Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
Department of Sociology
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Applications: July 17, 2009
Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town in South Africa invites applications for the above post with effect from January 2010.
Applicants at Associate Professor level should have a PhD and be able to show evidence of high-quality academic work (research, publications, postgraduate supervision, leadership, teaching and social responsiveness), as well as a strong track record in research and publication.
Applicants at Senior Lecturer/Lecturer level should have a PhD (or, in the case of Lecturer, have made significant progress towards completion), a strong emerging research profile and experience in teaching appropriate to the rank applied for.
The Department is seeking someone ideally with particular interests in teaching social theory and research methods. The successful candidate will also have strong research and teaching interests in areas of general sociology, such as power and inequality, diversity studies, issues of class or race or gender, cultural studies, and health studies.
The Department offers undergraduate majors in General Sociology and Industrial Sociology, and the appointee will contribute to the enhancement of an innovative undergraduate teaching programme. At postgraduate level, we have four coursework Master’s streams comprising Sociology, Industrial Sociology, Development Studies and Diversity Studies the appointee will work with teams to consolidate the academic and professional training at this level. Work in developing a postgraduate culture in the Department at PhD level will be particularly valued. As the Department has a long history of social responsiveness to community issues, evidence of academic work with respect to the ’scholarship of engagement’ is considered important.
Appointment will take place at the senior or junior level in alignment with the Faculty criteria for promotion. The annual remuneration packages for 2009, including benefits, are as follows: Associate Professor – R460 148; Senior Lecturer – R393 743; Lecturer – R332 221.
Please send/e-mail by 17 July 2009 :
- a letter of motivation, indicating the level at which you are applying;
- your full CV (no certificates);
- the names, e-mail and telephone details of three contactable referees;
to:
Ms Tracy Moore (Ref: 2024)
Staff Recruitment & Selection
University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3
Rondebosch 7700, South Africa
e-mail: tracy.moore@uct.ac.za
fax: 021 650 5097
tel. 021 650 2192
Website: www.soc.uct.ac.za
UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at http://hr.uct.ac.za/policies/ee.php.
For this post we seek particularly to attract black (inclusively defined) candidates.
