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  • Posted: May 21, 2020
    Deadline: May 15, 2020
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  • Wits is strategically located in Johannesburg, a world class city, with countless opportunities for students and staff to engage with and present solutions that will contribute to our country's knowledge-base and build our future. With its more than 130 000 graduates in its 91-year history, Wits has made and will continue to make its mark nationally a...

     

    Research Assistant in New Human Project

    Organization Name: Evolutionary Studies Institute
    Job Summary:
    The Phillip Tobias Chair in the Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand is seeking a qualified, motivated person to act as a Research Assistant for a European Research Council funded project in conjunction with the School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, United Kingdom.  (100% Full-time basis for 2 years, renewable subject to grant for an additional 2 years).      

     
    Minimum Requirements:

    • A Hons qualification in a relevant field, or demonstration of a higher technical qualification in radiography, computer sciences or related fields
    • Relevant experience in research environment 
    • Experience in data management and collection would be an advantage
    • Experience working with digital databases.
    • Existing curatorial experience will be advantageous.

    Key Competencies: 

    • The successful candidate should have experience with, or show an aptitude for acquiring skills in the collection of digital data including surface scanning, photogrammetry and working with other forms of digital data such as CT data
    • Excellent attention to detail.
    • Good interpersonal skills
    • Must take initiative and be results-orientated
    • Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure
    • Must work as part of a team
    • Excellent computer literacy skills
    • Good command of the English language (verbal and written)
    • Work within deadlines
    • Integrity, reliability and dependability

    Key Performance Areas
    The successful candidate will work closely with senior researchers in both institutions performing:

    • Curatorial functions,
    • General research tasks
    • Data management,
    • Interdepartmental communications
    • Data collection both digital and physical data on important hominid, faunal fossils and artefacts held in the collections of the University of the Witwatersrand and other institutions as required.

    Shortlisted candidates may be subjected to a competency assessment.

    Closing date:   15 June  2020

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    Method of Application

    How To Apply        

    • To apply: Only applicants who meet the minimum requirements should apply by submitting their cover letter (one page maximum), detailed CV (five page maximum), certified copies of all educational qualifications and identity document with names and e-mail addresses of 3 referees. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).  
    • External applicants are invited to apply by registering their profile on the Wits i-Recruitment platform located at https://irec.wits.ac.za and submitting applications. Internal employees are invited to apply directly on Oracle by following the path:  iWits /Self Service application/”Apply for a job.
    • The University reserves the right not to make an appointment and continue searching after the closing date and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
    • “The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given, to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plan and policies of the University. The University retains the right to verify all information provided by the candidate”
    Interested and qualified? Go to University of the Witwatersrand on irec.wits.ac.za to apply

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