Academic/ Non Academic Job Vacancies at University of the Western Cape/Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland

Reporting to the Senior Faculty Officer, successful applicants for this position will primarily focus on the following for the Faculty of Law:

• Academic Administration: Assist with matters related to applications, selections, and registration of students.
• Enquiry Management: Respond to queries (verbal, written or telephonic) offered in the faculty of Law
• Marketing & Recruitment: Assist with execution of Open Days, career exhibitions, events,etc.
• Committee Administration: Assist with meeting administration, scheduling, collating relevant documentation, securing venues
• General Administration: Office administration e.g. filing, copying, collating documents and statistics for annual and ad hoc reports.
• Assets Management: Assist with booking / securing of venues, keep and issue audio-visual equipment
• Marks Administration: Assist with checking and uploading marks to the student administration system
• General Administration: Assist with administration within the faculty office.

Further to the duties mentioned above the appointee will assist with the following as the need arises:

• HR Administration
• Financial Administration

Minimum Requirements

• A Senior Certificate (grade 12)
• Three years relevant administrative experience
• Working knowledge and experience of UWC Student Administration systems (e.g. SASI, MAS, etc)

Added advantages:

• An accredited Post Matric Qualification
• Administrative experience in a Higher Education environment

Competencies required:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Planning and organizing skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Intermediate to expert user of computer office applications
• Good writing and minute-taking skills
• High level of stress tolerance

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The Key Responsibilities of the incumbent include the following: 

• Member of the Networks unit responsible for overall network support across multiple campuses,
• Configure, implement, maintain network equipment including core, datacentre and enterprise switches, AP’s, WLC, IPT and routers,
• Contribute to development of procedures and processes for enterprise network operations,
• Contribute to developing technology standards and best practices for the enterprise network,
• Contribute to the team in analysing technology industry and market trends, and determining potential impact upon the enterprise,
• Support integrated network technologies such as LAN, WAN, Wireless, convergence and other digital communication technologies,
• Requisite strong network design background, configuration and optimisation skills,
• Contribute to documenting and maintaining inventory of network equipment and topology,
• Contribute to network capacity planning,
• Familiar with network monitoring tools and troubleshooting techniques,
• Work closely with the datacentre infrastructure team,
• Experiential exposure to network best practice frameworks, change control, opensource technologies and operating systems. 

Minimum Requirements

• A NQF7 (or higher) level qualification with three years in a datacentre environment.

or

• Matric plus relevant accredited (industry recognised) professional certification/s (for example CCNP, CCNA, Network+, etc) with demonstrated 5 years’ experience in a datacentre environment at a large organisation or educational institution.

Minimum competencies required: 

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, 
• Ability to work across interdisciplinary teams,
• Ability to analyse and resolve problems swiftly using a range of network diagnostic tools and techniques,
• Ability to adapt to new technologies, 
• Ability to adapt to best practice frameworks to secure the network,
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, policies and processes as related to the network infrastructure environment.

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The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key responsibility areas:

• Coordinating activities for undergraduate and clinical programmes.
• Supervision of Masters level research if he/she holds a PhD.
• Teaching and learning at an undergraduate level and/or post graduate level.
• Participate in research programmes,
• Develop industry and academic partnerships. 
• Engage in community outreach.

Minimum Requirements

• A Master's in Nursing or a Master's in a related Health discipline.
• Experience in teaching and /or clinical supervision.
• Evidence of publication output.
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Professional Nurse / Midwife / Community Health Nurse/Psychiatric Nurse.
• Registration with the South African Nursing Council (SANC) as a Nurse Educator.

An added advantage:

• The ideal candidate for this position should be a highly-motivated person progressing or registered for a PhD in Nursing.
• An additional qualification in a clinical speciality and/or Health Services Management .

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The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Facilitate learning and teaching in the Department primarily at postgraduate level in the area of Auditing.
• Provide academic leadership and administration at subject level.
• Undertake curriculum development and assessment.
• Engage in academic administration.
• Conduct research and publish
• Undertake undergraduate and postgraduate supervision
• Participate in community engagement and outreach
• Contribute to the co-ordination and management of the Department’s teaching and research programmes.

Minimum Requirements

• A CA (SA) qualification and a relevant Master’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating learning and teaching on SAICA accredited Auditing courses.
• A record of publications, preferably in the field of Auditing.

Added Advantages:

• A PhD in the field of Auditing or related field
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating learning and teaching on SAICA accredited postgraduate Auditing courses.
• A record of successfully supervising postgraduate students at Honours and Masters level
• Recognized academic leadership (e.g. subject head, programme coordinator, module coordinator)
• Extensive practical experience in the development of professional academic courses and programmes in Financial Accounting (e.g. SAICA or an equivalent accreditation).

Key Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Proven ability to work as a senior member of a professional department within a Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
• Presentation and facilitation skills.
• Student focused approach
• Planning and organising skills
• Computer literacy and e-learning skills
• Technical professional knowledge and skills in the discipline and in the core strategic areas, namely learning and teaching, research and scholarship, community engagement as well as professional leadership.

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Key performance areas

• Teaching at undergraduate, Honours and Master’s level
• Supervising Honours and Master’s students
• Conducting research and producing peer reviewed research outputs
• Participating in departmental and faculty committees
• Coordinating research seminars and public lectures
• Conducting academic duties at departmental level, e.g. module/course co-ordination
• Some administrative duties at departmental level e.g. co-ordination of module or dept rep on faculty committee.
• Integration of community engagement and outreach.

Minimum Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Social Ethics and/or a related theological field and evidence of registration for a PhD
• Expertise in one or more areas in the field of Social Ethics (noticeably Ethical Theory, Moral Codes, Business Ethics, Professional Ethics, Leadership Ethics, Theology and Social Ethics)
• At least 1 publication in an accredited journal or equivalent recognised output (including significant progress with PhD studies)
• Evidence of innovative learning and teaching practice at undergraduate level
• Evidence of successful Honours/ PGDIP or Master’s supervision

Added Advantages

• Knowledge of and exposure to the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA) and/or other related organisational initiatives
• Creative insights with respect to the development and relevance of ethics as a professional field
• The ability to assist with the supervision of postgraduate theses
• Evidence of regular conference presentations

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The successful candidate for Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Facilitate learning and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the LIS discipline especially Information Literacy, Information Literacy Education, Document description, ICTs in libraries, Open Scholarship, Digital curation, Research Data Management and Research Methods.
• Conduct research and publish in the LIS discipline
• Undertake undergraduate and postgraduate supervision
• Provide academic leadership and administration
• Undertake curriculum development and assessment
• Evidence of integration of community engagement
• Technological and digital proficiencies in the LIS environment

Minimum Requirements

 Associate Professor:

• PhD or equivalent, in the field of LIS.
• Demonstrated experience (at least eight [8] years) in facilitating learning and teaching, preferably in the fields of Information Literacy, Information literacy education, Document description, ICTs in libraries, Open Scholarship, Digital curation, Research data management and Research methods.
• A record of quality peer reviewed publications in the field of LIS - at least 10-15 articles in accredited journals and/or books published in reputable presses, or equivalent recognised outputs.
• A record of successful postgraduate supervision – at least five (5) MLIS students graduated and one (1) PhD LIS student graduated.
• Evidence of the integration of community engagement with learning and teaching and/or research
• Evidence of expertise, national standing, and preferably an international presence in his/her discipline.

Senior Lecturer

• PhD or equivalent, in the field of LIS.
• Demonstrated experience (at least 3 – 5 years) in facilitating learning and teaching, preferably in the fields of Information Literacy, Information literacy education, Document description, ICTs in libraries, Open Scholarship, Digital curation, Research data management and Research methods.
• A record of quality peer reviewed publications in the field of LIS - at least 4-5 articles in accredited journals and/or books published in reputable presses, or equivalent recognised outputs.
• A record of successful postgraduate supervision – at least two (2) MLIS students graduated.
• Evidence of the integration of community engagement with learning and teaching and/or research
• Evidence of expertise, national standing, and preferably an international presence in his/her discipline.

 Key Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Adaptability and the ability to operate in a diverse environment
• Student focused approach
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Computer literacy and e-learning skills
• Technical professional knowledge and skills in the discipline and in the core strategic areas, namely learning and teaching, research and scholarship, community engagement as well as professional leadership

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The successful candidate for the position of Professor/Associate Professor will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Facilitate learning and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in sociology theories and research methodologies, especially quantitative or mixed methods research.
• Conduct research and publish in reputable scholarly outlets.
• Undertake undergraduate and postgraduate supervision.
• Provide academic leadership and administration.
• Undertake curriculum development and assessment.
• Evidence of integration of community engagement.

Minimum Requirements

 Professor

• PhD in Sociology.
• Demonstrated experience (at least ten [10] years) in facilitating learning and teaching in higher education.
• A record of quality peer reviewed publications - at least 18 articles in accredited journals and/or books or chapters in books published by reputable presses, or equivalent recognised outputs.
• A record of academic conference presentations both locally and internationally.
• A record of successful postgraduate supervision, including graduated Master’s and PhD students.
• Evidence of expertise, national standing, and definite international presence in his/her/their field of research.
• Evidence of the integration of community engagement for societal impact with learning and teaching and/or research.
• Evidence of ability to obtain research grants.
• Recommendation: Professor / Associate Professor
•  An NRF rating or a demonstrated potential to obtain a rating.

 Associate Professor

•  PhD in Sociology as well as a strong record of publications, research, teaching, supervision and the running of research projects at university level. Experience in academic leadership will serve as a recommendation.
• Demonstrated experience (at least eight [8] years) in facilitating learning and teaching in higher education.
• A record of quality peer reviewed publications - at least 15 articles in accredited journals and/or books or chapters in books published by reputable presses, or equivalent recognised outputs.
• A record of academic conference presentations both locally and internationally.
• A record of successful postgraduate supervision, including graduated Master’s and preferably PhD students.
• Evidence of expertise, national standing, and definite international presence in his/her/their field of research.
• Evidence of the integration of community engagement for societal impact with learning and teaching and/or research.
• Evidence  of research grants obtained.

Key Competencies: Professor and Associate Professor

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Adaptability and the ability to operate in a diverse environment
• Student focused approach
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Computer literacy and e-learning skills
• Knowledge and skills in the core strategic areas, namely learning and teaching, research and scholarship, community engagement as well as professional leadership

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The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Facilitate learning and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Applied Geology
• Conduct research and publish in petroleum geosciences
• Undertake undergraduate and postgraduate supervision
• Provide academic leadership and contribute to administration
• Undertake curriculum development and assessment
• Participate in community engagement and outreach
• Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate field work

Minimum Requirements

For the post of Senior Lecturer, the following minimum requirements shall apply:

• PhD or equivalent in the field of sedimentology or petroleum geology
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating learning in the field of sedimentology or petroleum geology.
• A record of quality peer reviewed publications in the field of petroleum geology.
• A record of successful postgraduate supervision at the Masters and/or PhD level in petroleum Geosciences.
• The integration of community engagement for societal impact with learning and teaching and/or research
• Experience in petroleum geosciences would be an added advantage.

For the post of Lecturer, the following minimum requirements shall apply:

• MSc and registered for a PhD in Petroleum Geosciences with a clear plan for completion.
• Experience in teaching undergraduate and/or postgraduate courses in sedimentology and petroleum geosciences.
• Evidence of producing relevant high-quality peer-reviewed -accredited conference proceedings and/or publications.
• Successful postgraduate research supervision at Honours level.
• Evidence of community engagement with learning and teaching and/or research.

Required competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Adaptability and the ability to operate in a diverse environment
• Student-focused approach
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Computer literacy and e-learning skills
• Technical professional knowledge and skills in the discipline and in the core strategic areas, namely learning and teaching, research and scholarship, community engagement as well as professional leadership