Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Department of Public Law - Faculty of Law - 25009 at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

Responsibilities
The incumbent will be responsible for:

Teaching in and coordinating the following modules offered by the Department of Public Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level:

• Environmental Law; and
• Extractive Industry Law in Africa;
• Conducting academic scholarly research;
• Engaging with the community through teaching, supervision and research that is embedded in and responsive to the African and South African social context;
• Having an in-depth understanding of own area of specialisation to enable development of new knowledge, innovation and understanding within the field;
• Supervising masters and doctoral students;
• Mentoring students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Academic administration and management;
• Performing other duties as delegated by Head of the Department.

Lecturer

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• LLM (preferably by full dissertation) in the discipline of Environmental Law and Extractive Industry Law in Africa;
• Evidence of community engagement being embedded in the candidate's research and/or teaching;
• Relevant tertiary teaching experience;
• At least two accredited publications in the last three years.

Senior Lecturer

• LLD/PhD degree in one of the abovementioned fields or related fields;
• At least five years’ tertiary teaching experience;
• At least eight accredited publications in peer-reviewed journals of which three should have been published in the three years preceding the year of application;
• Conference papers delivered;
• Evidence of successful supervision of at least two research master’s degrees or four coursework master’s mini-dissertations will be a strong recommendation;
• Evidence of community engagement;
• Proven record of academic administration and academic citizenship.

Required Competencies (skills, Knowledge, And Behavioural Attributes)

• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team;
• Good communication skills.
• Participation in academic conferences, seminars, and workshops.
• Ability to plan and initiate discipline-related research.

Added Advantages And Preferences

• Demonstrable subject expertise and interest in the following area related to public law:
• International Environmental Law.