Dean: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

at  Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• Responsible for the overall executive management, as well as for providing visionary leadership aligned with the institutional strategy;
• Guiding the Faculty in the areas of teaching and learning, research, innovation and social impact, in collaboration with other deans and vice-deans of the Faculty concerned;
• Accepting responsibility for and overseeing the financial management of the Faculty, and managing resources, including facilities;
• Providing leadership and management with regards to all student and staff matters;
• Taking full responsibility for and driving the Faculty’s transformation agenda promoting diversity within the Faculty;
• Taking initiative for and managing marketing, student recruitment and fundraising within the Faculty;
• Promoting the unlocking of research funding opportunities;
• Promoting interdisciplinary excellence and transdisciplinary research with different research entities;

• Promoting research excellence, research translation, establishing of Chairs (funded through national, international and industry instruments), and supporting recruitment and the retention

  of talent as part of research capacity building;

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  Liaising externally to establish and maintain multi-level partnerships and collaborations with, inter alia, other academic and educational institutions and role players (nationally and
  internationally), including student organisations, to enhance the Faculty’s academic reputation and reach;
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  Sharing the responsibility for leadership and management of the University as a whole.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• Eligible for appointment as professor, preferably in an academic department within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences;
• Recognised national and international academic standing within the Arts and Social Sciences academic landscape;
• Proven experience within a research-intensive higher education environment;
• Experience in governance and people management;
• Appropriate senior management experience at Faculty and institutional level;
• A track record of promoting diversity and transformation, including the ability to function in a multicultural and multilingual environment;
• Evidence of recognised national and international networks, including experience in developing international partnerships;
• Evidence of innovative, compassionate, inclusive and dynamic leadership;
• Sound knowledge, insight and vision about the higher education sector and research funding landscape;
• Sound interpersonal relations and communication skills.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• At least three years’ experience at senior management level;
• Evidence of the promotion of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research;
• Experience in research fundraising.

• Responsible for the overall executive management, as well as for providing visionary leadership aligned with the institutional strategy;
• Guiding the Faculty in the areas of teaching and learning, research, innovation and social impact, in collaboration with other deans and vice-deans of the Faculty concerned;
• Accepting responsibility for and overseeing the financial management of the Faculty, and managing resources, including facilities;
• Providing leadership and management with regards to all student and staff matters;
• Taking full responsibility for and driving the Faculty’s transformation agenda promoting diversity within the Faculty;
• Taking initiative for and managing marketing, student recruitment and fundraising within the Faculty;
• Promoting the unlocking of research funding opportunities;
• Promoting interdisciplinary excellence and transdisciplinary research with different research entities;
• Promoting research excellence, research translation, establishing of Chairs (funded through national, international and industry instruments), and supporting recruitment and the retentio