1684 Senior Lecturer: Health Sciences at Central University of Technology, Free State

Main tasks

1. Teaching, learning and assessment
2. Research
3. Student evaluation
4. Control and organisation
5. Administration
6. Community service

Subject fields(s)

1. Bioinformatics
2. Molecular / Cellular Biology

Minimum Qualification/ Knowledge and/or Experience

1. A relevant Doctorate-level degree (i.e., D Tech / PhD/ NQF 10 or equivalent) in Bioinformatics or a closely related discipline (e.g., Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Computer Science with applications in life sciences, or Molecular Biology (with a strong computational focus).
2. Four (4) years’ teaching/lecturing experience in the relevant subject field.

Evidence of research output, post-graduate supervision, and presentations at national and international conferences in line with CUT’s promotion requirements, which requires:

1. 1.5 credit outputs (books, chapters in books, articles in accredited journals, papers published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, patents, etc.)
2. Two (2) completed master’s degrees as co-supervisor; or one completed master’s degree as supervisor. (Not applicable if the applicant already has a minimum of 2.0 publication, research, or innovation credit outputs at Lecturer level)
3. Four (4) cumulative presentations/papers at conferences, of which at least one should be an international presentation/paper (international conferences held in South Africa are also regarded as international conferences).
4. Involvement in at least one community project (related to the teaching and learning, and the research and innovation curriculum).