Associate Professor/ Professor

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Teach Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Conduct high-quality research, publish in accredited journals, and deliver quality research outputs in line with the faculty's research strategy.
• Provide supervision to postgraduate students, namely Honours, Master’s, PhD students, and professional industrial psychology interns.
• Provide leadership in pursuit of the department and faculty strategic plan with regard to research, teaching, engaged scholarship and leadership and administration.
• Perform academic administration pertaining to undergraduate and postgraduate subjects – this may include typing, setting, and marking all question papers and memorandums, recording marks and handling student complaints.
• Serve as a member of various academic committees and perform any other tasks allocated by the Dean and the head of the department.
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with relevant research, civil society, government, industry, and professional organisations.
• Contribute to curriculum development within the faculty.

Inherent requirements:

Associate Professor

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Industrial Psychology/Human Resource Management or equivalent doctoral qualification that articulates on a Master’s in Industrial Psychology.
• Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in supervising master’s degree students to completion, and preferably also PHD students and, if registered as an Industrial Psychologist, industrial psychology interns.
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national and international conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
• Experience on the editorial board of a scholarly journal.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating of C3 or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF C3 rating.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in high-quality, accredited national and international journals.

Professor

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Industrial Psychology/Human Resource Management or equivalent doctoral qualification that articulates on a Master’s in Industrial Psychology.
• Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in supervising to completion of Master’s, and PhD students and if registered as an Industrial Psychologist, industrial psychology interns.
• Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship (for example, regularly serves as a reviewer for international/WoS/Scopus journals).
• A research record of relevant publications in high-quality national and international accredited journals.
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
• Experience on the editorial board of a scholarly journal.
• An NRF rating of C1/C2 or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF C1/C2 rating.
• Served as a member of a national or international scholarly society or committee, or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

Recommendations:

• Member of the South African Board of People Practices (SABPP) or the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) (attach a copy).
• Evidence of professional supervision of intern industrial psychologists. 
• Proven experience in presenting Industrial Psychology modules. 
• Evidence of application for funding in (multidisciplinary) research projects.
• Demonstrate potential in wider public engagement and dissemination of research.

Deadline:10th November,2026