Associate Professor (Faculty of Law: Department of Private Law)
Position Summary
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan university, anchored in Africa and driven by a powerful strategy focused on attaining global excellence and stature (GES). With an emphasis on independent thinking, sustainable development and strategic partnerships, UJ is an international university of choice. The University is guided by the Vice-Chancellor’s vision of “Positioning UJ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the context of the changing social, political and economic fortunes of Africa”.
Job description
- Teaching and coordinating the following module offered by the Department of Private Law:
- Teach courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Maintain a portfolio of teaching activities of high-quality reputation and impact (as evidenced by student evaluations, peer assessment, etc.) across a range of modules or within a subject area to relevant levels.
- Lead benchmarking and continual improvement activities to e-learning to ensure best practice in teaching and learning support is adopted in the department/faculty.
- Will be responsible for teaching, developing, managing, and writing study material for modules in English at the postgraduate level and supervise postgraduate students.
- Will be required to be actively involved in research and publications, academic development, faculty and departmental administrative and other activities and community service.
- Supervising masters and doctoral students.
- Academic administration and management.
- Performing other duties as delegated by the Head of the Department.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant doctoral degree.
- At least five years’ experience in the academic environment.
- Experience in curriculum development.
- National Research Foundation (NRF) Rating (in exceptional cases, where the applicant is not rated, the candidate must achieve NRF rating within 1 year).
- Proven significant research output.
- Recognised academic leadership.
- Waiver of one or more of these requirements is possible in the case of other proven scholarly merit or relevant professional background and experience.
- Evidence of community engagement.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to prepare proposals and submissions to external bodies for funding and accreditation purposes.
- NRF rating or eligible to apply.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Ability to work as a member of a department and faculty.
Your application, comprising of a detailed Curriculum Vitae as well as the names and full contact details (including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of at least three traceable and credible referees must be uploaded before or on the closing date of the advertised post. Please also attach the following: a copy of your highest academic qualification, proof of registration with professional bodies you might belong to and if applying for an academic position, a list of accredited research output and/ or a portfolio of your creative output.
Please note that the University is obligated, in terms of recent amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Act 13 of 2021), to assess all prospective employees (including applicants) against the National Register for Sex Offenders (NRSO). The outcome of such an assessment may have an impact upon possible employment with the University.
For more information, please review the following link: Justice/Criminal/NRSO.
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Candidates may be subjected to appropriate psychometric testing and other selection instruments.
In conjunction to merit on the basis of qualifications, experience and proven achievements the University of Johannesburg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities and those individuals from the historically disadvantaged groups. As necessitated by operational requirements the University reserves the right not to make an appointment to positions advertised. If you have not received a response from the University within 8 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
