Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Education Management and Leadership Job at University of the Free State

Job role overview

  • Date posted

    May 15, 2026

  • Closing date

    June 15, 2026

  • Hiring location

    Free State

  • Qualification

    Ph.D

  • Experience

    None

Description

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Conduct innovative research in the following areas: Education Management and Leadership; school violence and learner (in)discipline and obtain evidence- based empirical data on current developments in leadership and management practices of addressing school violence and learner (in)discipline within the South African context.
  • Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of DHET– accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books.
  • Initiate research projects and seek funding for them.
  • Do limited teaching in the Programmes where appropriate.
  • Provide limited supervision and/or co-supervision at Honour’s, master’s and/or Doctoral level where appropriate.
  • Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities in the Faculty of Education the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research Development.

Eligibility criteria

  • A PhD on NQF Level 10 with a focus on Education management and leadership.
  • Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State.
  • The fellowship will terminate once your PhD degree reaches the fifth (5th) year of graduation.
  • Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship
  • Successful applicants must be able to relocate to UFS for the duration of the fellowship. 
  • This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the UFS Qwaqwa Campus.

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