Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (x2 Posts) - Johannesburg at University of the Witwatersrand

• The Wits School of Education is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate at Lecturer / Senior Lecturer level in the Division of Languages, Literacies and Literatures to contribute to teacher education, postgraduate programmes and research activities. Areas of expertise must be in general aspects of English Education and ability to teach methodologies across English and African languages, and/or digital literacies. Teaching English as an additional language and supervision of students across languages in the Division (English, IsiZulu and Sesotho) will be an added advantage.

Qualifications and experience:

The successful applicant must meet the following criteria to be appointed:

• PhD in an appropriate field
• A minimum of three years’ experience of teaching English at school and/or in higher education for Lecturer or Senior Lecturer levels
• Potential to contribute to curriculum innovation and design and implementation of new courses
• Ability to teach methodology courses across English and African languages
• Evidence and/or potential to supervise postgraduate research on English in multilingual contexts
• Evidence of research ability and/or potential (a publication record would be an advantage for Lecturer and is required for Senior Lecturer level)
• Ability to contribute to transformation in the School and University

Contract

• A successful candidate will be on a permanent contract in a full-time capacity.