Lecturer

**Academic qualifications, experience and attributes**:
- Must have at least 3 years of teaching and/or academic mentoring or supervision experience within relevant fields of art and specifically in terms of studio practice.- University-level teaching experience, supervision and course development would be an advantage.- Must have professional expertise in contemporary art and interdisciplinary discourses/ practices/ curating/ media in the context of South Africa, the African continent and related networks. This can be in the form of an exhibition practice, creative research or publication.- Must be interested in innovation, transformation, experimentation and critical inquiry in questions of cultural production, histories and pedagogies.- This 100% position is suited to someone with a strong artistic and academic portfolio, willing to commit to a full-time academic teaching practice.- Must be invested in the teaching process, curriculum development, and working with students.- Must be a committed team player within the department, but also be invested in cross-disciplinary explorations within the School of Arts.- Preferably be able to start by February 2025.**Who we want: experience, attributes and orientation**:One of the key drawcards is an incumbent with the capacity to teach and exchange knowledge of the theory and praxis of and on collective/self-publishing (in print, digital and media and spatial practices), as a basis for deepening and complicating aesthetics of collectives in the arts and in society.In addition, the role will require work across theory and practice, at undergraduate and postgraduate level.We are excited by and are committed to inclusive and expansive understandings, interrogations and deployments of art practices that are alive to the political, emotional, spiritual, conceptual and material conditions of this city, the region, the continent and beyond.**Responsibilities**:

The incumbent will be responsible for:
- Conceptualising and teaching practice-based courses at undergraduate level, particularly within expanded drawing and contemporary art practices, in ways that are responsive to digital forms of practice in critical and forward-thinking ways and includes processes of collective self-publishing.
- Supervising postgraduate students, in Honours, MA and PhD level.
- Course coordination: administration, managing and developing respective courses and programmes to a professional level.
- Contributing to the work of the Department and the School as a whole, actively engaging in academic citizenship, including curriculum development; contributing to postgraduate seminars; community engagement; international partnerships; graduate exhibitions; marketing; recruitment or seminars/talks.
- Contributing to fundraising strategies for the Department.
- Daily administration, professional time management, and involvement in departmental infrastructures.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience and based on published WITS pay scales.Detailed DescriptionJob RequirementsAdditional DetailsHow To Apply-
**_**_- The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the under-represented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. Designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, as amended, means black people, women and people with disabilities.

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**Closing Date : 10 January 2025**
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