Lecturer: Psychology at University of Limpopo

A vacancy exists for a suitably qualified, experienced, and appropriately registered clinical psychologist in the above post. The individual will form part of a dynamic team, responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and both academic and clinical supervision in psychology. The incumbent will form part of the Department of Psychology, within the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities. 

Requirements for a Lecturer: 

• A Masters’ degree in Clinical Psychology. 
• Completion of a Bachelor of Psychology (B. Psych.) degree is highly recommended.
• Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a clinical psychologist is required. 
• Have a minimum of 3 (three) years post-qualification experience as a clinical psychologist. 
• Commitment to higher education norms and standards. 
• Capacity to promote the Department of Psychology’s mission and position to internal university constituencies and external stakeholders. 
• A fair understanding of the challenges facing the higher education sector.  

Duties of a Lecturer: 

• Teaching and Learning: Full involvement in all courses, updating material in par with national and international trends; teaching and evaluation of assigned courses; and identifying at risk students and facilitating, where possible, additional assistance for them. 
• Research: Undertaking discipline related research individually and in project teams; attending and actively participating in national and international conferences; publishing DHET approved journal articles, book chapters and/or books; and supervising Psychology Honours and Masters’ students’ academic research projects. 
• Academic citizenship: Involvement in community engagements and taking an active role in professional organisations. 
• Governance: Preparing course outlines and study guides, organising course files, delivering according to set deadlines, records of all academic activities; and participating in departmental, school and faculty committees. 
• Performance appraisal. Taking part in regular performance appraisal assessments.