Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (2 Posts) – Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

The incumbent will be responsible for:

Teaching in two of the following modules offered by the Department of Public Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, which involve taking a contextual and transformative approach:

• Administrative law
• Legal interpretation
• International air (aviation) law
• Public international law including international humanitarian law and international criminal law;
• Conducting academic scholarly research;
• Engaging with the community through teaching, supervision and research that is embedded in and responsive to the African and South African social context;
• Having an in-depth understanding of own area of specialisation to enable development of new knowledge, innovation and understanding within the field;
• Supervising research students;
• Mentoring students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
• Academic administration and management;
• Performing other duties as delegated by Head of the Department

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Lecturer:

• LLM (preferably by full dissertation) in one of the abovementioned fields;
• Relevant tertiary teaching experience will be a strong recommendation;
• Accredited quality publication/s will be a strong recommendation;
• Evidence of community engagement being embedded in the candidate’s research and/or teaching will be a strong recommendation;
• Relevant academic administration experience will be a strong recommendation.

Senior Lecturer:

• LLD / PhD degree in one of the abovementioned fields;
• At least five years’ tertiary teaching experience;
• 8 accredited publications in peer-reviewed journals of which three should have been published in the three years preceding the year of application;
• Conference papers delivered;
• Evidence of successful supervision of at least research master’s degrees or coursework master’s mini-dissertations will be a strong recommendation;
• Evidence of community engagement;
• Proven record of academic administration and academic citizenship.

ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:

Demonstrable subject expertise and interest in the following area related to public law:

• Constitutional Law.