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  • Posted: Nov 1, 2017
    Deadline: Nov 17, 2017
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    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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    Lecturer / Senior Lecturer - Food Sciences

    Job description

    Responsibilities:

    • Present undergraduate and honours level lectures and practicals in the area of Nutrition or Nutritional Science;
    • Develop research programmes in Nutritional Science which will complement the current research focus;
    • Supervise postgraduate students;
    • Obtain grant funding

    SeniorLecturer:

    The incumbent will be required to:

    • Build a strong human nutritional science research agenda within the University;
    • Build and lead a team of researchers in the area of Nutritional Science which will complement the current research focus;
    • Build the capacity among staff and students to expand and extend UP's capacity for nutrition research;
    • Establish a sustainable research funding stream to support this endeavour;
    • Conduct independent and collaborative publishable research in high-impact journals;
    • Co-ordinate teaching and learning of undergraduate and postgraduate students (to PhD level) in Nutrition across departments and faculties within the University;
    • Establish collaboration with academics world-wide;
    • Elicit research funding from industry, government departments and funding agencies locally and internationally;
    • Lecture in the respective fields of Nutritional Sciences to undergraduates as well as senior students;
    • Participate in the administration and general management of the Department.

    Minimum requirements: 

    Lecturer: 

    • A PhD-degree in Human Nutrition and/or Nutritional Sciences;
    • Experience in undergraduate lecturing/tutoring;
    • Experience in Nutritional Science research;
    • Documented proof of own research outputs in Human Nutrition and/or Nutritional Sciences.

    Senior Lecturer: 

    • A PhD-degree in Human Nutrition and/or Nutritional Sciences;
    • Experience as an independent researcher at international level, based on a recent body of quality work within the field that attests to on-going engagement;
    • Good publication record in ISI journals;
    • At least four years’ teaching experience, curriculum development, development of learning materials and assessment techniques. 

    Lecturer:

    • Experience in Nutritional Science research;
    • Appropriate language and communication skills, both written and verbal. 

    Senior Lecturer:

    • Proven experience in fundraising for academic research;
    • Proven experience in supervising postgraduate students to completion;
    • National recognition as a researcher in the subject field (including national and international collaborators);
    • Proven teamwork, interpersonal and leadership skills;
    • Experience in interdisciplinary, collaborative research;
    • Appropriate language and communication skills, both written and verbal.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria on www.up.ac.za to apply

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