Careers at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teaching undergraduate modules;
• Supervision of postgraduate students;
• Research and publication;
• Participating in administrative duties in the faculty.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Lecturer:

• A relevant Master’s degree;
• At least 1 publication in an accredited journal;
• Relevant academic administration experience.

Senior Lecturer:

• A relevant doctoral degree;
• At least 3 years’ tertiary experience or relating teaching experience;
• At least 3 accredited quality journals publications;
• Evidence of conference papers delivered and community engagement;
• Experience in academic administration and knowledge of departmental committees.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES):

• Good communication skills;
• Competent writing skills;
• Willingness to learn (i.e., Learning Management System and the use of technology enhancing learning);
• Be able to work in a team;

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Familiar with the African context;
• Competency in more than one language;
• Be part of an established international academic network;
• Membership of at least one scholarly society related to Religion Studies;
• Community involvement;

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• Successful candidates should be committed to excellence in undergraduate and / or post graduate teaching, as well as a research output.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

It will be expected of the successful candidates to:

• Teach under-graduate and / or post-graduate modules on the programme focus areas of the Department of Informatics;
• Supervise postgraduate Master’s and Doctoral students;
• Consistently publish research articles in internationally accredited journals;
• Conduct research in a highly productive manner;
• Raise and manage additional funding from national and international funding agencies and industry to support the activities of the relevant research areas;
• Expand existing research programmes or initiate new research programmes;
• Perform assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Senior Lecturer

• A Doctorate in Informatics / Business Information Systems / Information Technology / Computer Science;
• Publications in accredited journals and conferences;
• Active in postgraduate supervision.

Associate Professor

• Same as for senior lecturer, plus;
• A record of previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience, including supervision of Masters and/or Doctoral students;
• An established and nationally recognised record of research supported by publications in high quality peer reviewed journals.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

• Evidence of teaching excellence to large under graduate classes;
• Preference will be given to candidates with teaching experience within the field of databases, database design, data warehousing, business intelligence, structured query language.