Lecturer / Senior Lecturer at University of the Witwatersrand

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibilities will include the teaching and academic development of the academic major courses in the Department of Digital Arts, performing service duties, advancing a scholarly research agenda, and maintaining professional productivity. We are seeking a candidate with a primary focus on Digital Arts Theory that informs the Digital Arts fields and explores the interconnections between technologies, humanities, and new creative ecologies.

Further duties and responsibilities include:

• Curriculum development emphasising cross-disciplinary integration of digital arts theory
• Student advising, support and supervision
• Outcomes design and assessment
• Development of teaching and learning materials
• Research and development of design studies, and digital arts theories in and from Africa 

Requirements include: 

• The candidate must hold a PhD. Evidence of good interpersonal and management skills, and a strong record of both teaching and research in digital arts theory or related fields. Candidates with an interest in understanding and promoting individual and community development, indigenous knowledges, and decoloniality in relation to emerging digital technologies are encouraged. She/he should encourage multi-disciplinarity within the department and across the school, while respecting the integrity of individual disciplines. The successful applicant would be expected to retain a commitment to teaching and research, in part by providing academic and intellectual vision and leadership to the school, alongside administrative and management responsibilities. She/he should have a demonstrable track record of academic progress, be responsive to the transformation imperatives of higher education in South Africa and have hands-on management experience within a university setting.
• The level of appointment (Senior Lecturer/Lecturer) will be commensurate with the candidate’s teaching and managerial experience, as well as their research profile. 

Lecturer: 

• Candidates with teaching experience, developing administrative capacity, and evidence of an emerging research profile will be considered for Lecturer.

Senior Lecturer: 

• Candidates with a significant teaching range and/or proven postgraduate supervision, clear administrative or leadership experience, and a sustained publication record will be considered for Senior Lecturer

Further Requirements:

• The successful candidate will demonstrate all or most of the following:
• A commitment to issues of difference, diversity and social justice
• Interdisciplinarity in training and approach
• A record of DHET/ISI-recognised output, such as a academic publications, creative outputs, book chapters within the Digital Arts Space or a combination of various DHET/ISI-recognized outputs
• Extensive administrative and curriculum development experience
• Proven teaching record
• Ability to obtain and manage external research funding

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching in digital arts theory, or related fields, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Supervise postgraduate and undergraduate students.
• Maintain an active research program with a focus on digital arts theory 
• Contribute to curriculum development and academic administration.
• Participate in all departmental and institutional academic activities, such as teaching and research.
• Initiate and engage in collaborative research initiatives.
• Assist with relevant departmental administration around research, teaching and reporting.
• Participate in community engagement events.

Closing Date : 24 March 2026