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- Provide strategic leadership in the Division of Public Health and contribute to a strong academic identity.
- Provide academic leadership by creating and executing strategies to establish the Division as a leader in the discipline vis--vis competing international entities.
- Perform all necessary administrative and personnel duties associated with a Head of Department.
- Responsible for directing the academic debate and influencing the overall climate and culture in the Division.
- Responsible for linking the Divisions staff and students with the University's management and administration through communication, negotiation and consultation.
- Active participation and involvement in Faculty and UFS management structures, attending meetings, leading project teams.
- Initiate, formulate and implement a visionary academic strategy to develop the Division into the School of Public Health that is aligned with the Faculty, UFS strategic goals and global priorities.
- Ensure quality teaching and learning activities that are aligned with the Faculty and UFS strategic goals.
- Teach/facilitate postgraduate modules/workshops in public health and research methodology.
- Supervise postgraduate research and initiate, conduct and disseminate public health research in conference presentations and accredited journal publications.
- Contribute to programme development and curriculum review within the Division and Faculty.
- Build an effective team of scholars and support them towards acquiring international standing.
- Ensure sound financial management, budgets planning and allocation that adhere to UFS financial policies and procedures.
- Actively participate and support academic staff members to apply for external research and other grants.
Associate Professor:
- PhD in Public Health or an equivalent degree on NQF Level 10.
- Three (3) years' research management and leadership experience at higher education level.
- Experience as external examiner for masters and doctoral students.
- Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
- Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
- Proven experience in the supervision of graduated masters and/or doctoral students.
- A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
- Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research or Public Health at higher education or research or government institution levels.
- Proven experience of curriculum and programme development.
- Evidence of attracting external research/training grants.
- Achieved international standing or NRF rating or potential for rating.
- PhD in Public Health or an equivalent degree on NQF Level 10.
- Three (3) years' research management and leadership experience at higher education level.
- Experience as external examiner for masters and doctoral students.
- Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship (e.g. regularly serves as a reviewer for international journals).
- Demonstrated successful supervision of graduated master's and preferably doctoral students.
- A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
- Proven experience in chairing or delivering keynote addresses at national or international scholarly conferences.
- Serve as a member of an international scholarly society OR an international committee or agency concerned with research or Public Health at higher education or government levels.
- Proven experience of curriculum and programme development.
- Evidence of acquiring successful international research/training grants.
- NRF rating or potential for rating.
- A minimum of five (5) years' research management and leadership experience.
- A minimum of five (5) years' experience in a higher education environment.
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