CORE PURPOSE OF JOB |
The Department of Computing Sciences (CS) is looking to fill a position of Senior Lecturer / Lecturer within the department with an enthusiastic, forward-thinking person who will contribute to the vision and mission of the Department in the role of a leader in the Department. The field of Computing Sciences includes Computer Science and Information Systems. There are three key areas of performance that academic staff members in the department need to meet, namely: 1) learning and teaching; 2) engagement and 3) research generally focused within the Departments research areas (descriptive topics available upon request). The main purpose of this post is therefore to facilitate and administer the learning process for students in modules presented by the Department at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels particularly in the discipline of Computer Science, to supervise Postgraduate students, to mentor junior colleagues in the Department in the three key areas, to conduct research and regularly publish on such research, to contribute to community engagement and to be involved in core organizational functions of the Department, Faculty and University. |
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS |
Learning and Teaching
Research Provide research supervision to Postgraduate students, Honours, Masters and Doctoral levels; Manage national and international research projects for the Department; Regularly generate research outputs for publication in the Departments research areas; Generate and manage third stream income (for example, in the form of research grant applications and awards) for use in independent and Departmental research projects; and Represent the Department at relevant Faculty and University research forums. Engagement Lead in the initiation of Departmental engagement activities, which could include engagement with schools, industry and other external stakeholders; and Represent the Department at relevant Faculty and University engagement forums. |
CORE COMPETENCIES |
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
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REQUIREMENTS |
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
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Nelson Mandela University reserves the right not to make an appointment. In considering candidates for appointment into the advertised posts, preference will be accorded to persons from a designated group in accordance with the approved Nelson Mandela University Employment Equity Plan.
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