Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Centre for Health Professions Education at North West University

Job description

• The Centre for Health Professions Education (CHPE) is involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, housing the Health Professions Education Scientific Committee.
• The CHPE’s research is focused on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the health sciences, which includes but is not limited to inquiries into teaching, learning and assessment methods, clinical education, health workforce education policy, faculty development, and student access, retention, attainment and success (ARAS).
• The Centre is looking for a suitable candidate with the necessary teaching, learning and research experience to recruit as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Minimum requirements

• A doctoral degree in Health Sciences, preferably Health Professions/Science/Care Education, obtained within five years before the appointment as a postdoctoral fellow, is mandatory.
• The postdoctoral fellow should contribute to a noticeable increase in the research outputs of the centre and, the university. Hence, the candidate's publication track record will be considered when a decision about awarding the fellowship.
• Evidence of Health Professions Education experience.
• Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research.
• Evidence of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Evidence of postgraduate supervision/support.
• The candidate is preferably from a university other than NWU.
• The fellow will be based (full-time) at the relevant Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU.
• Postdoctoral fellows will be allowed to work for additional remuneration in the form of a taxable salary, in line with SARS and Department of Home Affairs regulations. This will not exceed 12 hours per week.

Benefits:

• The research fellow will be able to grow their career in a thriving academic institution.
• The fellow will be able to gain firsthand experience in research and programme development.
• The fellow will receive mentoring in Master’s and PhD supervision.
• The fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with the academics in the CHPE in research and publications.