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;
• Mentoring and supervising postgraduate students;
• Conducting collaborative research within their area of specialisation, preferably in high-performance or applied sport science;
• Participating in community engagement and professional and institutional standards;
• Ensuring alignment of activities with 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.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Sports Science 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)

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• PhD in Sport Science;
• At least 1 year teaching experience;
• Valid driver’s licence.