Associate Professor​/Professor: Department Urban and Regional Planning

Job Title:

Associate Professor/ Professor:
Department Urban and Regional Planning (Job )

Organizational Unit:
University of the Free State >
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences >
Department Urban and Regional Planning

Contract Type:
Permanent

Occupational Level: Middle Management

Location:

Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary)

Closing Date: 22/10/2026

To ensure your application is complete, you must submit ALL documents listed under the inherent requirements, as well as the following standard documentation:

• A detailed Curriculum Vitae.
• Copies of your qualifications, or official proof of qualifications obtained (If you hold foreign qualifications, please include SAQA accreditation).
• A copy of your identity document (South African  passport for foreign nationals).
• Confirmation of employment in the form of a letter, appointment contract, service certificate, or recent payslip from your current or most recent employer (applicable to external applicants only).

• Initiate, conduct and sustain quality research outputs in Urban and Regional Planning.
• Provide research leadership and mentorship to academic colleagues and postgraduate students.
• Teach and assess students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels using appropriate contact, blended and online learning approaches.
• Contribute to curriculum development, renewal and assessment.
• Provide study leadership at the postgraduate level.
• Participate in community engagement initiatives where possible.
• Recruit and supervise postgraduate students.
• Identify and pursue opportunities for external funding and collaborative research projects.
• Contribute to departmental, faculty and University administration, including academic leadership, quality assurance, student support and committee work.

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Urban and Regional Planning, or a closely related field.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
• Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Acted as an editorial board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating of C3 or equivalent status.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s degree students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals
• Served as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR showed evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent.

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Urban and Regional Planning, or a closely related field.
• Experience as external examiner for master’s-degree and doctoral students.
• Acted as editorial board member of high-quality international/ISI/IBSS journals.
• 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/ISI/IBSS journals).
• An NRF rating of C1 or C2 or equivalent status.
• Proven experience in the supervision of 20 graduated Masters' and 10 PhD students.
• Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
• Served as a member of an international scholarly society OR an international committee or agency concerned with research at higher-education levels.

• A demonstrated ability to source external research funding or grant opportunities.

• Results Orientated:
• The ability to cope with a frequently changing…