Lecturer: Department of Public Law - Faculty of Law at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

Teaching in and coordinating the following modules offered by the Department of Public Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, which involve taking a contextual and transformative approach:

• Constitutional Law;
• Human Rights Law (Bill of Rights);
• Conducting academic scholarly research;
• Engaging with the community through teaching, supervision and research that is embedded in and responsive to the African and South African social context;
• Having an in-depth understanding of own area of specialisation to enable development of new knowledge, innovation and understanding within the field;
• Supervising masters’ students;
• Mentoring students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
• Academic administration and management;
• Performing other duties as delegated by Head of the Department.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• LLM (preferably by full dissertation) in the discipline of Constitutional Law or related areas in law;
• Relevant tertiary teaching experience will be a strong recommendation;
• Accredited quality publication/s will be a strong recommendation;
• Evidence of community engagement being embedded in the candidate's research and/or teaching;
• Relevant academic administration experience will be a strong recommendation.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):

• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team;
• Appropriate communication skills;
• Willingness to learn (i.e., Learning Management System and the use of technology enhancing learning);
• Leadership Skills;
• Computer literacy.

ADDED ADVANTAGES:

Demonstrable subject expertise and interest in the following areas related to public law:

• Administrative Law;
• Some experience in online teaching and learning.