Director: UFS Law Clinic at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities

Management and Leadership:

• Provide leadership and guidance to staff.
• Assume administrative and/or leadership duties in the department such as course coordinator; co-ordination of particular programmes e.g. PhD, master’s programmes; co-ordination of particular research projects; tutor selection and co-ordination. 
• Promote coherence, integration and coordination of management of interdependencies and the achievement of departmental objectives.
• Assess the performance of Staff against their KPAs.
• Apply and Report diligently on Funding where and when needed -  Accreditation, Funding, Renewal of Contracts, etc.
• Review and revise the Law Clinic Strategic Plan.
• Identify, assess and monitor risks.
• Manage, plan and submit the budget.
• Manage Finances in the Clinic.
• Ensure all staff positions in the Law Clinic are filled.
• Spend departmental budget prudently.
• Oversee, monitor and manage the organising of the Kovsie First Year Moot Court.
• Serve on School, Faculty and University wide bodies as  applicable.

Teaching and Learning:

• Facilitate effective teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Assume responsibility for course materials, lectures, tutorials and assessment of law modules, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
• Contribute to programme management and curriculum development.
• Research supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Contribute towards creating a strong academic identity.
• Design the curriculum content for the Law Clinic allocated module.
• Teach the Clinical Legal Education module in the new LLB Curriculum.
• Monitor and improve success rates and pass rates in the module.
• Improve staff/student relationships in the module.

Research:

• Assist with the development and implementation of the research strategy for the Clinic.
• Conduct research and research supervision as commensurate with the requirements of the Clinic.
• Undertake independent research and publishing research.
• Participate in national and/or international fora to share research results.
• Identify and access funding sources to support own research.
• Update knowledge and understanding in the field of specialisation.
• Engaged Scholarship (Access to Justice):
• Strengthen the litigation collaboration of both internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and increase legal services provision and reputation.
• Recruit, appoint and train Candidate Attorneys.
• Manage the Community Service projects.

Inherent Job Requirements

• ​​​​​​​A doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in any discipline of Law.
• Admitted attorney/advocate of the High Court of South Africa (attach proof).
• A minimum of five (5) years’ relevant experience (teaching, research and academic management).
• Appointable as lecturer/senior lecturer/associate professor/professor at the University of the Free State.