Associate Lecturer / Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will facilitate the learning processes in the Department by supervising research, as well as developing, teaching and coordinating courses in the postgraduate programme in the following areas:

• Theory of interpreting
• Interpreting models
• Modes and types of interpreting
• Conference interpreting
• Intersectionality of interpreting
• Institutional interpreting
• They will also contribute towards transformative pedagogies and innovation within the Department and to the work of the Department and the School as a whole.
• Conducting research, along with developing and maintaining national engagement/research/creative outputs, is also a part of the post.

Requirements

• Ideally, the successful candidate should have some experience in teaching in higher education, academic supervision and research. Further, they should have three to five years of industry experience at national and international level (detailed in an interpreting portfolio).
• To be considered for appointment to the Lecturer post, candidates must have concluded a PhD with a research focus that has relevance to the field of Interpreting.
• Those applying for the Associate Lecturer post must be registered in a relevant PhD programme and must have proof of progress towards the attainment of a PhD.