Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: Health Sciences or Health Professions Education at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

•    Ensure top quality, research-informed facilitation of Student Learning, Student Development and Student Support: 
  •    Identify students with learning difficulties and personal problems.
  •     Plan and execute interventions to ensure student success.
  •     Support, mentor and tutor students referred to or identified by the Division of Student Learning and Development.
•    Contribute to create and maintain a visionary research strategy for the division and an environment that encourage research that leads to strong and active research habits and a culture of inquiry.
•    Teach in the Postgraduate Programme for Health Professions Education (HPE) in the modules as required.
•    Supervise postgraduate students.
•    Present staff development sessions related to Student Learning, Student Development and Student Support.
•    Facilitate colloquiums on student support and success among colleagues.
•    Ensure the provision of top-quality teaching and learning related to generic/general/life-long learning/ graduate attribute skills development in the faculty.
•    Participate actively and be involved in faculty committees, attend meetings and represent the division and the faculty.
•    Seek sponsorships to facilitate academic development workshops among undergraduate Health Sciences students.

Inherent Job Requirements:

Lecturer:

•    A doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Health Sciences or Health Professions Education or in the field of Higher Education relevant to Health Sciences Education (for a permanent appointment). or
•    A masters' degree on NQF Level 9 in Health Sciences or Health Professions Education or in the field of Higher Education relevant to Health Sciences Education (contract appointment: five years during which a doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Health Sciences or Health Professions Education or in the field of Higher Education relevant to Health Sciences Education MUST be obtained to be converted to a permanent position).
•    A good academic record.
•    A minimum of three (3) years' extensive working experience in Student Learning, Student Development, Student Support and at least three of the focus areas of the division (research, teaching and learning, engaged scholarship and, leadership and administration areas of the division).
•    Experience in academic management and general divisional administration.
•    Evidence of manuscripts produced that have the potential to be converted or submitted for publication in accredited journals.

Senior Lecturer:

•    A doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Health Sciences or Health Professions Education or in the field of Higher Education relevant to Health Sciences Education.
•    A minimum of three (3) years' extensive working experience in Student Learning, Student Development, Student Support and at least three of the focus areas of the division (research, teaching and learning and other focus areas of the division).
•    Experience in academic management and general divisional administration.
•    Proven experience in the presentation of papers/posters at national scholarly conferences.
•    Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
•    An NRF rating or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
•    Proven experience in supervision of graduated masters' students.
•    A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
•    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.

Recommendations:

•    Professionally qualified in a Health Sciences discipline and/or Higher Education, and/or equivalent.