Lecturer: Psychology

**LECTURER**

A vacancy exists for a suitably qualified, experienced, and appropriately registered

clinical psychologist in the above post. The individual will form part of a dynamic

team, responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and both

academic and clinical supervision in psychology. The incumbent will form part of

the Department of Psychology, within the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of

Humanities.

**Requirements for a Lecturer**:

- A Masters’ degree in Clinical Psychology.
- Completion of a Bachelor of Psychology (B. Psych.) degree is highly

recommended..
- Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

as a clinical psychologist is required.
- Have a minimum of 3 (three) years post-qualification experience as a clinical

psychologist.
- Commitment to higher education norms and standards.
- Capacity to promote the Department of Psychology’s mission and position

to internal university constituencies and external stakeholders.
- A fair understanding of the challenges facing the higher education sector.

**Duties of a Lecturer**:

- **Teaching and Learning**: Full involvement in all courses, updating material

in par with national and international trends; teaching and evaluation of

assigned courses; and identifying at risk students and facilitating, where

possible, additional assistance for them.
- **Research**: Undertaking discipline related research individually and in project

teams; attending and actively participating in national and international

conferences; publishing DHET approved journal articles, book chapters and/or

books; and supervising Psychology Honours and Masters’ students’ academic

research projects.
- **Academic citizenship**: Involvement in community engagements and taking an

active role in professional organisations.
- **Governance**: Preparing course outlines and study guides, organising course

files, delivering according to set deadlines, records of all academic activities;
and participating in departmental, school and faculty committees.
- **Performance appraisal.** Taking part in regular performance appraisal

assessments.

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**CLOSING DATE 23 FEBRUARY 2024**

contact numbers of three (3) referees, certified copies of all qualifications including

Matric/ Grade 12 Certificate.

Academic transcripts and a South African ID/ Passport should be forwarded to Chief
- Telephonic enquiries regarding conditions of service: Ms B Olaniyan 015 268 4795 _
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign obtained qualifications evaluated by _
- the South African Qualifications Authority. Please note that failure to submit the _
- The University of Limpopo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All appointments will be _
- made in accordance with the University’s Employment Equity Policy. _**_Lecturer in _**

**_Psychology,_**_ Preference will be given to Male (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) _
- Female (Coloureds, Africans) _
- not been contacted within 30 days of the closing date must consider their applicants _
- as unsuccessful. _

**_The University reserve the right not to make appointment_