Stellenbosch University

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Stellenbosch Business School

Senior Lecturer: Leadership Coaching

(Bellville Park Campus)

Ref. EBW04/311/0726

Stellenbosch Business School (SBS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) was the first African business school to receive the prestigious Triple Crown of international accreditations, reserved for the top 1% of business schools worldwide. The School's commitment to developing responsible leaders for a better world is a key differentiator in our programmes, research, and social impact activities.

We aim to provide a stimulating, inclusive and multicultural environment that shapes future leaders. We welcome applications from candidates who seek to make a difference in our students' lives through professional and academic endeavours, engaging with society, and helping us to be recognised as a source of value for a better world.

Stellenbosch Business School wishes to build on its strengths in teaching and research in development finance. We welcome applications from candidates with research interests in development finance-related areas and are willing to contribute to teaching in various postgraduate programmes within the School.

Duties:

• Designing and facilitating assigned leadership coaching modules within the MPhil in Leadership coaching programme and within other postgraduate programmes at Stellenbosch Business School.
• Collaborating with academic staff to create and deliver transformative learning experiences for students in leadership coaching and across the broader Stellenbosch Business School portfolio.
• Developing, reviewing, and continuously improving curricula to ensure academic quality, relevance, professional accreditation alignment, and responsiveness to developments in coaching theory and practice.
• Building and maintaining relationships with coaching professional bodies, industry partners, organisational clients, and the broader coaching community to support teaching, research, supervision, and social impact.
• Providing individual and group coaching supervision to students and contributing to the development of reflective and ethical coaching practice.
• Contributing to academic leadership, programme management, quality assurance, and service to Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch Business School.
• Conducting, publishing, and disseminating high-quality research in leadership coaching, coaching psychology, leadership development, and related fields through internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals, books, book chapters, and case studies.
• Promoting the social impact of Stellenbosch Business School through teaching, research, coaching supervision, and engagement with organisations and communities.
• Supervising postgraduate research at master’s and doctoral levels.
• Actively engaging in and contributing to Stellenbosch University’s academic, research, and institutional activities and to the intellectual life of Stellenbosch Business School.

Requirements:

• PhD (or doctoral equivalent at NQF 10) in organisational/executive/leadership/managerial coaching or related field from a recognised university; OR a master’s degree and current enrolment in a PhD (or doctoral equivalent) programme with substantial progress towards completion.
• Evidence of practicing as an organisational/executive/leadership/managerial coach.
• Membership of a recognised coaching body such as EMCC, ICF, COMENSA.
• Experience in teaching, delivery, assessment, and student support at the postgraduate level in the relevant subject area.
• Experience in the design and development of coaching module content.
• An established record of research, or publication in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.
• Good organisational and personal management skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commitment to creating impact through research and scholarship.

Recommendation:

• Accredited in Coaching Supervision.
• Accredited coach with one of the main coaching bodies.

Commencement of duties:

01 January 2027

Closing date:

14 September 2026

Enquiries about this post: Prof Nicky Terblanche on 021 918 4237, or at Nickyt@StellenboschBusiness.ac.za

Enquiries about remuneration/benefits and technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre, on 021 808 2753 (Stellenbosch), or 021 938 9636 (Tygerberg), or at sun-e-hr@sun.ac.za

The University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the institutional EE Plan.

Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three references), must reach the University before or on the closing date in the advertisement.

Apply online at https://www.su.ac.za/en/careers-su by clicking “Apply now” at the top to the right of the page for the specific vacancy.

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

If you have received no feedback from the University after four to six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful.