WC, ZA, South Africa
13 days ago
Associate Professor /Senior Lecturer (Permanent) and Rotational Head of Department (5-year contract)- Tourism & Events Management

Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer
1. Learning and Teaching
2. Supervise postgraduate students
3. Provide academic leadership in the department
4. Participate in curriculum development
5. Conduct student assessments
6. Research and research capacity building
7. Participate in quality assurance
8. Provide support for Work-integrated learning and monitoring
9. Develop and maintain industry linkages
10. Risk management and related activities
11. Compliance reporting


Head of Department
1. Academic leader of the department.
2. A representative of the department to the rest of the university community.
3. A representative of the university leadership in the department’s representative of the university to external bodies.
The HOD roles and functions cover a broad area and include but are not limited to the following:
1. Financial management and management of the budget Tourism Management.
2. Academic management and academic administration Quality promotion and quality management.
3. Academic planning and the development of the departmental Programme Qualification Mix (PQM).
4. Implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act.
5. Professional development of academic and support staff.
6. Implementation of the performance management system.
7. Management of research and innovation activities.
8. Management of workplace-based learning, service-learning and community engagement.
9. Management of stakeholder partnerships.
10. Initiating and engaging in fundraising activities.
11. Overseeing the marketing and recruitment strategy of the department.
12. Development of a departmental strategic plan and overseeing its implementation.
13. Monitor Risk management and related activities.
14. Compliance reporting.


Academic duties will include:
1. Lecture at least one subject.
2. Plan and execute all teaching and learning activities for the programme(s) of study.
3. Promote community participation and linkages.
4. Promote and manage research supervision of undergraduate projects and postgraduate students where applicable.
5. Promote and assist staff with research funding both internally and externally.

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