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DEAN – FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

The University of the Witwatersrand seeks to appoint an Executive Dean in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment. The Faculty works closely with industry and provides society with well-educated, entrepreneurial and critically thinking graduates in professional and related disciplines within Engineering and the Built Environment. The Faculty prides itself on producing graduates of the highest quality and offering degrees that address the technological, social, spatial and infrastructural needs of a transforming South Africa.

The successful candidate must therefore be an outstanding academic with an established research record that enables him/her to meet the requirements for professorial appointment at the University. He/she must have a proven ability in the following key performance areas:

  • Academic leadership and citizenship (professional registration in the relevant discipline will serve as an advantage)
  • Understanding of/willingness to understand the diverse disciplines and research entities within the Faculty, including the non-engineering fields
  • Strategic planning and administration in addressing the challenges of the University. The Dean should demonstrate a strategic ability to advance the agenda of Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment within the University
  • Integrity and scrupulousness, as well as decisive, fair decision-making abilities and strong communication skills
  • Commitment to uphold the values of the University, including a commitment to its transformation agenda, diversity and inclusion
  • The ability to lead and manage diverse schools, including through high level leadership in relation to teaching and research, as well as to interact and engage with diverse internal and external constituencies
  • Sound knowledge and proven experience of financial management, as well as human resources management
  • High level leadership in relation to teaching and research in the Faculty
  • Fostering of interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity
  • The interest and capacity to work across the Engineering and Built Environment Disciplines to build a cohesive Faculty


While the Dean is a member of the University’s Senior Executive Team, s/he is also the leader of the Faculty. In fulfilling this dual role s/he will reflect the concerns of the Central Administration to the Faculty and present the concerns and interests of the Faculty to the Central Management team. S/he will therefore have, or will develop, a good understanding of:

  • South African higher education and its current imperatives
  • Education, training and development systems and strategies in a tertiary context
  • Market developments relating to graduate demand
  • Research promotion and demands
  • Professional developments and bodies relevant to the faculty


Remuneration: An attractive remuneration package is offered commensurate with the seniority of the position.

Submit applications using the following link: https://irec.wits.ac.za/

Enquiries: Information about the Faculty may be found on its website: https://www.wits.ac.za/faculties-and-schools/

To apply: Submit a detailed CV with names, addresses (preferably email addresses) and contact details of 3 referees, certified copies of degrees and diplomas, and covering letter.

Closing date: 15 March 2026

The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.

Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.

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