The University of Pretoria is a multi-faculty research-intensive university that has remained among the top South African universities in research output and impact. UP is also the top producer of graduates in the country. With campuses in Pretoria and its surrounds, as well as in the country’s economic hub, Johannesburg, UP is conveniently situated...
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate will actively participate in the following areas:
Programme Administration
- Organises and oversees the Veterinary/Nursing Elective Practice module as a veterinary academic coordinator.
- Monitor and evaluate students placed in veterinary practices, clinics, or community-based learning sites for their extramural training.
- Ensures compliance with Faculty, University, and regulatory requirements of the BVSc and BVN syllabus.
Student Support
- Provide a guidance document for students entering into elective practice areas aligned with the areas indicated in the study guides.
- Provides mentorship and ensures students meet Day 1 competency skills expected of a new veterinary graduate.
- Monitors student progress and evaluates performance reports from extramural practical rotations, and flags concerns for remedial action.
Community & Practice Liaison
- Acts as the link between the university and external veterinary practices.
- Builds partnerships with clinics, farms, and community organisations to maintain a list of practices willing to assist with extramural training.
- Develop a system of internal accreditation and evaluation of practices, including training of practice staff in evaluation practices.
- Undertake random screening of practices, based on budgetary restrictions, to evaluate students active within said practices.
Quality Assurance
- Ensures that the practical experiences students gain are relevant to Day One skills, and if not, applies corrective action.
- Reviews and updates elective practice guidelines to maintain academic standards.
- Collects feedback from students and partner practices to improve the programme.
Clinical Support
- Undertake a limited number of weeks of clinical activities at the OVAH, preferably in the community clinics, to ensure clinical skills remain relevant for the evaluation of extra-mural activities.
Academic & Research Engagement
- Network with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Deliver lectures, seminars, tutorials, and assessments.
- Support curriculum development and improvement.
- Actively participate in faculty research programmes and service-rendering activities.
- Publish research in national and international journals.
- Undertake faculty administrative duties as delegated by the line manager.
- Engage in community outreach activities.
- Pursue academic self-development appropriate to career progression.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- A BVSc or BVMCh degree or an equivalent veterinary qualification;
- Registration (or registrable) as a Veterinarian with SAVC; and
- Demonstrate the potential to become a competent lecturer at the undergraduate level.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
It will be expected of the successful candidates to:
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the Department;
- Supervise final year undergraduate project students and postgraduate Honours, Masters and PhD students;
- Conduct research as a member of the transportation research group in the Department and publish in leading accredited journals;
- Raise and manage additional funding from national and international funding agencies and industry to support the activities of the relevant research group;
- Expand existing research programmes or initiate new research programmes;
- Perform assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Senior Lecturer:
- A BEng degree in Civil Engineering from a university of which the undergraduate programme is recognized by the Washington accord or is recognized by ECSA to be equivalent plus;
- A Masters’ degree in Civil Engineering that follows on the previous qualification, plus
- A PhD degree in Civil Engineering in the field of Transportation Engineering;
- At least three years tertiary education experience or three years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
- At least 2 articles published in DHET accredited journals or a DHET accredited book;
- At least 2 other publication outputs (peer reviewed conference paper(s) / book chapter(s) / industry recognized outputs in a commensurate field;
- Supervision / co-supervision of Master’s students to completion or proven management experience in industry.
Associate Professor
- Same as for Senior Lecturer, plus;
- At least 6 years tertiary education experience or 6 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
- Experience in curriculum / strategy development and innovation;
- Evidence of sustained publications output;
- Majority of recent publications should be in WoS / Scopus / IBSS journals (past 7 years);
- Evidence of at least 3 research Master’s OR 6 coursework Master’s mini-dissertations successfully completed (supervised or co-supervised);
- Evidence of Doctoral student supervision;
- Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for journals and/or conferences.
Professor
- Same as Associate Professor , plus;
- At least 8 years tertiary education experience or 8 years industry experience with some involvement in tertiary education;
- A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, including graduation of Doctoral students;
- A well-established and internationally recognized research record supported by publications in high quality peer reviewed journals with an average of 2 units published per year over the past 3 years;
- Evidence of conference papers delivered internationally;
- Evidence of conducting reviewer duties for ISI journals;
- An NRF rating is required for this level.
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
- Evidence of teaching excellence;
- Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and research expertise that complement the Department’s needs;
- Related industry work or consulting experience;
- Candidates registered or registerable as Professional Engineer with ECSA;
- NRF rating or have applied for one.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The key objective of the Deputy Director: Campus Planning and Development is to manage the allocated portfolio of responsibilities and to contribute actively to departmental management as a senior member of the Department. The following is included in the portfolio:
- Campus Spatial Development and Capital Planning;
- Professional Services;
- Property and Commercial Services Management;
- Project Management.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- A relevant Honours degree or related qualification, equivalent to NQF Level 8, with at least eight (8) years of relevant experience, of which at least three (3) years must have been in a managerial role within facilities management, construction, or another relevant environment in a medium to large organisation.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the following areas:
- Strategic management;
- Contract management, including a basic understanding of procurement processes and contractual agreements;
- Project management;
- Property management;
- Waste management;
- Landscape and sports field management;
- Industrial hygiene;
- Space planning, master planning, and design;
- Financial, human resources, and administrative management;
- National Building Regulations, Contract Law, and Occupational Health and Safety requirements.
- Relevant Professional registration.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent will be responsible for:
- The curriculum development of and lecturing of modules in the programme(s) based in the department;
- In addition, the incumbent will pursue research activities such as own research, research-based publications and the supervision of postgraduate students registered in the department;
- Developing, presenting and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate courses for pre-service and in-service teachers and other students for contact and distance presentation;
- Mentoring students for teaching practice /work-integrated learning;
- Using a learning management system to develop and present courses;
- Presenting lectures and programmes in an E-learning environment;
- Providing a significant contribution to research outputs, postgraduate teaching and supervision.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
LECTURER:
- Master’s degree in Education Management (with a special focus in Human and Financial Resource Management in Education);
- Evidence of some research experience;
- 1-3 years teaching experience in Higher Education, for example, being a demonstrator or tutor or lecturer;
- Evidence of some experience in a community project
- Evidence of some admin or managerial skills or leadership and commitment to ongoing professional development
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):
- Knowledge of the theories of Education Management and Policy Studies;
- Knowledge of teaching methodologies in Education Management and Policy Studies;
- Knowledge of the South African education system regarding Education Management and Policy Studies;
- Knowledge of and experience of facilitation in an E-learning environment;
- Appropriate language and communication skills;
- Ability to apply knowledge and skills in teaching and supervision;
- Ability to work as an individual and in a team.
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
LECTURER:
- Enrolled for PhD or relevant equivalent postgraduate studies; mentoring /coaching experience, working with large groups, strong communication skills
- Successful module coordination;
- Evidence of current membership of relevant national and international scholarly/professional bodies.
- Experience in other subject areas in the department;
- NRF rating; Awards.
- Principal investigator in research projects.
- Evidence of coordination responsibilities and membership of committees
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbents will be responsible for:
- Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules on the areas of the Consumer Protection Law, Credit Law and Law of Contract (including the Law of Specific Contracts);
- Developing a research programme in an appropriate area of expertise or expanding existing research programmes;
- Publishing research articles in the foremost national/international accredited journals;
- Participate in national and international conferences within the research focus areas;
- Supervising postgraduate students within the research focus areas;
- Performing assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature);
- Community engagement in relation to the research focus areas;
- Performing other duties as delegated by the Head of the Department;
- Representing the Department on Faculty and other committees as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Doctorate degree that follows in the field of Consumer Protection Law and/or Credit Law;
- Expertise and research experience in all of the following specialist areas:
- Credit Law;
- Consumer Protection Law;
- Banking Law;
- Law of Contract;
- Law of Specific Contracts.
- Evidence of a successful teaching practice and teaching excellence;
- Eight (8) year's tertiary or vocational teaching experience, or Ten (10) year's relevant post-qualification experience in the legal profession or related field, or proportionate;
- At least 25 accredited or peer reviewed publication outputs of which at least 12 must be sole-authored;
- Eight (8) Conference papers delivered at conferences, of which four (4) must be international;
- A well-established and internationally recognised record of research supported by publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals;
- Extensive experience in curriculum development and transformation;
- A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, including graduation of Doctoral students;
- Evidence of at least one (1) completed successful doctoral supervision or co-supervision, successful master’s supervision of at least three (3) research master’s or seven (7) coursework masters mini-dissertations;
- Extensive record of academic leadership, administration and academic citizenship.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Stakeholder and network management:
- Supporting the Director of Internationalisation and Strategic Partnerships (DISP) in facilitating and coordinating engagements with international partners;
- Developing and maintaining relationships with representatives from international and local organisations to improve the good relationships between institutions;
- Providing strategic support to UP faculties and the Transdisciplinary Research Platforms (TRPs) in strengthening of strategic international partnerships;
- Managing and organising a number of strategic stakeholder networking events with the relevant stakeholders and partners;
Monitoring and evaluation:
- Providing the on-going coordination for the office of the Director: Internationalisation and Strategic Partnerships;
- Providing source information and other inputs to UP’s strategic documents (research review and annual report);
- Contributing to monitoring and evaluation processes wherever required by UP Executive and DISP leadership;
- Preparing a schedule of activities for the year, and monitoring the project calendar, planned milestones, deliverables and activities as agreed by steering committee and partner entities;
Business processes:
- Preparing briefing notes for all travel related to DISP, including but not limited to the Director, Vice Principal and Vice-Chancellor’s office;
- Developing an online interactive web-based database for all partnerships and the return-on-investment linked to each;
- Managing service providers on business requirements and develop content for further engagements;
- Tracking and analysing trends in the higher education funding landscape at the national, regional and global levels;
Financial management:
- Developing business plans and projects for DISP cost centres based on the planned activities for the year;
- Supporting DISP leadership in budget planning and allocation for grants other strategic initiatives when required;
- Managing operational budget according to UP financial policies and procedures as well as PFMA;
Human Resources management:
- Supporting DISP management in provision of guidance to professional staff on alignment of institutional global engagement strategies and donor funding priorities;
- Proactively supporting staff development and training;
- Ensuring that the team adheres processes and procedures of the Department.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Relevant Bachelor’s Degree; with
Five years’ experience in:
- Working with donors, foundations and international partners;
- Project management;
- Financial management;
- Business and proposal/grant writing;
- Partnerships and internationalisation;
- Valid driver’s licence;
- Diplomatic training certificate.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent to contribute to the functioning of the Department of Chemical Engineering;
- Effective management of the Analytical laboratory and instrumentation;
- Operation and Maintenance;
- Practical and Research Support.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Relevant 3-year National Diploma in chemistry or analytical chemistry;
- At least 1 years’ experience in the use and maintenance of characterization and analytical instruments including ICP-OES, Elemental Analyser, HPLC/TOF, IC, TGA, DSC UV-Vis and FTIR;
- Experience in operating and maintaining laboratory equipment and analytical instruments;
- Experience in laboratory safety;
- A valid driver’s license (Code B or EB).
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
- A first degree qualification, BTech or BSc in Chemistry or Analytical chemistry & instrumentation;
- First aid qualification;
- At least 1 year higher education experience.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
- Supporting the Dean in advancing the Faculty of Education’s strategic vision.
- Leading the strategic, academic, and operational management of the Department.
- Enhancing the Department’s research profile and fostering impactful scholarly outputs.
- Enhancing quality teaching, learning and student support in the Department.
- Overseeing the academic and professional education and training activities within the Department.
- Serving as an active academic leader, advancing the discipline at national and international levels.
- Supporting the Faculty’s teaching and learning initiatives by promoting innovative uses of technology.
- Coordinating equitable and sustainable resource allocation in the Department.
- Leading fundraising efforts to support departmental programs and initiatives.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
The following criteria must be fulfilled for appointment at the level of Associate Professor:
- A relevant doctorate with specialisation in fields related to Humanities Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Studies, or closely related field.
- At least 5 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education Institutions or other closely related education sectors;
- Comprehensive teaching portfolio;
- Meaningful engagement with student feedback;
- At least 11 publications (journals, book chapters, books) of which:
- 4 should be in a mix of internationally and nationally accredited journals;
- 3 publications should be sole authored;
- At least six (6) students supervised to completion of which two (2) must be PhD’s of which one (1) should be sole supervised;
- Proven national and international peer recognition;
- Proven experience in raising research funding;
- Active international collaborations;
- International conference presentations;
- Community engagement in a related field;
- Involvement in Work-Integrated Learning (e.g., Teaching Practice);
- Proven active academic citizenship and mentoring;
- Proven academic administration experience;
- Membership of departmental/faculty/ institutional committees;
- Membership of international scholarly/professional bodies; and
- Membership of external bodies relevant to the discipline or profession Editorial boards/ committees, peer reviewer of academic contributions, external examinations; and
- Recommended: H Index (4 and above).
The following criteria must be fulfilled for appointment at the level of Full Professor:
- A relevant doctorate with specialisation in fields related to Humanities Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Studies, or closely related field.
- At least 8 years’ teaching experience in Higher Education Institutions or other closely related education sectors;
- Comprehensive teaching portfolio;
- Meaningful engagement with student feedback;
- Proven leadership experience in broader curriculum development and scholarship of teaching and learning;
- Proven transformational leadership in curriculum development and innovation;
- At least 16 publications (journals, book chapters, books) of which
- 10 should be in a mix of internationally and nationally accredited journals;
- 5 publications should be sole authored;
- At least eight (8) students supervised in completion at Masters or Doctoral level;
- At least four (4) Doctoral level students supervised, of which three (3) should be sole supervision;
- Proven national and international peer recognition;
- Proven success in raising research funds;
- Proven experience being a lead or principal investigator on national and international research projects;
- Proof of (inter) national peer recognition;
- Active international collaborations;
- International conference presentations;
- Community engagement in a related field;
- Work-integrated involvement/ mentorship;
- Active academic citizenship with a leading mentoring role;
- Proven experience in academic administration;
- Prominent and value adding participation in departmental;/faculty/Institutional committees and;
- Active membership of international scholarly/ professional bodies.
- H-Index of 8 and above;
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Responsibilities will include:
- Personal assistance to the Head of the Department;
- General administration for the academic personnel/ department operations;
- Teaching and learning administration;
- Research and marketing administration; and
- Financial, human resources and event administration
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
A relevant 3-year National diploma, and 1 year of experience in:
- Office administration;
- Financial administration;
- Secretarial experience.
OR
A Grade 12, and 3 years of experience in:
- Office administration;
- Financial administration;
- Secretarial experience.
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The incumbent will be responsible for:
- Establishing a management system and standards to ensure the University operates within the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act;
- Assisting and auditing all contractors on site in terms of the Construction Regulations;
- Providing guidance on managing legal compliance requirements pertaining to radiation sources and occupational health and safety.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- A BTech in Safety, Health and Environmental Management; Bachelor of Environmental Health and Bachelor of Health Sciences (Health & Safety Specialisation) or any other relevant Bachelors/BTech degree.
- At least five (5) years’ relevant experience in:
- Management of a Health and Safety section.
- System management.
- Incident investigation.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbents will be required to:
- Participate in a formal development programme aimed at strengthening their aspirations and skills as researchers and lecturers;
- Teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses;
- Mentor and supervise postgraduate students;
- Conduct collaborative research in their research specialisation areas;
- Play an active role as academics, nationally and internationally;
- Complete their PhD studies in instances where these have not yet been completed;
- Assume limited administration responsibilities in their departments.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
LECTURER:
- A Master’s degree with a 70% average mark in the relevant discipline;
- Illustrate the potential to become a competent lecturer at the undergraduate level;
- Illustrate strong potential to become an established researcher.
SENIOR LECTURER:
- A relevant doctoral degree;
- Proven teaching experience;
- Proven record of publications;
- Proven record of supervision of postgraduate students to completion.
- For Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering: A BEng/BScEng degree in Metallurgical Engineering or closely related discipline from a university of which the undergraduate programme is registrable with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) for PrEng registrations purposes / A Masters’ degree in Metallurgical Engineering or closely related discipline that follows on the previous qualification / A PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering or closely related discipline, that follows on the previous qualification, with a focus on Power Metallurgy.
- For Informatics: A Masters’ degree in Informatics or closely related discipline / A Doctorate in Informatics or closely related discipline, that follows on the previous qualification, with a focus on Information Systems.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Good communication skills;
- Interpersonal- and mentoring skills;
- Leadership potential;
- Experience in interdisciplinary, collaborative research;
- Proven record of national and international teamwork;
- Some first author publications in peer-reviewed journals
- One-year teaching/tutoring and research experience at undergraduate/postgraduate levels (lecturer)
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Key responsibilities include:
Departmental and Office Administration:
- Managing the general administration and finances of projects;
- Coordinating effectively with CAS post-docs and external actors;
- Participating in developing monitoring and evaluation indicators for projects and collecting data;
- Conference organising including logistics, flights, hotels, questionnaires and other tasks;
- Handling venue bookings for the project;
- Collecting information and compiling reports where necessary;
- Filing documents and management information;
- Arranging for the maintenance of office equipment and handling the financial administration pertaining to this equipment and Photostat machines;
- Keeping records of applicable policy procedures and guidelines.
Secretarial Tasks:
- Handling incoming calls and taking messages;
- Conducting follow-up work in terms of information and adherence to due dates;
- Arranging appointments and meeting on behalf of Project Leader and on behalf of other project personnel;
- Taking Minutes during meetings and circulating summaries after meetings;
- Mailing out physical and electronic correspondence and circulating general notices.
Liaison:
- Handling general enquiries;
- Liaising with suppliers of the university, etc;
- Liaising with relevant support services, etc;
- Receiving visitors in a professional manner.
Typing and Records Management:
- Handling high volumes of typing (Publications, Research Reports, Study materials, etc.) when requested;
- Doing specialist typing jobs (Related to projects) if necessary. Proof reading, typing, and making corrections.
Financial Administration:
- Handling acquisitions (Quotations, orders, receipt of, storage of and distribution of items);
- Creating requisitions on PeopleSoft Financial System for all received quotations and invoices;
- Sending purchase orders to suppliers;
- Submitting invoices and POs to UP Finance for payment;
- Ensuring compliance with UP policies, procedures and/or directives.
Events and Co-ordination:
- Making arrangements and engaging with stakeholders for the following by coordinating with relevant departmental personnel and/or departments on: Seminars, Conferences and project functions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Relevant National three year Diploma in secretarial and office administration or any relevant qualification with three years’ experience that includes office administration, secretarial experience, financial administration and project management;
OR
- A Grade 12 certificate with five years’ experience that includes office administration, secretarial experience, financial administration and project management.
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbent will be responsible for:
- The curriculum development of and lecturing of modules in the programme(s) based in the department;
- In addition, the incumbent will pursue research activities such as own research, research-based publications and the supervision of postgraduate students registered in the department;
- Developing, presenting and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate courses for pre-service and in-service teachers and other students for contact and distance presentation;
- Mentoring students for teaching practice /work-integrated learning;
- Using a learning management system to develop and present courses;
- Presenting lectures and programmes in an E-learning environment;
- Providing a significant contribution to research outputs, postgraduate teaching and supervision.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
LECTURER:
- Master’s degree in Education Management (with a special focus in Education Law)
- Evidence of some research experience
- 1-3 years teaching experience in Higher Education, for example, being a demonstrator or tutor or lecturer
- Evidence of some experience in community project
- Evidence of some admin or managerial skills or leadership and commitment to ongoing professional development
SENIOR LECTURER:
- PhD degree in Education Management (with a special focus in Education Law);
- At least three years of tertiary or related teaching experience;
- At least six accredited publications (journals, book chapters, Books) of which 4 should be in a mix of internationally and nationally accredited journals, 1 publication should be sole-authored and evidence of conference papers;
- At least 3 students supervised to completion at Masters level;
- Community engagement in a related field. Work-integrated involvement/ mentorship;
- Experience in academic administration and participation in departmental/faculty committees
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
LECTURER:
- Enrolled for PhD or relevant equivalent postgraduate studies; mentoring /coaching experience, working with large groups, strong communication skills;
- Successful module coordination;
- Evidence of current membership of relevant national and international scholarly/professional bodies;
- Experience in other subject areas in the department;
- Awards;
- Principal investigator in research projects;
- Evidence of coordination responsibilities and membership of committees.
SENIOR LECTURER:
- Experience in other subject areas in the department;
- Awards.
- Principal investigator in research projects;
- Evidence of coordination responsibilities and membership of committees;
- Proof of more/sole-authored outputs under review, awards, peer recognition, evidence of obtained research funding, membership of national/professional bodies, and an active Orcid-ID.
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