Lecturer, Information Technology. at Durban University of Technology

Minimum requirements:

• A PhD or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
• At least 3-year lecturing experience in Higher Education.

Desirable requirements:

• Experienced in languages and platforms such as, C#, Java, MySQL, Python, PHP and AWS/Azure.
• Ability to mentor individual and groups of students as they develop software solutions for mobile applications, web, virtual, cloud or network-based environments.
• PhD in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field OR at an advanced stage of completion of PhD.
• Candidates must demonstrate scholarship of teaching.
• Active participation in professional, industry and or community activities.

Summary of Duties:

• Lecturing (both face to face and online)
• Assessment marking and development, and maintaining high level of quality in terms of feedback and evaluation processes
• Publication and ongoing research
• Innovate in terms of teaching practice, support, and assessment
• Working with colleagues to advise and support students
• Participation in engagement and collaborative projects in the Department
• Undertake administration and other duties assigned by the Head of Department

Competencies:

• Strong background in programming and programming languages
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Organizational and planning skills
• Good research skills
• Strong team orientation
• Analytical and problem solving
• Strong student focus