Associate Professor: Zoology

Post specific requirements for Associate Professor:

• PhD or equivalent in Zoology, NQF level 10 (foreign qualifications to be evaluated by SAQA).
• [Applicants are required to provide the title of their PhD thesis in the application form.]
• The area of specialisation should reflect an integration of the various fields of the discipline of Zoology (Ecology/Animal behavior/ Animal physiology/Conservation Biology).
• An undergraduate degree with major in Zoology or a closely related field (such as Ecology/Animal behavior/ Animal physiology/ Conservation Biology)
• Able to discuss their teaching reflection and statement.
• Seven (7) years’ experience in leading teaching and learning activities at departmental, college or university level (work lead, formal offering programme convenor etc.)
• A research reflection and portfolio (all candidates).
• At least to have successfully supervised a postgraduate candidate to completion (academia)
• OR successful supervision of a postgraduate candidate to completion will be considered as an advantage (other than academia). [Please indicate the number of co-supervisors for each student under Point 9 of the academic application form].
• A minimum of 6 research output unitsӿ during the previous 5 years OR 4 research output unitsӿ during the previous 3 years OR rated by NRF as a researcher (academia) OR a minimum of 4,5 research output unitsӿ during the previous 5 years OR 2,5 research output unitsӿ during the previous 3 years; (other than academia).
• Evidence of fundraising activities and stewardship.
• Involvement in engaged scholarship, with evidence of how this has been transferred into teaching and learning and/or research (academia) OR demonstrate potential to participate in engaged scholarship (other than academia).
• Demonstrate an understanding of possibilities of engaged scholarship and of teaching and learning and engaged research (other than academia).
• Evidence of a leading involvement in departmental, school, college and university committees including task teams and voluntary associations (academia) OR evidence of participation in workplace committees or task teams and voluntary associations (other than academia).
• Evidence of contribution in the national wider academic community and learned societies (academia).
• Evidence of involvement in the national wider academic community and learned societies (other than academia).
• ӿ (It is an accredited output as recognized in the Research Output Policy, 2015 (Government Gazette 38552 of 11 March 2015)).

Recommendations:

• NRF rating will be an advantage (does not waiver research output units).
• Completed an assessor training programme (attach certificate)
• Experience with teaching in an ODeL environment.