Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Department of Pharmacology - Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Teaching basic, clinical and regulatory pharmacology at tertiary level including the theoretical basis of scientific principles, experimental design, and regulatory affairs;
• Be intimately involved in research in a related field, including the establishment of a sustainable research niche aligned to the Departmental focus areas, and publication thereof;
• Acting as supervisor for postgraduate students;
• Being involved with curriculum development/innovation.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

LECTURER

• A Healthcare Profession’s qualification with associated MMed degree;
• Current registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa;
• One DHET accredited publication;
• One years’ teaching experience in Pharmacology, Pharmacy or Regulatory Pharmacology.

SENIOR LECTURER

• A Healthcare Profession’s qualification with associated MMed degree;
• Current registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa;
• Three years’ teaching experience in Pharmacology, Pharmacy or Regulatory Pharmacology;
• At least three accredited publications (Ideally more, preferably in last 3 years and in ISI journals);
• At least two MSc students supervised;
• Course coordination with evidence of curriculum development.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):

• Good verbal and written communication skills;
• Good interpersonal and mentoring skills;
• Good computer skills;
• Scientific writing skills;
• Proactive and goal-oriented nature;
• Leadership qualities;
• Dedicated to professional development, including obtaining a Doctoral degree (if not yet obtained).

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

Lecturer

• One year teaching experience in Pharmacology, Pharmacy or Regulatory Pharmacology including tutoring.

Snr Lecturer

• A strong and proven record of research and postgraduate student supervision in Pharmacology, including peer-reviewed publications;
• Research experience in Pharmacology; or pharmacologically related areas;
• Experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the allied health professions;
• Experience in basic sciences-related techniques (such as advanced cell culturing, analytical pharmacology, molecular investigations or proteomics)
• Bioinformatics;