Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbents will be required to:

• Participate in a formal development programme aimed at strengthening their aspirations and skills as researchers and lecturers;
• Teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses; 
• Mentor and supervise postgraduate students;
• Conduct collaborative research in their research specialisation areas;
• Play an active role as academics, nationally and internationally;
• Complete their PhD studies in instances where these have not yet been completed;
• Assume limited administration responsibilities in their departments.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

LECTURER:

• A Master’s degree with a 70% average mark in the relevant discipline;
• Illustrate the potential to become a competent lecturer at the undergraduate level;
• Illustrate strong potential to become an established researcher.

SENIOR LECTURER:

• A relevant doctoral degree;
• Proven teaching experience;
• Proven record of publications;
• Proven record of supervision of postgraduate students to completion.

For Architecture: 

• A Professional Master’s degree in Architecture OR a five-year BArch and a relevant Master’s degree / A Doctoral degree in Architecture or related field and an interest in the Departmental research focus areas of Circular Construction, Building Integrated Modelling and Computational Design.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Good communication skills;
• Interpersonal and mentoring skills;
• Leadership potential;
• Experience in interdisciplinary, collaborative research;
• Proven record of national and international teamwork;
• Some first author publications in peer-reviewed journals
• One-year teaching/tutoring and research experience at undergraduate/postgraduate levels (lecturer)