Associate Lecturer Science at Nelson Mandela University

CORE PURPOSE OF JOB

• The Department of Computing Sciences (CS) is looking to fill a position of Associate Lecturer within the department with an enthusiastic, forward-thinking person who will contribute to the vision and mission of the Department. The field of Computing Sciences includes Computer Science or Information Systems. There are three key areas of performance that academic staff members in the department need to meet, namely: 1) learning and teaching; 2) engagement and 3) research in the Department’s research areas. The main purpose of this post is therefore to facilitate and administer the learning process for students in modules presented by the Department at Undergraduate level, to supervise Postgraduate students, to do research, to contribute to community engagement and to be involved in the core functions of the University.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Learning and Teaching

•   Facilitate learning and teaching for assigned module(s) in accordance with the principles of good teaching practice, which includes material development, engaging with students and module administration;
•   Evaluate and reflect on the quality of own teaching and assessment;
•   Demonstrate knowledge of and skills in providing effective learning and teaching opportunities.

Research

•   Show potential to provide research supervision to Postgraduate students;
•   Show potential to generate research outputs for publication in the Department’s research areas, available on request.

Engagement

•   Contribute to the school career events and marketing events; and
•   Contribute to external engagement of the Department particularly related to social outreach.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Evidence of teaching experience in the field of Computer Science and/or Information Systems, including setting and marking assessments that require high-level cognitive thinking.
• Evidence of the ability to apply theoretical concepts to practical examples in learning and teaching practice.
• Potential to supervise Postgraduate students.

REQUIREMENTS

•  Associate Lecturer (wording from Recruitment Policy)
• An Honours in Computer Science or Information Systems
• 1 year relevant and / or related working experience.

The following will be an added advantage:

• A Masters in the field of Computing Sciences
• Experience in research supervision of postgraduate students
• Publication outputs in the areas of Computer Science and / or Information Systems
• Experience of lecturing, management, or administration of large student groups
• Possess scarce skills in the fields of pure Computer Science or Data Science