Recruitment Opportunities at North West University

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning.:

• Undergraduate teaching and learning and postgraduate supervision in any of the creative genres (i.e. prose, children’s literature, drama, and poetry) in English. Preference will be given to candidates who can also teach or supervise creative writing in any other under-resourced South African language.

Research and Creative Writing

• Individual research and creative writing outputs in accredited platforms or journals. Peer-reviewing research articles and scholarly book contributions. Co-operation in subject group projects in creative writing and research.

Management and University service:

• Fulfilling management tasks and duties in service of the university, as they arise.

Community Engagement:

• Assist in organising subject group and school community engagement projects.

Minimum requirements

Associate Professor:

• PhD in an applicable field, including but not limited to Creative Writing, or Literary Studies in one of the under-resourced South African languages.
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in teaching at a tertiary institution (in literary studies and/or creative writing) or relevant industry experience (i.e. as published author, experience in publishing, or performing arts). Post-graduate study guidance at a tertiary institution (in literary studies and/or creative writing) or post-doctoral experience. CV to provide clear evidence of standing, recognition and creative outputs appropriate to the level of associate professor.
• Publications in accredited journals or creative works at a reputable publisher

Added Advantage:

• Membership of relevant societies (i.e. African language and/or English literary/writers’ societies)

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Service Delivery:

• Services as Sport Scientist in the CHHP that form part of 3rd income.

Teaching and Learning:

• Sport Science protocol training to students.

Management:

• Project Co-Leader for service level agreements: Certain aspects of rugby services, soccer services as well as athletics (mainly NWU services along with NW schools).

Administration:

• AMS data capturing, monitoring, reports, programs and feedback.

Minimum requirements

• An honours degree in Human Movement Science (NQF level 8).
• Level 1 Kinanthropometrist BLS certification.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in client service delivery (Human Movement Science projects – university or at school level).
• A minimum of two (2) years' experience in teaching, learning, and training (working with students/learners).

ADDED ADVANTAGE & RECOMMENDATION:

• An honours degree in Sport Science (NQF level 8)
• Level 1 Kinanthropometrist BLS certification.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide a specialist career consulting service, guidance and advice to improve the employability of NWU students:

• Assist NWU students (individuals and groups) across NWU, in collaboration with career advisors / campus liaising officers; by providing them with information on job search strategies, CVS, cover letters, preparation for interviews and available job opportunities; Ensuring service level equity to all campuses.

Develop and present workshops to improve the employability of students:

• Determine and plan annual training and workshop sessions across the three campuses.
• Develop and update career coaching content material, revise contents, slides and hand-outs for the presentations.
• Plan dates with faculties and campus representatives and present training workshops.
• Arrange presentations by external presenters on relevant topics.

Sourcing and maintaining career information resources:

• Identifying and assess relevant career information resources and materials in hard copy and electronic formats to update on career services management portal and related platforms.
• Assist with the contents of the annual Career Guide; Maintain a high level of knowledge of graduate career job market and career trends.

Support colleagues in all the CC's services to students:

• Oversee the work of career advisors/ liaising officers in relation to facilitating training and workshops.
• Act as a mentor and a coach to inhouse staff (i.e. campus liaising offices/ career advisors) to support training and coaching across NWU as part of expanding training and coaching capacity.
• Collaborate with Career services team to support annual Job fairs; employer presentations; thematic events; newsletters; vacation work and interns; etc.

 Manage and track student attendance and feedback:

• Keep detailed record of students using the consulting service and attending the workshops; obtaining feedback from NWU students and graduates’ customers to achieve 60% satisfaction.

Promote and Market Career Services offerings

• Collaborate with career services colleagues, student life, and faculties to market and promote career services offerings, including the work readiness short learning program.

Minimum requirements

• A bachelor’s degree (NQF level 7) in Industrial Psychology or Psychology.
• A valid driver’s license.
• A minimum of 5 years’ related experience in training and development environment; career counselling / career coaching / career development / career advisory services

RECCOMENDATION / ADDED ADVANTAGE:

• Accreditations with professional bodies i.e. SABPP; HPCSA; SACDA etc relevant to career counselling and development.
• Registration with the HPCSA as a Psychometrist, Psychologist or Industrial Psychologist.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning:

• Undergraduate teaching in the following specific subject areas of Microbiology: Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Public Health and/or Bacteriology, in accordance with the set requirements of the alignment programme between campuses.
• Honours teaching in any of the 4 areas indicated in 1.1.
• Effective teaching practices – blended approach.
• Satisfactory student success rate according to the set faculty norms.
• Monitoring of and engagement with at-risk students to ensure student success.
• Effective assessment and evaluation practices.

Research and Innovation:

• Effective recruitment and supervision of honours, masters, doctoral and postdoctoral students.
• Effective designing and management of research projects.
• Attraction and management of external research funds.
• Forging of local and international collaborations.
• Production of high-quality research outputs.
• NRF rating.

Administration:

• Involvement in any required administrative tasks of the subject group and/or as tasked by management.
• Contributions to advising students.
• Participation in recruitment activities.

Community Engagement and Academic Scholarship:

• Involvement in the initiatives of the department or school at large.
• Mentorship of junior staff.

Minimum requirements

Senior Lecturer:

• A PhD (NQF level 10) in Microbiology.
• Accreditation with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
• Membership with the South African Society for Microbiology (SASM).
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience teaching at tertiary level.
• Postgraduate supervision.

Associate Professor:

• A PhD (NQF level 10) in Microbiology.
• Accreditation with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP).
• Membership with the South African Society for Microbiology (SASM).
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience teaching at tertiary level.
• Postgraduate supervision

RECOMENDATION / ADDED ADVANTAGE:

• A minimum of 1 year experience in a management role.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning:

• Take responsibility for a full lecturing load as regards Setswana modules (undergraduate and postgraduate modules), including preparing for classes and guided development of learning materials.
• Related administrative tasks, such as submitting marks and monitoring student progress.
• Setting of tests and examinations, as well as marking assessments.
• Hold office hours for consultations with students.
• Attend meetings (with subject group, teaching team, and/or module tutors).
• Act as module co-ordinator where necessary.
• Supervision of postgraduate students.
• Internal moderation of assessments.
• Records management; maintaining module files for Internal and/or External Programme Evaluation.

 Research and innovation and/or Creative Outputs:

• Contribute towards the research output of the School of Languages.
• Present at national and international conferences.

Academic Leadership and Administration:

• Fulfilling management tasks and duties in service of the university, as they arise (for example, serving on Faculty Board or relevant committee).
• Good organisational and administrative skills.

Social Responsiveness (sharing of expertise and community engagement):

• Involvement in relevant community engagement projects.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS):

• Cooperate with management, OHS officials and colleagues to help everyone meet the legal requirements, whilst upholding and maintaining general occupational health and safety standards and practices.

Minimum requirements

• A PhD degree (NQF level 10) in Setswana Linguistics/Language and/or Literature.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ work experience and proven track record of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at university (Teaching is done in Setswana)
• Active involvement in research, as evidenced by a minimum of two (2) publications in accredited journals.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers / posters at national and / or international scholarly conferences.
• Applicant should be active in community engagement projects.
• Experience with postgraduate supervision.

RECOMMENDATIONS / ADDED ADVANTAGES:

• Membership of relevant subject-specific societies and organisations.
• Experience with curriculum design and/or module design.
• A qualification in Translation and Interpreting (with a language combination from English/Afrikaans into Setswana) will be an added advantage.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and learning:

• Teach English Literature modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. These include early modern literature and contemporary literature.
• Team teaching, student evaluations, assignments, tests and examinations, supervision of postgraduates.
• Be able to teach different genres of literature (poetry, drama, fiction and film) at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Complete related administrative tasks, such as submitting marks and monitoring student progress.
• Set tests and examinations, as well as mark assessments.
• Hold office hours for consultations with students.
• Attend meetings (with the subject group, teaching team, and/or module tutors).
• Act as module convenor across the three NWU sites.
• Supervise postgraduate students.
• Moderate assessments internally.
• Manage records by maintaining module files for Internal and/or External Programme Evaluation.
• Have a good knowledge of African, world and contemporary literatures of the Global South.

Research and innovation outputs:

• Contribute towards the research output of the School of Languages.
• Present at national and international conferences.

Social responsiveness:

• Be involved in relevant community engagement projects.

 Occupational health and safety (OHS):

• Cooperate with management, OHS officials and colleagues to help everyone meet the legal requirements, whilst upholding and maintaining general occupational health and safety standards and practices..

Management and university service:

• Fulfil management tasks and duties in service of the university as they arise (for example, serving on a Faculty Board or committee).
• Demonstrate good organisational and administrative skills.

Minimum requirements

• A PhD degree (NQF level 10) in English Literature and/or Literary Studies.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ work experience and proven track record of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at university.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ teaching experience in the different genres of Literature (Poetry, Drama, Fiction and Film).
• Active involvement in research, as evidenced by a minimum of two (2) publications in accredited journals.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers/ posters at national and/ or international scholarly conferences.
• Applicant should be active in community engagement projects.
• Experience with postgraduate supervision.
• Have good knowledge of variety of literatures from early modern to contemporary literature i.e African, world and contemporary literatures of the Global South.

ADDED ADVANTAGES

• Membership of relevant subject-specific societies and organisations.
• Experience with curriculum design and/or module design.

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 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching – Learning including postgraduate supervision:

• Effective teaching – learning practices in Positive Psychology.
• Design, develop, evaluate and improve study guides and curricula as needed.
• Demonstrate advanced lecturing and practical skills in Positive Psychology and Transdisciplinary Health Sciences.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a positive teaching – learning academic environment.

Research and innovation activity:

• Be responsible for the conceptualisation, planning, collection, outputs, ethics, integrity and research data management of projects
• Design and conduct research projects, write research reports and prepare applications for research funding.
• Consult regularly with scientists and researchers from different disciplines on the design and analysis of studies.
• Keep current with the latest statistical methods and research methodology to address study requirements.
• Communicate research outcomes through publishing in accredited refereed journals and presenting at scientific conferences and to relevant audiences.
• Develop, maintain and support fund applications and research databases.
• Review case report forms for assigned studies to ensure data is collected appropriately to conduct the analysis defined in the protocol.

Leadership, management and service to the university:

•  Can fulfil an active and dynamic leadership role in the development of Positive Psychology locally, nationally and internationally.
•  Develop and maintain strategic and productive research partnerships, connections and relationships with people, groups and organisations at local, national and international levels.
• Build national and international research networks.
• Provide service to the university by contributing to the achievement of its goals.
• Administrative responsibilities in, or on behalf of, the NWU.

Social Responsiveness:

• Maintain involvement in community service through which Positive Psychology is applied.
• Communicate appropriately and effectively to internal and external role-players.
• Embrace engaged scholarship and professional expertise.
• Execute activities by which discipline-based skills and knowledge are made relevant to the community.

Minimum requirements

• Master of Arts / Master of Science in Positive Psychology or related field (NQF level 9)
• Health Professional with statutory registration (HPCSA).
• A proven track record of Positive Psychology-focused publications in accredited journals as first or co-author.
• Experience in using various types of research methodologies.
• Evidence of the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries.
• Proof of training in health research ethics.
• Experience in working in a diverse context with effective interpersonal skills

ADDED ADVANTAGE & RECOMMENDATION:

• A PhD in Psychology or related field (NQF level 10).
• Evidence of leadership of a research group.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in teaching and learning at an academic institution with evidence of experience in teaching positive psychology.
• Experience in the management and analysis of epidemiological or clinical data in the field of mental health
• Evidence of postgraduate student supervision in the field of mental health.