Department of Media, Language and Communication
Associate Professor (Journalism)
(Ref: 1449)
Minimum Requirements
Associate Professor:
• A Doctorate in Journalism/Media Studies or in a relevant field;
• A minimum of seven DHET accredited publications/creative output over the preceding three years
• Successful postgraduate supervision of at least two Master’s and one Doctorate
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in higher education
Recommendations:
• Teaching experience at a University of Technology
• Teaching experience in the Journalism discipline
• Expertise in Print / Multimedia Journalism
• Experience in curriculum development
• Experience in innovative teaching and learning technologies, including e-learning.
Summary of duties:
The successful candidate will be expected to:
• Teach and examine at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and supervise Master’s students in the Journalism Programme as assigned by the HOD and/or Programme Coordinator;
• Carry out duties related to level coordination, curriculum development, teaching, research and community engagement;
• Attend and contribute to Programme, Department, Faculty and University staff meeting, programme planning and promotion of the discipline;
• Assume Headship responsibilities should circumstance demand for an appointee at the level of Professor, Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and
• Contribute to the Programme’s research endeavours.
Salary
Associate Professor: R519 804 to R779 232 p a, plus benefits
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Department of Media, Language and Communication
Senior Lecturer, Journalism (Ref: 1652)
Minimum Requirements:
Senior Lecturer
• A completed Doctorate in Journalism/Media Studies or in an associated field
• At least 5 years of University teaching experience
• Candidates must demonstrate scholarship of teaching and must have produced/ published in the preceding three years three research outputs (e.g. accredited book, chapter in a book, accredited creative output, patent, review article, journal article, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) in the preceding three years.
• Some evidence of success in obtaining funding for research
• Successful supervision of at least one postgraduate student at Master’s level
Additional Requirements
• Expertise in Radio Journalism / Media Law
Recommendations:
• Expertise in Print/Multimedia Journalism
• Teaching experience at a University of Technology
• Teaching experience in the Journalism discipline
• Experience in curriculum development
• Experience in innovative teaching and learning technologies, including e-learning.
Summary of duties:
The successful candidate will be expected to:
• Teach and examine at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and supervise Master’s students in the Journalism Programme as assigned by the HOD and/or Programme Coordinator;
• Carry out duties related to level coordination, curriculum development, teaching, research and community engagement;
• Attend and contribute to Programme, Department, Faculty and University staff meeting, programme planning and promotion of the discipline;
• Assume Headship responsibilities should circumstance demand for an appointee at the level of Professor, Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and
• Contribute to the Programme’s research endeavours.
Salary
Senior Lecturer: R401 808 to R697 752 p a, plus benefits
Contact Person: G Govindasamy
Email Address: careers@dut.ac.za
Status of Position: Permanent
Applications should include:
o A fully completed prescribed application form which can be obtained from www.dut.ac.za (under the QUICK LINKS tab – @careers)
o A detailed curriculum vita (explicitly stating experience or knowledge in the above mentioned fields)
o Covering letter.
o Certified copies of all academic records and certificates
o Current contact information of referees
o No manual applications will be accepted and incomplete applications will be disregarded.
o Please email application to careers@dut.ac.za and quote the post reference and post description in the subject line
Kindly note:
Communication will be entered into with short-listed candidates only. Only applications made on our application for employment form would be considered.
Closing date: 11 October 2021