Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at University of Cape Town

The Department of Private Law, within the Faculty of Law, invites applications for appointment to the level of Senior Lecturer / Lecturer to commence employment soonest.
The Department intends to strengthen research and teaching across a number of areas of the private law curricula: Succession Law; Property Law; Private Law: Systems and Context; Unjustified Enrichment; and Legal Writing.

We wish to appoint applicants who are academic leaders, or have the potential to be academic leaders, to be part of the Law Faculty, which values a critical and comparative approach to the study of the law.

Requirements:
For Lecturer:

• LLB degree and a strong academic record. A Master’s and PhD will be advantageous
• Teaching experience will be an advantage.
• Previous publications will be an advantage.

For Senior Lecturer:

• LLB and Master’s degrees and a strong academic record. A PhD will be advantageous
• Teaching experience at postgraduate level will be an advantage.
• Evidence of ability to effectively supervise academic research, including postgraduate research.
• A consistent record of publications appropriate to the level of Senior Lecturer.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching courses offered by the Department of Private Law as required by the Department.
• Maintaining a research profile and publication output commensurate for level of appointment.
• Contributing to Faculty and Department activities and administration responsibilities appropriate to the level of appointment.

The annual remuneration packages for 2022, including benefits for the respective levels are as follows:
Lecturer: R 885 924
Senior Lecturer: R1 065 796
To apply, please e-mail the below documents in a single pdf file to Ian Petersen at [email protected]

• UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc)
• Letter of motivation systematically indicating how you meet the requirements as above, and
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Certified transcripts of your academic results.

Reference number: E220181

Please ensure that “Private Law” followed by the title and reference number are indicated in the subject line.

Closing Date: 6th, May 2022