Job Title : Dean
Location : Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Company : Stellenbosch University
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-05-14
Close Date : 2023-09-14

Duties/Pligte

• Responsible for the overall executive management as well as for providing visionary leadership aligned with the institutional strategy;
• Guiding the Faculty of Science in the areas of teaching and learning, research, innovation and social impact;
• 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 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 the Schools and 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;
• Taking full responsibility for and driving the Faculty's transformation agenda promoting diversity within the Faculty;
• 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 discipline within the Faculty of Science or a closely related science discipline;
• Recognised academic standing;
• Proven experience within a higher education institution, Science Council or similar environment;
• Appropriate senior management experience at Faculty and institutional level;
• 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 liaison skills.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Experience in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and fundraising;
• Experience of networking with industry, business, international networks or other quadruple helix partners will be an advantage.

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