Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer, Public Law at University of Johannesburg

Job Description

The Council of the University of Johannesburg has declared the University as a mandatory vaccination site as per the applicable policy ((https://www.uj.ac.za/covid-19/). All applications and offers of employment is dependent upon compliance with the said policy.

The Faculty of Law

Responsibilities

• Teaching and coordinating the following modules offered by the Department of Public Law:
• Jurisprudence,
• Interpretation Theory.
• Will be required to teach, develop, manage and write study material for modules in South African Law in English in undergraduate level.
• Some experience in online teaching
• You will be responsible to teach, develop, manage and write study material for modules in English on postgraduate level and supervise postgraduate students.
• You will be required to be actively involved in research and publications, academic development, faculty and departmental administrative and other activities and community service.
• Supervising masters and doctoral students.
• Academic administration and management.
• Performing other duties as delegated by the Head of Department.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant PhD doctoral degree.
• At least three to five years’ experience in the academic environment.
• Experience in curriculum development
• National Research Foundation (NRF) Rating (in exceptional cases, where the applicant is not rated, the candidate must achieve NRF rating within 1 year),
• Proven significant research output.
• Recognized academic leadership.
• Waiver of one or more of these requirements is possible in the case of other proven scholarly merit or relevant professional background and experience.
• Evidence of community engagement.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to prepare proposals and submissions to external bodies for funding and accreditation purposes.

Competencies And Behavioral Attributes

• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Ability to work as a member of a department and faculty

Recommendations

• NRF rating or eligible to apply.