The Department of Engineering is a newly introduced department at the University of Zululand, housed at Richards Bay Campus. The department is seeking to strengthen Electrical Engineering at Unizulu by sourcing specialists in Telecommunications, Power Engineering, Control Engineering and Electronics.
Richards Bay is an Industrial zone boasting of many international and national industries in mining, smelting, manufacturing, and processing. Many of these industries have pledged support to the programmes. This is new Department and has plans to introduce many more qualifications. It currently offers two qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering.
These qualifications fit in well with the activities of the surrounding industries and gives the university an opportunity of easy experiential learning placement for some of the students. Engineering is one of the scarce skills in South Africa and there are many career opportunities both in industry and parastatal bodies.
This is an exciting position within a New and growing Department.
The University of Zululand currently has a vacant position in the Department of Engineering: Electrical. The grade and level of employment would be determined by the applicant’s knowledge, experience, and accredited proof in the following areas:
The main purpose of this position is to provide strategic and operational management of the Department of Engineering (Electrical) as well as implementation of departmental plans. The successful candidate will help the department in organizing, planning, and monitoring/evaluating ongoing staff and student competencies within the department. To represent the Department at Faculty and Senate level.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The University is looking for an Academic leader who meets the following:
GENERIC REQUIREMENTS
PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
SENIOR LECTURER
ADDED ADVANTAGES
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Skills
Knowledge
Behaviors