Mercantile Law Professor/ Associate Professor/ Senior Lecturer (1 position) Job ID: 5632 - (1333) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Teach and assess undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Supervise LLM/LLD/PhD students.
• Provide quality research outputs.
• Participate in community engagement initiatives where possible.
• Perform faculty committee duties where applicable.
• Perform general administration duties as applicable at faculty and/or university level.

Inherent requirements:

Senior Lecturer:

• A relevant LLD / PhD on NQF Level 10. 
• Evidence of experience and excellence in teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate including postgraduate supervision up to doctoral level and curriculum and/or programme development.
• A proven research profile of discipline-specific peer reviewed publications over a sustained period of time, in national and international accredited journals of high impact.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers at both national and international scholarly conferences.

Associate Professor:

• A relevant LLD / PhD on NQF Level 10. 
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences.
• Act as an editorial board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• An appropriate NRF rating or evidence of potential for such rating.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated masters’ students.

Professor:

• A relevant LLD / PhD on NQF Level 10. 
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship 
• An appropriate NRF rating or potential for such rating.
• Demonstrate successful supervision of graduated Master’s and preferably graduated doctoral students.

Recommendations:

• A strong interest in research & teaching. 
• Good interpersonal relationships. 
• Practical experience. 
• NRF rating (for Professor/Associate Professor)