Recruitment Vacancies at North West University

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Digital Media: content creation, design and publishing

• Responsible for the execution of digital campaigns.
• Responsible for the digital media platforms in terms of marketing, corporate and stakeholder communication
• Ensure that the University's brand strategy is applied to all digital platforms.
• Help to identify brand ambassadors on the different campuses and support the campaigns that result from this.
• Support senior digital marketers in digital advertising campaigns.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and layouts on different media.
• Sound knowledge of software and relevant content management systems.

Monitoring and engagement

• Monitor official NWU social media platforms daily. 
• Monitor the NWU Brand on various social media platforms with monitoring tools.
• Proficient: Knowledge of principles for providing customer and personal services, managing relationships with customers through various channels
• Knowledge of tertiary environment.
• Language Ability to function within the multilingual policy of the University and its different target audiences.
• Advanced: High level of competency in terms of computer literacy. 
• Advanced: High level of photography, videography – capturing and editing aimed at creating and curating content across various platforms.
• Advanced: Marketing automation software, Web Analytics Tools, Content Management Systems, SEO Tools, Graphic Design Tools, Social Media Management Tools, CRM Systems & A/B Testing Tools.
• Advanced: Managing and optimising online ad campaigns across platforms.
• Advanced: Leveraging social media platforms effectively for marketing purposes and analysing data to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and make data-driven decisions. 
• Driver’s license and willingness to travel.
• Proven knowledge of content management systems as well as a thorough knowledge of trends in digital media environment.

Minimum requirements

• A bachelor’s degree (NQF level 7) in Marketing or Communication.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ work experience in the field of digital media marketing and communication which includes digital media content creation, publishing, design and monitoring.

ADDED ADVANTAGES & PREFERENCES:

• Photography and videography knowledge.
• A minimum of three (3) years previous experience in the field of digital media advertising – compiling and execution.

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• We invite South African and international fellows with an interest in machine learning and, specifically, deep neural networks, to apply.

A postdoctoral fellowship provides an invaluable opportunity for individuals looking to:

• grow their research experience and portfolio,
• increase their research independence,
• learn to lead and coordinate research projects, and/or
• explore new research interests.
• This fellowship, in particular, will prepare the successful candidate for a range of research opportunities related to machine learning and engineering, whether in an academic capacity or in industry.

Minimum requirements

• Relevant PhD degree (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics), obtained within five years before the appointment as a postdoctoral fellow.
• Strong programming and/or scripting skills (especially Python). 
• Good technical writing skills and a sound publication record.
• Ability to co-supervise students.
• Self-motivated individual with strong interpersonal skills.
• Prior machine learning experience is essential.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Teaching and developing of Understanding the World modules, and philosophy modules in various Philosophy traditions (e.g. Continental and African).
• The conduct of tutorials, practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions, online teaching and other teaching sessions.
• Initiation and development of subject material.

Research

• Conduct research and publish articles in peer-reviewed, accredited academic journals.
• Presentation of conference papers.
• Supervision of postgraduate students.
• Be actively involved in the Institute for Contemporary Ethics.

Community Engagement

• Involvement in professional associations.
• Involvement in community engagement projects of the School of Philosophy, the Faculty and the NWU.

Administration and leadership

• Undertake academic administration on Programme & Module level, and on School, Faculty and Institutional level.
• Consultation with students.

Minimum requirements

• A PhD (NQF level 10) in Philosophy or related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ teaching experience in Philosophy.
• Experience supervising Masters or PhD students
• Evidence of at least 2 accredited research outputs.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning:

• Teaching and learning at the undergraduate level, including supervision of LLB dissertations. Involvement at Post graduate level including supervision, critical reading, examination, moderation and any other responsibility as required.

Research and Innovation:

• Conducting own research which fits into the Faculty's focus areas. Creative research output in accordance with the level of appointment. This includes publication, conference attendance and presentation, workshops and colloquia. 

Academic leadership, management and administration/ university service:

• Involvement in Administration and Management responsibilities. Participation in leadership roles within the faculty, membership in faculty committees as and when requires, administration and service to the university by serving on institutional structures.

 Community and scientific Engagement/ Social responsiveness:

• Sharing of expertise and service to the scientific community. Involvement in community engagement and social cohesion, including media commentary, serving on review structure inside and outside the faculty/university, promotion of the university image and internationalisation.

Occupational Health and Safety:

• Adherence to the OHS standards and policies of the university. Participation in the OHS committees as and when required.

Minimum requirements

• An LL D in any field in law or a PhD/DPhil in Law (NQF level 10); or LL M (NQF level 9) in any field of law with practical legal experience of at least 5 years in private practice or 7 years in public prosecution
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in academia.
• Publications in accredited journals.

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Project Planning and Execution

• Maintain project plans, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate tasks, resources, and schedules to ensure timely project completion.
• Monitor project progress and adjust plans as needed. 

Communication and Stakeholder Management

• Assist project head as point of contact for all project stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication.
• Prepare and deliver project updates, reports, and presentations to stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings and discussions to ensure alignment between all team members.

Technical Knowledge and Application

• Utilize technical expertise to contribute to project planning and decision-making, ensuring that all technical requirements are properly addressed.
• Assist with the identification and resolution of technical challenges, collaborating with subject matter experts as needed.
• Ensure that project deliverables meet technical specifications and quality standards

Risk Management and Problem Solving

• Identify potential project risks and issues early on and develop mitigation plans.
• Resolve conflicts or issues that may arise during project execution.
• Ensure that risk management strategies are implemented effectively to minimize disruptions.

Resource Management

• Assist in the procurement of resources, ensuring alignment with project requirements Ad hoc.

Reporting and Documentation

• Maintain project documentation, including contracts, progress reports, and deliverables.
• Ensure that project records are up-to-date and compliant with organizational policies.
• Prepare final project reports and assessments for stakeholders at project completion.

Minimum requirements

• PhD in the scientific field (NQF level 10) (e.g. pharmaceutical sciences, biology or related).
• Formal training in management, organization or strategy.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ project management experience.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ scientific experience.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning:

• Teach English Literature modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. These include early modern literature, 19th century literature, Literary theories, African 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:

• Contribute towards the research output of the School of Languages.
• Present at national and international conferences.
• Publish articles in accredited Journals.

Academic leadership and administration:

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

Community engagement:

• Involvement in community engagement through CE projects and collaboration with stakeholders.

Occupational Health and Safety:

• 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 (NQF level 10) in English Literature and/or Literary Studies.
• A minimum of 6 years’ work experience and a proven track record of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at university level.
• A minimum of seven (6) years’ teaching experience in the different genres of Literature (Poetry, Drama, Fiction and Film) as well as Varieties of Literature i.e 19th Century literature, Literary Theory, Contemporary literature, African literature.
• Active involvement in research, as evidenced by a number of publications in accredited journals commensurate with the level of a full professor.
• 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.
• A minimum of 2 years leadership experience.

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The candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge or sufficient experience by publication in the following:

• Electrochemical upgrading of bio-oil. 
• Development of Biofuels, Jet Fuels, and Value-added Products from biomass.
• A Scientific Approach to Fluidized Bed Gasification for Alternative Feedstocks Conversion to Renewable Hydrogen.
• Enhancing Madagascar's Rural Socio-Economy Through Water-Energy-Food-Health Nexus Optimisation.
• Evaluation of purified sodium lignosulphonate as hard carbon source to produce anodes for lithium-ion batteries.

Minimum requirements

• Relevant PhD degree obtained within five years before the appointment as a postdoctoral fellow.
• Record of publications
• Excellent communications skills and team-work ability.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, development, and implementation of computer software.

• Design of databases, services, and user interface of applications; part of the packaging and release team of systems, design of the graphics and styling structure, documentation of help guides, training procedures, testing procedures and readme files of systems; optimization of systems; ensure best possible solutions for unforeseen issues relating to the system/software; technical assistance.

Maintenance of existing software.

• Integration of data into existing systems; active forum member for requests and bug-fixing; technical assistance; evaluation of system/software and bug-fixing; updating of relevant documentation.

Resource and product development.

• General development of systems, applications, core technologies and text resources, including research.

Minimum requirements

• A Diploma (NQF level 6) in Language Technology, Computer Engineering or Computer Systems Development, or other relevant field.
• A minimum of one (1) year programming experience in at least one of the following languages: PERL, Python, R, C, C , C#, Java.

ADDED ADVANTAGES & PREFERENCES:

• A minimum of one (1) year experience in text processing, the creation of corpora and lexical database development.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience in web development.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, development, and implementation of computer software:

• Design of databases, services, and user interface of applications; part of the packaging and release team of systems, design of the graphics andstyling structure, documentation of help guides, training procedures, testing procedures and readme files of systems; optimization of systems;ensure best possible solutions for unforeseen issues relating to the system/software; technical assistance.

Maintenance of existing software:

• Integration of data into existing systems; active forum member for requests and bug-fixing; technical assistance; evaluation of system/software andbug-fixing; updating of relevant documentation.

Resource and product development:

• General development of systems, applications, core technologies and text resources, including research

Minimum requirements

• A tertiary qualification in Language Technology or Computational Linguistics or Computer Engineering or Computer Systems Development or another relevant field (NQF 6).
• A minimum of 2 years’ programming experience in at least one of the following languages: PERL, Python, R, C, C , C#, Java.

ADDED ADVANTAGES:

• A minimum of 1 year experience in text processing, the creation of corpora and lexical database development.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in web development.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research

• Research in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities.

Project work

• Initiating and contributing to Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities projects.

Teaching

• Teaching in the area of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities.

Mentorship

• Mentorship of researchers in the field of Human Language Technology and Digital Humanities.

Minimum requirements

• A PhD (NQF level 10) in one of the following fields: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Human Language Technology, Digital
• Humanities, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields. The PhD should have a focus on
• computational aspects of linguistics.
• A minimum of (five) 5 years’ experience in the use of Python (other programming languages used within the computational linguistics or Digital
• Humanities domain can also be considered).
• Evidence of peer-reviewed academic publications.
• A minimum of (three) 3 years’ experience as a supervisor/co-supervisor of students or playing a mentorship/supervising role for individuals.
• A minimum of (three) 3 years’ experience with using and/or developing computational tools.
• A minimum of (three) 3 years experience related to research within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities.
• A minimum of (one) 1 year experience related to teaching or training within the domain of Language Technology or Digital Humanities.