Executive Dean: Faculty of Management Sciences at Durban University of Technology

In summary, the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Management Sciences strategically manages the following divisions & departments that are located in the three campuses of ML Sultan & Ritson (in Durban) and Riverside (in Midlands, PMB): –

• Applied Law
• DUT Business School
• Ecotourism
• Entrepreneurial Studies and Management
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Human Resources Management
• Marketing and Retail
• Operations and Quality Management
• Public Management
• Public Relations Management
• FMS Postgraduate Studies
• International Centre of Non-Violence (ICON)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A Doctorate in an appropriate discipline with a strong research profile that demonstrates leadership.
• At least ten (10) years’ work experience in the higher education environment of which five (5) years should have been in a senior academic management capacity.
• Relevant higher education leadership and managerial skills.

 IDEAL REQUIREMENTS

• A strong record of initiating and managing collaborations and partnerships at local, regional and international levels.
• Proven record of being a respected senior academic leader.
• Sound knowledge of higher education and the higher education system in South Africa and internationally.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Develops, research, design, and review of faculty and, where appropriate, institutional policies, procedures, plans and systems as required in line with relevant legislation, national standards and international best practices.
• Provides leadership in the formulation and monitoring of faculty related plans, processes and systems and goals.
• As part of the Institutes Academic leadership team, provides input to regional, national and international academic initiatives where appropriate.
• As structural and functional head of the faculty, oversees and monitors the effective implementation of institutional and university policies, procedures, plans and systems within the faculty.
• Provides specific, high-level, legally compliant strategic advice on faculty-related academic matters to the DVC for Teaching and Learning and to the Executive Management as may be required.
• Provides specific, high-level, legally compliant strategic advice on faculty-related academic matters to the DVC for Research, Innovation and Engagement and t o the Executive Management as may be required.
• Manages appeals, complaints, from students, parents, employers.
• Manages staff appeals, complaints, grievances etc., and conducts disciplinary enquiries as appropriate.
• Promotes equity and transformation within the faculty.
• Promotes congenial working relationships between staff in the faculty and with other academic and administrative departments.
• Manages the Faculty office by delegating specific responsibilities to Deputy Dean, e.g. registration, record keeping and qualification procedures.
• Designs, sets up, and monitors effective control systems to promote the smooth and efficient functioning of the faculty, e.g. initiates, promotes and implements new/alternative procedures to enhance academic administration efficiency.
• Embeds ‘stewardship’ in the University’s people who shall live its values and principles and demonstrate an institutional culture that supports the vision and strategy of the University.
• Innovates and implements ‘systems and processes’ that optimize productivity, efficiency, effectiveness and exceptional performance at all levels.
• Assures acceptable levels of ‘sustainability’ in all the areas under Management.
• Focuses on the ultimate goal of and impactful DUT that ‘contributes towards the improvement of lives and livelihoods’ of the broader ‘society’.

In pursuance of ENVISION2030, the ideal incumbent:

• Epitomises and demonstrates values- and principles-driven leadership and management, the DUT DNA and The DUT Way.
• Fosters visionary and transformative leadership that is efficient, effective and impactful not only internally, but in our broader society nationally and internationally.
• Embeds systems thinking and management in the implementation of plans and projects, while ensuring sustainability.
• Takes leadership in ensuring that our education philosophy statement ‘our innovation and entrepreneurship shapes adaptive graduates that transform society’ is not only enacted across DUT, but is a lived experience among, primarily, academics and students.
• Is creative and innovative, deliberative and decisive, and is a leader, a strategist and a manager.
• Is a seasoned academic leader with a proven record of academic excellence.