Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor - Faculty of Natural and Agricultural

Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Department Animal, Wildlife and Grassland Sciences

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor

Job ID: 1691

 

Duties and responsibilities:

Present lectures and conduct assessments

Supervise M.Sc. and PhD research projects

Take part in community projects, e.g. farm days

Recruit postgraduate students

Source external research funding and forge linkages with the industry

Perform administrative tasks as allocated

 

Inherent requirements:

 

Lecturer:

• M.Sc. Agric (Physiology)
• Proven experience in the delivery of poster or oral presentations at conferences or equivalent activities.
• Provide evidence of manuscripts produced that have the potential to be converted or submitted for publication in accredited journals.
• A good academic record

 

Senior Lecturer:

• PhD in Physiology
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers/posters at national scholarly conferences.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• Proven experience in supervision of graduated masters students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven experience of service as an active member of a national or international scholarly society or committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

 

Associate Professor:

PhD

Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students.

Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.

Act as an editorial board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.

Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.

An NRF rating of C3 or equivalent status.

Proven experience in the supervision of graduated masters students.

A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.

Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels, OR show evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent

 

Professor:

PhD

Experience as external examiner for masters and doctoral students.

Act as editorial board member of high-quality international/ISI/IBSS journals.

Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship (e.g. regularly serves as a reviewer for international/ISI/IBSS journals).

An NRF rating of C1 or C2 or equivalent status.

Demonstrated successful supervision of graduated masters and preferably graduated doctoral students.

Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.

Serve as a member of an international scholarly society OR an international committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

 

Recommendations:

 

Lecturer:

Willingness to enrol for a doctoral degree at the first available opportunity, if not yet attained by the time of appointment

Proven research record of relevant publications in accredited national journals

Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to function with ease in the University’s richly diverse working environment

Experience in teaching at tertiary level

 

Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor:

• Experience and recognition in relevant Physiology research activities
• Research outputs in accredited journals
• A NRF rating or demonstrated potential for obtaining a NRF rating
• Experience in the supervision of M.Sc. and PhD studies
• Registration at the SA Council for Natural Scientists
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to function with ease in the University’s richly diverse working environment
• Experience in teaching at tertiary level

 

Assumption of duties:

As soon as possible

Closing date:

16 September2016

Salary:

The salary scale is available on request. For any further enquiries, please feel free to contact 051 401 2849 / 2808 / 9962.

Fringe benefits:

(Subject to specific conditions): pension scheme, medical aid scheme, group life insurance, housing allowance, leave and sick leave, service bonus and study benefits

 

General:
The University reserves the right not to fill the post. The University subscribes to and applies the principles prescribed by the Employment Equity Act. Preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups, in accordance with the principles of the aforementioned act and the employee profile of the specific department/division.

Applications may only be submitted online. All applications must be accompanied by the following:

A detailed curriculum vitae

Copies of all academic records

Copies of qualifications (please provide the SAQA accreditation in the case of foreign qualifications)

A copy of your identity document (ID)

 

Applications that are incomplete or sent by fax or e-mail, will not be considered. Should you not be contacted within six weeks of the closing date for applications, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.

External candidates can click HERE to apply online.

UFS staff members can log onto PeopleSoft, click Self Service, Recruiting, and Careers to apply online.