Senior Lecturer: Department Sociology (Job ID 5912) needed at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Teach, assess, and coordinate modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Sociology.
• Provide study guidance and supervision to postgraduate students.
• Contribute to programme development and curriculum review within the Department and the Faculty of Humanities.
• Active participation and involvement in applicable UFS management structures.
• Contribute to building an effective team of scholars.
• Initiate, conduct, and sustain high-level research.
• Disseminate recognised research through appropriate channels, including publishing manuscripts in accredited journals and participating in workshops, peer-reviewed conferences, and symposia in Sociology.
• Establish reciprocal relationships between scholarly engagement, research, and teaching activities.
• Maintain continued professional development and evaluation of practice relating to learning, teaching, and assessment in line with qualifications, experience, changes in the subject discipline, pedagogic development, and innovation in learning technology.
• Perform administrative and leadership responsibilities for learning, teaching, research, and scholarly engagement.
• Contribute towards creating a strong African Sociology academic identity.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• A PhD in Sociology on NQF Level 10.
• A minimum of five years (5) lecturing experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the university level.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers at national scholarly conferences.
• An NRF rating or equivalent or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in accredited national and/or international journals.
• Proven experience of service as an active member of a national or international scholarly society, committee, or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

Recommendations:

• A strong teaching focus on social theory and social research methods.
• Research expertise and teaching experience in one or more of our research clusters: 
• decolonisation, race, ethnicity, and transformation; 
• gender, health, and labour; 
• local and participatory governance; 
• migration, environment, and population studies; or 
• digital sociology.