Lecturer needed at University of the Witwatersrand

Brief Description        

• The Department of African Languages at the University of the Witwatersrand is seeking to make an appointment at the level of Lecturer (to start on 1 September 2024). 

Requirements: 

• Experience in teaching formal and/or computational linguistics;
• Ability to teach isiZulu and/or Sesotho second language (L2) acquisition  courses;
• A PhD in any area of formal and/or computational linguistics;
• Evidence of research ability, with 1-2 peer-reviewed publications;
• Home language proficiency in at least one of the following and fluency in at least another two (isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, Siswati, Sepedi, Sesotho, XiTsonga, and TshiVenda). 

Responsibilities:

• The successful candidate will be required to:
• Lecture at undergraduate and postgraduate level;
• Supervise postgraduate student research in one or more indigenous languages of South Africa (preferably in isiZulu and/or Sesotho);
• Conduct research and publish in the field of African linguistics;
• Carry out administrative duties in the department/school and take part in the intellectual and public life of the university;
• Participate in curriculum transformation activities.