Job Vacant at Durban University of Technology

Minimum requirements

• PhD or equivalent NQF level 10 qualification in engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in Mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• At least 10 years of teaching/professional experience.
• Evidence of a sustained scholarly track record in the form of international peer-reviewed publications, with at least 10 DHET-accredited research outputs in the past 3 years.
• Evidence of sustained successful postgraduate supervision at Masters and Doctorate level, with at least 3 Doctoral and 5 Masters students supervised to completion.
• Involvement in industry-based research, community engagement, and the ability to attract external funding.
• Evidence of sustained external funding.

Additional Recommendations

• Good Publications Record
• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium-term
• NRF Rating
• A proven track record of successful mentoring of Postdoctoral Fellows.

Field of Expertise

• The candidate must have expertise in at least one of the following research areas:
• Smart Manufacturing Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Design, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Modelling and Fluids Mechanics.  

OR

Associate Professor

Minimum requirements

• PhD or equivalent NQF level 10 qualification in engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in Mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• At least 7 years of teaching/professional experience.
• Evidence of a sustained scholarly track record in the form of international peer-reviewed publications, with at least 7 DHET-accredited research outputs in the past 3 years.
• Evidence of sustained successful postgraduate supervision at Masters and Doctorate level, with at least 1 Doctoral and 2 Masters students supervised to completion.
• Involvement in industry-based research, community engagement, and the ability to attract external funding.
• Evidence of sustained external funding.

Additional Recommendations

• Good Publications Record
• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium term.
• NRF Rating
• A proven track record of successful mentoring of Postdoctoral Fellows.

Field of Expertise:

• The candidate must have expertise in at least one of the following research areas:
• Smart Manufacturing, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Design, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Modelling and Fluids Mechanics. 

OR

Senior Lecturer

Minimum requirements

• PhD or equivalent NQF level 10 qualification in engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in Mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• At least 5 years of teaching/professional experience.
• Evidence of a sustained scholarly track record in the form of international peer-reviewed publications, with at least 5 DHET-accredited research outputs in the past 3 years.
• Evidence of sustained successful postgraduate supervision at Masters and Doctorate level, with at least 1 Masters student supervised to completion.
• Involvement in industry-based research, community engagement, and the ability to attract external funding.

Additional Recommendations

• Good Publications Record
• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium term.
• NRF Rating
• A proven track record of successful mentoring of Postdoctoral Fellows.

Field of Expertise

• The candidate must have expertise in at least one of the following areas:
• Mechatronics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Thermodynamics, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Engineering Design, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Modelling and Fluids Mechanics. 

Lecturer (Ref. 375)

• MEng or equivalent NQF level 9 qualification in engineering, with an undergraduate qualification in Mechanical or mechatronic engineering.
• At least 3 years of teaching/professional experience.
• Evidence of emerging research and publication record.

Additional Recommendations

• Good communication and lecturing skills
• A strong passion for teaching and research
• Professionally registered with ECSA or a plan to register in the short to medium term.
• Good research track record or relevant research experience and an ability and desire to advance research development in the department.
• Required to currently be pursuing or immediately pursue a doctoral qualification in Engineering.

Field of Expertise:

• The candidate must have expertise in at least one of the following areas:
• Mechatronics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Thermodynamics, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Engineering Design, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Modelling and Fluids Mechanics.

 Summary of Duties:

• Teaching, assessing, and supervising at all relevant levels.
• Responsible for at least three modules per year in accordance with fair workload distribution.
• Development of learning materials for different courses.
• Supervise BEng Tech design projects and be actively involved in research and/or post-graduate supervision in the department.
• Assist with administrative and other duties as prescribed by the Head of Department or representative as delegated.
• To serve as chair of a specialty area on a rotational basis.
• To contribute/lead curriculum design.
• To assist the department in the delivery of quality teaching and learning.

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Senior Lecturer

Minimum Requirements:

• PhD / Doctorate qualification in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• Degree in Chemical Engineering (e.g. BTech, BEng, BSc Eng, Advanced Diploma, MSc or MEng).
• At least 5 years teaching experience / professional experience.
• Evidence of publication track record in peer reviewed journals.
• Evidence of completed postgraduate supervision at least one MEng graduate.
• Good communication and lecturing skills.
• A strong passion for teaching and research.
• Registrable as a professional engineer or engineering technologist with the Engineering Council
• of South Africa (ECSA).

Summary of Duties:

• Teach Chemical Engineering subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Supervision of postgraduate projects and postgraduate students.
• Development of learning material for different courses.
• Actively involved in research and research activities.
• Active participation in industrial projects.
• Knowledge of online learning software, e.g. Moodle, Blackboard, Teams.
• Participation in community engagement projects.
• Assist with administrative duties as delegated.
• Any other duties as prescribed by the Head of Department.
• Registered or qualifies for registration with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).

Additional Requirements:

• Exceptional knowledge of his or her subject matter/discipline.
• Excellent classroom and tutorial performance.
• Effective utilization of innovative teaching and assessment methods.
• Very good communication and human relations skills.
• Excellent performance as an academic advisor who encourages active learning among students.
• Effective design and development of curriculum.
• Papers presented at subject conferences (nationally or internationally).
• Examination of postgraduate students and other indications of peer-reviewed activities.
• Management of research projects/programs.
• Recognition by professional and industrial communities.
• Initiation of high-level courses, development of education methodology, advanced seminars, etc.
• Proven achievement in professional research, creative activities, scholarly writings, and
• participation in professional activities.

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Minimum Requirements:                                   

• A 4-year relevant qualification in the natural/mathematical sciences
• 5-8 years relevant experience in information management/data science/Data engineering/Computer Science of which 3-4 years ideally within the strategic planning function.
• Data mining and predictive data modelling.
• Advanced excel proficiency.
• Data warehousing and business intelligence platforms.
• Reporting (KPIs, metrics).
• Machine learning techniques.
• Designing Dashboards and Scorecards.
• Data visualization and communication.
• Conceptual thinking.
• Analytic Problem-Solving.

 Summary of Duties:

• Provide high quality data analysis to turn data into information to support the University in its strategic management, planning and decision-making requirements.
• Builds models to gather and analyse data to highlight strategic insights to assist with making key strategic decisions.
• Develop modelling eg forecasting models to discover trends, opportunities and threats based on the available university data to shape strategic intelligence for decision making.
• Draw insights from internal and external data sources/reports and disseminate timely, accurate and relevant reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
• Work with IPME IR, Planning and MEL team to identify opportunities for leveraging institutional data to drive business solutions.
• Monitor institutional performance against strategic goals as presented in the strategic plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Extended Annual Performance Plan (EAPP).
• Provide strategic data support to all relevant committees and data analytics for any ad hoc request.
• Responsible for the running of data integrity tests and reports on sources of data in order to determine any limitations in terms of reliability or usability.
• Capture and organize data to track strategy implementation progress across all levels of DUT.
• Formats and restructures data for reports and designs and presents management information reports (data and narrative; data visualizations; dashboards; presentations, etc) on DUT’s operational and strategic performance for internal and external stakeholders, where such reports maybe investigative, ad-hoc and compliance reports to assist in enhancing learning for decision-making.
• Deliver reports and presentations of findings to the university community and external stakeholders in a way that can be easily understood by diverse background people.

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Minimum requirements

• A PHD / doctorate in (NQF level 10) in Human Resources Management as well as all undergraduate qualifications in Human Resources or related The standard achieved in each of the abovementioned must be of a very high level.
• At least 7 years of teaching experience in a public Higher Education
• A minimum of seven DHET accredited publications/creative outputs over the preceding three years.
• Successful postgraduate supervision of at least two Masters’ students and one Doctorate
• The standard achieved in each of the abovementioned must be of a high
• Recipient of grant
• Evidence of leadership in community organizations and participation in activities in the wider community relating specifically to the academic discipline of the candidate and/or involvement in significant community activities in professional, cultural, religious, sporting, developmental, and other fields.
• Bibliometrics to evaluate the quality of research

 SENIOR LECTURER

Minimum requirements

• A PHD / doctorate in (NQF level 10) in Human Resources Management as well as all undergraduate qualifications in Human Resources or related The standard achieved in each of the abovementioned must be of a very high level.
• At least 5 years of teaching experience in a public Higher Education
• A minimum of three DHET accredited publications/creative outputs over the preceding three years.
• Successful postgraduate supervision of at least one Masters’
• The standard achieved in each of the abovementioned must be of a high
• Good communication and lecturing
• A strong passion for teaching and
• All of the above have to consistent with the University’s Staff Promotions Policy

A candidate must show proof of having been recognized as a very competent teacher as evidenced by:

• Exceptional knowledge of his or her subject matter/discipline.
• Excellent classroom and tutorial
• Effective utilization of innovative teaching and assessment
• Very good communication and human relations
• Excellent performance as an academic advisor who encourages active learning among
• Pedagogical teaching
• Effective design and development of

Responsibilities

• The responsibilities of the successful candidate include:
• Teaching Human Resource Management and related subjects at the undergraduate and at the postgraduate level;
• Participating in Curriculum development
• Conducting academic and scholarly research in pursuit of the Faculty’s research objectives;
• Supervising students at the postgraduate level;
• Assisting with academic administration and management when required;
• Providing mentorship to junior staff
• Performing other duties as may be required by the Head of Department

Competencies, Skills and Behavioural Attributes The successful candidate will be expected to have:

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work with faculty staff, students, and community members as well as organizational leaders.
• Proven experience in creating campus and community
• Collegial and emotionally
• Innovative, proactive, and
• Ability to work independently
• Strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• High level of integrity and ethical behaviour