The University of the Free State (UFS) with its Main Campus in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa and in the heart of the country, is one of the oldest South African institutions of higher learning. Our two other campuses are the vibrant Qwaqwa Campus in the Eastern Free State and the smaller South Campus in Bloemfontein.
With the appointment of Prof. Jonathan Jansen as Vice-Chancellor and Rector on 1 July 2009, we entered a new, dynamic era. He is not only determined to lead the institution to become one of the best universities in the world; but also to distinguish our university from other universities. Prof. Jansen brings with him a new vision for the UFS and for the first time our university is poised to take a leading role in higher education in South Africa .
POSITIONS
Our university is a multicultural, parallel-medium (English and Afrikaans) institution with a history intertwined with that of the Free State and South Africa and, to a growing extent, Africa and the rest of the world.
A full range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas are offered in seven faculties to more than 33 000 students, of which 28 186 students are studying on the Bloemfontein Campus, 874 on the South Campus and 4 260 on the Qwaqwa Campus. A total of 2 900 staff members are working on all three campuses.
The faculties are:
Economic and Management Sciences
Education
Health Sciences
Humanities
Law
Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Theology
We are committed to becoming:
a world-class, engaged university of excellence and innovation and place of scholarship for South Africa and Africa;
an equitable, diverse, non-racial, non-sexist, multicultural, multilingual university where everyone will experience a sense of belonging and achievement;
a learning organisation where institutional culture, structures and processes are continuously scrutinised and redesigned to remain optimally fit for purpose; and
an institution that treasures diversity as a source of strength and quality.
The underlisted position is presently vacant:
E1111-009: Dean
Faculty/Dept: Economic and Management Sciences
Type: Support
Description:
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Dean - Ref.: E1111-009
Duties and responsibilities:
Leadership and management of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in respect of teaching-learning, research and community service learning.
Resource management (including talent management) to achieve the planned strategic and academic/scholarly goals of the Faculty and University.
External liaison and partnership forming at provincial, national and international level, inter alia with universities, the corporate world, authorities, professional bodies, alumni, parents and interest groups.
Active participation in institution building and promoting of institutional transformation.
The Dean is a member of the Executive Committee of the Senate and reports to the Rector and Vice-Rector.
Inherent requirements:
A doctor’s degree in Economic and Management Sciences.
Academic work experience at higher education level.
A proven research record.
Proven general leadership ability and management experience.
Effective financial and faculty operational management skills.
Sound human relations and the ability to mobilise people talent.
Good interpersonal communication skills and the ability to function comfortably in the UFS’s multicultural work environment.
Recommendations:
Experience in academic leadership.
Experience of interaction with research councils.
Liaison with universities internationally.
Eligibility for appointment as Professor at the University of the Free State.
Knowledge of an additional South African language.
Term of office:
Five years, with the possibility of reappointment for a further term.
Assumption of duties:
01 April 2012 or as agreed upon
Closing date:
18 November 2011
Remuneration package:
Details regarding the remuneration package including fringe benefits are available on request.
General:
Applications will be considered irrespective of the gender, race or religion of the applicant. Candidates must be prepared to participate in the approved appointment procedure which comprises the following:
Management profile evaluation.
An interview conducted by a selection committee.
A public appearance before the Faculty Board of Economic and Management Sciences.
Providing of certified copies of degree certificates and being prepared for a request for confidential referee reports.
Applications accompanied by an abridged (maximum two pages) as well as a detailed CV, a declaration of intent, names of at least three referees, as well as certified copies of degree certificates must be addressed to Ms M. Ratsoane, Human Resources Department, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300 or e-mailed to ratsoanems@ufs.ac.za
Enquiries:
Tel: 051 401 2820, Mr L.S. Geyer (e-mail: geyerls@ufs.ac.za
Tel: 051 401 3735, Prof NI Morgan (e-mail: morganni@ufs.ac.za
Tel: 051 401 3971, Prof DR Hay (e-mail: hayd@ufs.ac.za)
Please indicate the reference number and the post you are applying for on your application. Applications with no reference number will not be considered. Should you not be contacted within six weeks of the closing date of applications, you may accept that your application was unsuccessful.
The University reserves the right not to fill the post. The University is committed to employment equity.
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