Lecturer/Senior Lecturer – Department Linguistics and Language Practice needed at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Linguistics with a focus on the spoken and signed languages and linguistics of Southern Africa.
• Supervise postgraduate students at Honours, Master’s and PhD level in one or more areas of linguistics.
• Conduct research, present findings and publish in the field of Linguistics, with the spoken and signed languages and linguistics of Southern Africa as a focus area.
• Carry out administrative work in the Department and at Faculty/University level and community service work.
• Work to enhance the visibility of the Department at national and international level.

Inherent requirements:

Lecturer

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline (for a permanent appointment).

or

• Master’s degree on NQF Level 9 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline (contract appointment: five years during which a PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline must be obtained to be converted to a permanent appointment).
• Proven record of teaching/lecturing at undergraduate and /or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in the delivery of poster or oral presentations at conferences or equivalent activities.
• Evidence of manuscripts produced that have the potential to be converted or submitted for publication in accredited journals. 
• A good academic record (attach a copy).

Senior Lecturer

• PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline
• Proven record of teaching/lecturing at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in presentation of papers at national and/or international 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 supervision of graduated master’s degree students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and /or international accredited journals; or other peer reviewed scholarly outputs.
• Proven experience of service as an active member of a national and/or international scholarly society or committee or agency concerned with research at higher-education levels.

Recommendations:

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline.
• Expertise in teaching linguistics with reference to the spoken and/or signed languages of Southern Africa.
• A strong record of accomplishment of research in the linguistics of African languages, particularly African languages spoken and signed in Southern Africa.
• Specialisation in one or more of the following subfields of linguistics: computational linguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, language contact, language documentation, morphology, multilingualism, phonology, phonetics, pragmatics, semantics, sociolinguistics, or syntax.
• Evidence of excellence in teaching and/or supervision in Linguistics.
• Experience with corpora and/or experimental linguistic research.
• Experience in teaching with electronic content management tools such as Blackboard.