Readvertisement: Senior Lecturer (Information Systems) at Rhodes University

Job Description

Readvertisement: Senior Lecturer (Grade SL)

Information Systems 

• The Department of Information Systems invite suitably qualified candidates to join their team. 

Main Objectives

• All academics are responsible for disseminating knowledge (teaching and learning), creating knowledge (research), and engaging with the community, and for recognising differences in the execution of these responsibilities across the various departments and Faculties.
• Academics are also expected to assume administrative, management, and/or leadership duties at the departmental, faculty, and/or university levels. 

The Requirements

• PhD in Information Systems or equivalent, in exceptional circumstances, a Master’s Degree in Information Systems or equivalent, where the completion of the PhD is imminent (a letter from the supervisor stating that the PhD has been or is about to be submitted for examination).
• Professional experience in: Information Systems or equivalent

Academic experience:

• Teaching and course creation experience at the undergraduate and/or post-graduate levels required.
• Experience in teaching in the following disciplinary areas and skillsets: Data Analytics, Digital transformation and experience, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing.
• Research supervision with a track record of at least a Master’s degree required

No Academic experience:

• Leader in training and/or mentorship in the workplace
• Ability to teach any one or more of the disciplinary areas
• Leader in their professional arena
• Emerging national profile in Information Systems or relevant discipline
• Track record of administration, management and/or leadership roles (leadership roles may be informal)

Closing Date 26 August 2026