Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in German

Faculty Humanities
Department Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in German

Job-ID: 1923

Duties and responsibilities:

Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in German (mainly German language and culture, but if required, also literature).

Provide study guidance and assess the work of students.

Conduct and supervise research and produce quality research outputs.

Contribute to curriculum development in the faculty.

Participate in community service, e.g. be involved in the administration and conducting of examinations of the Goethe-Institute at levels B1 to C1 and doing outreach work as support to German teachers in the Free State and Western Cape.

Contribute towards academic and administrative tasks related to the department and the faculty.

Inherent requirements:

 Lecturer:

Master’s degree in German.

Proven experience in the presentation of poster or oral presentations at conferences or equivalent activities.

Senior Lecturer:

PhD or DLitt in German.

Proven ability to teach German at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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 demonstrated potential for obtaining an NRF rating.

Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s degree 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.

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written language skills in German.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Recommendation:

Lecturer:

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

Assumption of duties:
1 July 2017

Closing date:
28 April 2017

Salary:
The salary scale is available on request. For any further enquiries, please feel free to contact 051 401 9161 / 2808 / 3864.

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 and cover letter.

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.