms to enhance the quality of postgraduate offerings.
Assisting the Dean with research related fundraising.
Establishing and strengthening existing international networks.
Performing any other duties that may be assigned by the Dean and/or members of the Executive.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

A relevant doctorate with specialisation in the broad field of Economic and Management Sciences.
The requisite qualifications and experience to be eligible for appointment as Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty at UP, the assessment of which is based on several factors, including teaching and learning, research, postgraduate supervision, community engagement, academic administration, and academic citizenship.
A minimum of five years of academic management experience in a higher education institution.
A proven, ongoing track record of excellence in leading teams in research and postgraduate programme development and implementation.
Proven leadership experience in inter-faculty research and postgraduate programmes.
Extensive proven experience in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching;
A proven record of postgraduate supervision at the master’s and doctoral levels; and.
Proven experience in fundraising.

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