Senior Lecturer (in the field of Public Health or Rquivalent) needed at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities

Teaching and Learning:

• Responsible for teaching and learning in postgraduate Public Health programmes. This includes lectures, workshop facilitation, assessments and seminars.
• Coordinate/Lead modules and programmes in Public Health.
• Provide support for skills development within Public Health programmes.
• Provide supervision for postgraduate research projects.
• Contribute to relevant development within the curriculum and new programmes.
• Maintain a scholarly profile in line with a Senior Lecturer appointment in an academic department.

Research:

• Conduct research, publications, and presentations of research.
• Participate in national and/or international fora to share research results.
• Identify and attract some funding sources to support own research.
• Update knowledge and understanding in the relevant Public Health area of specialisation.
• Actively seek opportunities for internal and external research collaborations.

Engaged Scholarship:

• Utilisation of academic scholarly expertise for intentional public purpose or benefit that demonstrates engagement with external constituencies.
• Community outreach within the health sector and/or other sectors and the wider community that contributes to the scholarship at the UFS.
• Being of service to other universities, e.g. external examining, assisting with curriculum reviews, organising conferences, collaborations on inter-university projects.
• Being of service to other local stakeholders such as government or NGOs, e.g. serving on advisory bodies, contributing to policy formulation and review.
• Provide scientific consultant expertise within the health system and other related sectors to advance public health functions.
• Raise awareness, promote debate and shift discourse in civil society, communities, industry, education, health sectors and/or other related sectors using scientific expertise, scholarship or research findings.

Leadership and Administration:

• Provide leadership, innovation decision-making and administration within the Department, Faculty and/or University.
• Serve on Department, School, Faculty and/ or University committees.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in the field of Public Health or equivalent.
• Three (3) years’ experience teaching modules in Public Health in a higher education institution.
• Three (3) years’ experience in curriculum and programme development and coordination.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated masters’ students.
• Proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers/posters at national scholarly conferences.
• Demonstrated potential for obtaining an NRF rating.

Recommendations:

• An NRF rating.
• Proven experience in supervision of graduated doctoral degree students.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
• 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.