Lecturer - Faculty of Health Sciences - School of Medicine - Department of Physiology at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Sport Science and/or Biokinetics;
• Playing an active academic role at national and international levels;
• Contributing to departmental and broader academic activities and responsibilities;
• Facilitating clinical and applied skills training of undergraduate and postgraduate students, including biomechanical assessments, movement analysis, and performance evaluation;
• Mentoring and supervising postgraduate students;
• Conducting collaborative research within their area of specialisation, with preference for work that integrates biomechanics, performance analysis, high-performance sport, or applied sport science;
• Participating in community engagement and professional service initiatives;
• Ensuring alignment of activities with relevant professional and institutional standards;
• Supporting implementation of the directives and minimum standards of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA);
• Advancing athlete assessment, training, monitoring and performance evaluation in competitive sport at UP through evidence-based support to sport science practitioners, including the use of biomechanical tools, technologies, and movement-based performance metrics.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Sports Science, Biomechanics, or a related discipline;
• Minimum of 2 accredited publications in peer-reviewed  journals (ideally more, preferably in the last 3 years and in ISI journals)