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Senior Futurist

Bellville
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Research
Reference: EBW04/335/1224

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Employer: Stellenbosch University

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Stellenbosch Business School

Institute for Futures Research

Senior Futurist (Job Level 7)

(Bellville Park Campus)

Ref. EBW04/335/1224

The Institute for Futures Research (IFR) at Stellenbosch Business School offers a range of commissioned research products and futures-based, strategic advisory services to the private sector, industry bodies, NGOs and government clients in South Africa and abroad. We aim to produce high impact, long-range research and to facilitate conversations about the implications for business, government and the broader society in South Africa and the rest of Africa.

Duties:

• Conducting futures research.

• Designing approaches and selecting appropriate tools and techniques for commissioned research projects.

• Contributing to the compilation of tender packs and grant proposals.

• Managing the quality of outputs of research associates.

• Making presentations and facilitating futures thinking sessions (travelling if necessary).

• Contributing authorship and editing to IFR publications.

• Liaising with the media on IFR activities and outputs.

• Sourcing funding for research projects.

Required Skills

Master’S Degree In Futures Studies Or A Related Field.
Experience In Consulting / Advisory To Senior Management.: 3 to 4 years
At Least Three Years’ Experience In A Research Environment.: 3 to 4 years

Candidate Requirements

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in futures studies or a related field.

• At least three years’ experience in consulting / advisory to senior management.

• At least three years’ experience in a research environment.

• At least threeyears’ experience of executive education, training, teaching and presentations to senior management.

• A proven record of publications in a reputable, reviewed domain, including in academia or industry publications.

• Willingness to travel as required.

Recommendations:

• A PhD in a relevant field.

• Experience of leading research projects.

• Exposure to work in the rest of Africa.

• International consulting experience.

• Familiarity with initiating and managing projects funded via grants.

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About Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s highest proportions of postgraduate students of which almost ten percent are international students.

The University lies in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in the heart of the Western Cape Winelands. The University has ten faculties, of which eight – AgriSciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Theology and the larger part of Economic and Management Sciences - are located on the main campus in Stellenbosch with the Faculty of Health Sciences situated on the Tygerberg campus and the Faculty of Military Science in Saldanha. The University's Business School is situated at the Bellville Park campus.