Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor (Research Psychology) at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities

• Contribute towards creating a strong academic identity in the department.
• Teach and assess undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Psychology.
• Provide study guidance and supervision to postgraduate students.
• Initiate and conduct high-level research and sustain quality research outputs.
• Contribute to programme development and curriculum review within the department and faculty.
• Participate in and coordinate community engagement and service-learning initiatives.
• Recruit senior students for postgraduate study.
• Perform organisational and administrative duties.

Inherent Job Requirements:

Senior Lecturer

• A PhD in Psychology on NQF Level 10. 
• Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Psychology.
• Proven experience in teaching research-related and statistical-oriented modules.
• Proven experience in the delivery of presentations of papers/posters at national scholarly conferences.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in peer-reviewed national and/or international accredited journals 
• Proven record of successful postgraduate research supervision at master’s level.
• Expertise in various statistical software programmes, including but not limited to SPSS, R, Mplus, Python, and JASP.
• Demonstrated potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• A good scholarly record.

​​​​Associate Professor

• A PhD in Psychology on NQF Level 10.
• Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Psychology.
• Proven experience in teaching research-related and statistically oriented modules.
• Proven experience in the delivery of presentations at national and/or international conferences, as evidenced by a track record of peer-reviewed conference papers.
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students.
• A proven record of publication in national and international accredited journals (at least 10 to 15 publications).
• Proven record of successful postgraduate research supervision at master’s and/or doctoral levels.
• Expertise in various statistical software programmes, including but not limited to SPSS, R, Mplus, Python, and JASP.
• An NRF C3 rating or equivalent.
• Recognised nationally as an established scholar.

Professor

• A PhD in Psychology on NQF Level 10.
• Proven experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Psychology.
• Proven experience in teaching research-related and statistically oriented modules.
• Proven experience in the delivery of presentations at national and/or international conferences, as evidenced by a track record of peer-reviewed conference papers.
• Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students, especially doctoral students.
• A proven record of publication in national and international accredited journals (at least 15 to 20 publications).
• Proven record of successful postgraduate research supervision at master’s and doctoral levels.
• Expertise in various statistical software programmes, including but not limited to SPSS, R, Mplus.
• Python, and JASP.
• A minimum of an NRF C2 rating or equivalent.
• Nationally/internationally recognised as a leading scholar.
• Record of editorial board membership of high-quality national/international scholarly journals.

Recommendations

• Three (3) years of registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Research Psychologist (attach proof).
• Expertise in different research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods).
• Involvement in departmental and faculty activities.