The Department of Auditing is proud to invite applications for the prestigious position of Distinguished Professor to resource and pivot its scientific, research and success agendas in any or all the fields of Forensic Auditing, Fraud Investigation, Anti-Corruption, Digital/Cyber forensic and Artificial Intelligence.
Minimum requirements
– A Doctoral (NQF10 level) qualification
– Work experience in Forensic Investigation, Law, Anti-Corruption, Digital/Cyber forensic and Artificial Intelligence.
– Must have Full/ Senior Professor rank for a minimum of five years, have a record of extraordinary performance in research with a national or international reputation; have a sustained record of excellence in both teaching and service.
– A sustained track record of securing and managing significant external research income.
– Experience of leading a research team.
– Experience of supervising research students to completion and/or supervision of research staff.
– Experience of efficient administration and management of research and/or teaching programmes.
Expectations of successful applicant
– Play a leadership role in the development and maintenance of a rich and vibrant scholarly materials in the fields of study.
– Advance scholarly conversations in one (or more) of the indicated fields of study.
– Play a leadership role in optimising the indicated fields of study in different institutional spaces.
– Develop and submit research outputs with UNISA listed as sole or co institutional affiliation.
– Collaborate with Colleges/ academic departments to ensure that the research momentum that is gained within the Distinguished Professor’s project reaches other institutional spaces at UNISA.
– Lead research projects that involve several team members and students which contribute to the capacity development of early career/ emerging scholars.
– Provide mentoring for UNISA academics in terms of applying for research grants and other forms of third-stream income.
Closing date for applications: 9 March 2026
CVs & qualifications can be emailed to hlongsp@unisa.ac.za