Requirements:

For appointment at Associate Professor level:

• PhD in public development management or public administration, or monitoring and evaluation, or a related field awarded by a recognised university.
• Evidence of national and international recognition as a researcher, for example through the attainment of an NRF rating and peer reviews.
• Evidence of academic leadership in a subject domain which may include a reasonable number of sole and/or first authored papers, evidence of publications in high impact or highly ranked journals, and the impact of the applicant’s own work as reflected in h-indices such as Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science. This requirement may be interpreted in an environment-specific context based on well-established norms and practices.
• Specialisation in the field of public policy and monitoring and evaluation as evidenced by the existing teaching portfolio and published research papers.
• Six subsidy-bearing publication based upon all credit-worthy academic output.
• Evidence of sustained research productivity.
• International and national conference participation.
• Evidence of a successfully completed PhD and master’s degree supervision.
• A teaching portfolio reflecting quantitative and qualitative teaching performance which displays evidence of the scholarship of teaching relevant to the level of the academic rank.
• External service-rendering and social impact relevant to the academic rank.

For appointment at Professor Level:

• PhD in public development management, or public administration, or monitoring and evaluation, or a related field awarded by a recognised university.
• Evidence of national and international recognition as a researcher, for example through the attainment of an NRF rating of A, B or C and peer reviews.
• Specialisation in the field of public policy and monitoring and evaluation as evidenced by the existing teaching portfolio and published research papers.
• At least ten subsidy bearing credits accrued through sole and/or first authored papers in high impact or highly ranked journals. Furthermore, the impact of the applicant’s own work as reflected in h-indices such as Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science. This requirement will be interpreted in an environment-specific context based on well-established norms and practices.
• Evidence of sustained research productivity.
• Evidence of international and national conference participation.
• Evidence of a successfully completed PhD and master’s degree supervision.
• A teaching portfolio reflecting quantitative and qualitative teaching performance which displays evidence of the scholarship of teaching, as well as evidence of teaching- and learning leadership, relevant to the level of the academic rank.
• Evidence of external service-rendering and social impact relevant to the academic rank.

Recommendations:

• None.