Assistant Lecturer – Actuarial Science, The School of Management studies at University of Cape Town

About Job

• The Section of Actuarial Science within the School of Management Studies invites applications for this 2-year contract, ~30 hours a week, part-time Assistant Lecturer post. The successful candidate will assist academic staff members with research management, teaching, marking and project management tasks.

Requirements for the job:

• An Honours degree specialising in Actuarial Science or Quantitative Finance
• Current postgraduate registration (master’s or PhD) in Actuarial Science/Mathematical
• Statistics/Quantitative Finance or any other related field
• Professional Qualifications: AMASSA, FASSA or left with completing Work-Based Learning only.
• A commitment to innovative and high-quality teaching
• Strong coding and data analytics skills
• An interest in academia as a career
• Demonstrated competence in
• Academic writing and
• Research methods (in the form of a research project/dissertation)
• Tutoring or teaching experience in a tertiary education environment

The following will be advantageous:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Actuarial Science/Mathematical Statistics/Quantitative Finance or any other related field

Responsibilities:

• Assist with lecturing responsibilities including teaching and marking
• Strategic projects management – efficiency projects, section website improvement, database
• management, process automation and documentation
• The annual cost of employment, including benefits (where applicable), is a maximum of R565 000 per annum based on
• qualifications, experience and number of hours per week.

To apply, please e-mail the below documents in a single pdf file to Pieter Botha at pieter.botha@uct.ac.za:

• UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc)
• Cover letter, and
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) 
• Full academic transcript

CLOSING DATE : 21ST OF OCTOBER, 2025