Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer: Agricultural Economics

Faculty of AgriSciences
Department of Agricultural Economics

Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer
(Ref. AW07/257/0921)

• Management within an academic department, in conjunction with the Head of the Department;
• Participating in Faculty management activities;
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in compliance with the general teaching focus of the Department;
• Developing and evaluating course material;
• Sourcing and managing external research funds;
• Supervising postgraduate students;
• Conducting an active and productive research programme within the general focus of the Department and publishing such research in relevant peer-reviewed journals;
• Developing national and international research and industry partnerships and networks;
• Involvement with community engagement projects;
• Involvement with administrative service delivery at departmental, Faculty and University levels.

• PhD in Agricultural Economics;
• Experience in a variety of resource and environmental economics studies, including:
  • sustainable water resource management and utilisation in agriculture;
  • climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture.
• Experience in Life Cycle Analysis and Multi-criteria Decision-analysis;
• Experience in transdisciplinary research and interdisciplinary collaboration;
• Proven ability or participation in undergraduate teaching in a university context;
• Proven ability of postgraduate student supervision;
• Proven ability to obtain external research funding;
• Peer-reviewed scientific publications commensurate with the level of appointment;
• Proven project management and leadership experience within a mid-sized organisation.

• sustainable water resource management and utilisation in agriculture;
• climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture.

• An NRF rating or equivalent;
• Recognition within the field or discipline on a national and/or international level;
• Sound interpersonal skills;
• Relevant experience in industry-related applied research;
• Relevant computer proficiency;
• Language proficiency for a multilingual university.

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