Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: Life Orientation(1 Post)- Department of Humanities Education, Faculty of

RESPONSIBILITIES

LECTURER:

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Lecturing in Life Orientation qualifications;
• Lecturing on the methodologies of Life Orientation and Physical Education;
• Providing postgraduate supervision;
• Assisting with the assessment of Work Integrated Learning;
• Conducting research in the focus areas of the Department.

SENIOR LECTURER:

• Lecturing in Life Orientation qualifications;
• Lecturing on the methodologies of Life Orientation and Physical Education;
• Providing postgraduate supervision;
• Assisting with the assessment of Work Integrated Learning;
• Conducting research in the focus areas of the Department;
• Providing leadership in Life Orientation Education.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

LECTURER:

• Master’s degree in Life Orientation or a related appropriate focus field;
• A recognised teaching qualification;
• 1 year of experience in teaching Life Orientation;
• Actively working towards publications, following completion of the Master’s qualification;
• Experience in community engagement, Work-Integrated Learning or service-learning project related to Education within the last 5 years;
• Experience in Academic Administration.

SENIOR LECTURER:

• Doctoral degree in Life Orientation or a related appropriate focus field;
• At least 3 years of teaching experience in higher education;
• Involvement in curriculum development and innovation;
• At least six research outputs (journal articles and/or book chapters), including at least four articles published in accredited national and international journals.;
• Evidence of at least 3 supervised students or co-supervised to completion at Master’s and/or Doctoral level;
• At least 2 conference papers delivered at national or international conferences;
• Experience in community engagement, Work-Integrated Learning or service-learning project related to Education within the last 5 years;
• Experience in Academic Administration.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES (SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES)

LECTURER:

• Ability to engage in teaching and learning at a higher education level;
• Ability to initiate and supervise research at the postgraduate level;
• Ability to initiate a research project;
• Ability to work in a community of scholars;
• Appropriate language and communication skills in English;
• Formative and summative assessment experience;
• Academic administration experience;
• Community engagement experience;
• Value-based and value-driven person who can set a professional example to students;
• Computer literacy.

SENIOR LECTURER:

• Evidence of engagement in teaching and learning at a higher education level;
• Evidence of initiating and supervising research at the postgraduate level;
• Evidence of initiating a research project;
• Evidence of working in a community of scholars;
• Appropriate language and communication skills in English;
• Formative and summative assessment experience;
• Evidence of leadership in academic administration;
• Community engagement experience;
• Value-based and value-driven person who can set a professional example to students;
• Computer literacy.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES

LECTURER:

• PhD degree in Life Orientation or a related appropriate focus;
• Ability to coordinate or manage programme delivery;
• Evidence of postgraduate supervision;
• Evidence of research activity over the past two years;
• Proficiency in the educational application of artificial intelligence and digital learning technologies;
• Evidence of community engagement.

SENIOR LECTURER:

• Ability to coordinate or manage programme delivery;
• Evidence of leadership in postgraduate supervision;
• Evidence of leading a research project over the past two years;
• Evidence of national or international partnerships;
• Proficiency in the educational application of artificial intelligence and digital learning technologies;
• Evidence of community engagement.

Deadline:25th September,2026