Subject Head (in the Field of English) needed at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Provide academic leadership by executing strategies and tasks to establish the Department as a leader in the field of English.
• Strengthen and maintain ties with the Bloemfontein branch of the English Department.
• Contribute to the overall leadership of the faculty.
• Participate in applicable Faculty and UFS management structures.
• Contribute to the initiation, formulation, and implementation of a visionary academic strategy for the Department of English on the Qwaqwa Campus in consultation with the Academic Head of Department.
• Create and maintain a visionary research strategy for the Department of English on the Qwaqwa Campus in consultation with the Academic Head of Department.
• Build an effective team of scholars.
• Encourage and actively support academic staff members to apply for external research funding and other grants.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• A PhD degree at NQF level 10 in the field of English.
• Any full-time, permanent member of the academic staff of the Department of  English at the University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus.

Recommendations:

• A proven record of accomplishment of academic research outputs.