Research Director - Durban, South Africa - HSRC Recruitment

HSRC Recruitment

Verified Company

Durban, South Africa

6 days ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Job Advert Summary:

Minimum Requirements:

A doctorate (PhD) in Social Sciences or related disciplines
Additional Management Qualifications
_(e.g. MBA or equivalent)_ will be an added advantage
At least ten (10) years'
_experience in managing and leading_ in senior research teams.
At least
_5 years' experience at a strategic and senior management_ level in an academic environment or research institution
An academic leader with an
_impressive and strong_ publishing record of at least 20 peer reviewed publications (books, books chapters, journal articles) of which several must be international and
_first_ or
_sole authored._

Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead, manage and coordinate various research themes, senior researchers and teams in the areas of Democracy, Governance & Citizenship, Sustainable Security.
Build visible national, continental and international research partnerships in the HSC area of specialisation that result in collaborative and multidisciplinary studies, high quality publications, evidence reviews and policy briefs.
Coordinate and review strategic plans and opportunities for fund raising to meet agreed upon targets for the team.
Together with the team and supported by the division's business development team foster concrete plans and activities for meeting the divisional goals and targets.
Ensure that grants obtained are strategic and focussed on publicoriented research in keeping with the HSRC's vision.
Manage the outputs of researchers in the team to ensure maximum impact of the HSRC.
Together with the Divisional Executive and Strategic Leads, spearhead formal government engagements through joint projects, partnerships, secondments, workshops and research dissemination.
Drive and enable a relationship of trust and influence in appropriate ways amongst all levels of research staff.
Actively forge research collaborations with Universities and Science Councils.
Ensure that each team member aligned to the designated theme of leadership is capacitated, managed, supported, mentored (if they are trainees) and motivated to ensure a high performance team that meets strategic targets.
Actively promote and support talent management, succession planning, retention strategies and achieve equity targets.
Ensure that fair conflict and consequence management takes place.
Oversight for achieving delegated designated targets for the theme / subdivision.
Contribution to the division's risk profile and mitigation strategies.
Ensure that research grants are well managed and that good relationships with collaborators and grant making organisations/institutions are maintained.