• Ensure that UNIZULU Protection and Security Services, Communication and Marketing, Student Services, Information and Communications Technology, and Supply Chain Management departments are efficiently governed and managed to support the institution’s mission of delivering high-quality education and financial sustainability.
• Exercise strategic oversight of all operational functions, champion data protection, and drive compliance, efficiency, institutional quality, and sustainable practice across the University campuses.
• Implement higher education and institutional policies, processes, and systems to ensure quality, efficiency, compliance, accountability, and sustainability in the management of physical, financial, and human resources.
• Strengthen institutional systems to support campus integration and enhance organisational culture to enable optimal service delivery to all stakeholders.
• Develop and implement University-wide policies and procedures effectively.
• Develop strategy and implement operational plans across all areas of the portfolio.
• Lead contract negotiations, procurement processes, and risk management.
• Manage capital projects and institutional expansions, including bid writing and accessing funding streams.

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) seeks to appoint an accomplished Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Institutional Support. The appointee will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across all non-academic functions of the Institutional Support Portfolio.

The portfolio encompasses the following units across all campuses of the University: Protection and Security Services, Communication and Marketing, Student Services, Information and Communications Technology, and Supply Chain Management.

The position is a five-year fixed-term appointment, with the possibility of renewal for a further five-year term, subject to satisfactory work performance. A competitive total annual remuneration package, inclusive of benefits, will be offered to the successful candidate.