Dean: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
at Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Immediate | 22 Sep, 2024 | Not Specified | 23 Jun, 2024 | N/A | International Networks,Communication Skills,Transformation,Social Sciences | No | No |
Required Visa Status:
Citizen | GC |
US Citizen | Student Visa |
H1B | CPT |
OPT | H4 Spouse of H1B |
GC Green Card |
Employment Type:
Full Time | Part Time |
Permanent | Independent - 1099 |
Contract – W2 | C2H Independent |
C2H W2 | Contract – Corp 2 Corp |
Contract to Hire – Corp 2 Corp |
Description:
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;
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;
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.
Responsibilities:
- 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
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Education Management
Teaching / Education
Education, Teaching
Graduate
Proficient
1
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa