Senior Lecturer(P7)/ Lecturer(P8): Economics

**Purpose**
Responsible for teaching and learning, research and community engagement and to provide
support to the department/school in pursuit of its academic objectives. Responsibilities may
also include curriculum development, student academic development, administration and
quality assurance to contribute to the academic initiatives undertaken by the
department/faculty

**Minimum Requirement**

**Lecturer P8**
- At least two years of teaching or industry experience
- Demonstrate evidence in the form of publications in DHET-accredited journals and /or peer-reviewed article/s in a scholarly journal (not mandatory)
- Honours degree supervision
- Demonstrate willingness to develop teaching capacity and reflect on personal teaching and learning philosophy
- Evidence of active participation in professional, industry and/or community activities
- Evidence of active participation in workshops/forums in higher education as well as community engagement activities
- Excellent computer skills
- Demonstrate proficiency in statistical software packages such as Stata, and/or R, Eviews, Matlab.

**Senior Lecturer P7**
- A PhD or relevant Doctorate in Economics/ Econometrics.
- At least 5 years of teaching experience as a lecturer in a university.
- Should be an established researcher. Demonstrate evidence of continuous research in the form of: publications in DHET-accredited journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, research papers presented at national and/or international conferences; contributions to scholarly books published by reputable publishers, in good standing with DHET and not linked to predatory practices.
- Evidence of external research fundraising; citations (e.g. Scopus H-index)
- Evidence of successful postgraduate supervision (at least 2 Masters)
- Experience in curriculum development/ review
- Evidence of community engagement activities within the discipline
- Evidence of external examining/moderating at other higher education institutions at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels
- Demonstrate proficiency in statistical software packages such as Stata, and/or R, Eviews, Matlab.

**Recommendations**
NRF rating is recommended for Senior Lecturer
**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Teaching and Learning**
- Deliver teaching and learning in undergraduate and post-graduate modules, supervise and monitor student’s projects/dissertations.

**Research**
- Supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- External examining/moderation and invitations to teach externally.
- Publish research in reputable journals.
- Keep abreast of professional literature.
- Obtain research grants.

**Community Engagement**
- Contribute to community engagement initiatives.

**Curriculum Development**

**Student Academic Development**

**Academic Administration**
- Implement policies and procedures applicable to the teaching and learning, community engagement, research, SHE, and academic administration functions.

**Quality Assurance**
- Contribute to Quality Assurance through committee meetings and submission of relevant documents.
- Implement appropriate interventions.

**Personal Development**
- Keep abreast of developments within your field of study and its implications for the teaching/ learning situation.

**Monitoring, Evaluation, and reporting**
- Develop relevant reports as and when required.
- Communicate and consult with relevant stakeholders.

**Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.**

**Note: Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is dedicated to meeting its Employment Equity targets.