Re-advertising - Lecturer Part-time(3 Year Contract)

Rhodes University

Makhanda, Eastern Cape

Contract

Posted **04 September 2025** - Closing Date **12 September 2025**

**Division**

**2101 - Community Engagement**

**Minimum experience**

**Mid-Senior**

**Company primary industry**

**Higher Education**

**Job functional area**

**Education**

**Contract term**

**3 years**

**Lecturer Part-Time 15 hours per week**
**(If you have already applied for this post, you do not need to reapply)**

**Community Engagement**

**Main Objectives**

For this position, the Academic will be responsible for disseminating knowledge (developing and teaching CE short courses), creating knowledge (engaged research and publication) and participating in community engagement and development.

There are four main objectives for this 3-year (part-time) contract post as listed below.

The first objective is to lead and manage an online open-access journal hosted at Rhodes University and to ensure:

- The quality of the intellectual content of the journal and overseeing the review process to ensure it is thorough, fair, and timely.
- upholding the journal's objectives and scope and selecting papers that provide new, original, and important contributions to knowledge.
- writing editorials, soliciting manuscripts on special issues, and sometimes assigning guest editors for these special issues.
- promoting diversity among the journal’s contributing authors (nationally, regionally and internationally)
- working with the RUCE editorial team to undertake and assist with some of the responsibilities

The second main objective is to make critical and original contributions to **CE scholarship** at local, national and international levels by generating community engagement knowledge through publishing scholarly papers for accredited/peer-reviewed academic journals, and writing articles for newspapers and other publishing spaces.

The third main objective is to work with Academics and Academic Departments to:

- Promote Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Critical Service Learning (CSL) and Engaged Citizenry (EC)
- Ability to design and facilitate short courses in CE (CBPR, CSL and EC)

The fourth objective is to manage and coordinate the UCDP Collaborative Grant Project with four participating Universities by:

- Working with RUCE staff, take overall responsibility for the communication with the participating academics and oversee the coordination of activities
- Assisting with the open access publication of two books as part of the project and the organisation of the international conference in May 2026
- Responsible for the grant outcomes and reporting.

**The Requirements**
- A Master's Degree in a relevant discipline, preferably Humanities or Social Science (register for a PhD)
- Experience in Community Development (CD) and Community Engagement (CE) (partnership development, Service Learning, Engaged Citizenry and Engaged Research)
- Tutoring, facilitation, or conference presentation experience required. Experience in developing short courses and teaching diverse groups in the University and the broader community
- Experience in conducting Community-Based Participatory Research
- No research supervision is required.
- Experience in managing an online open-access journal.
- Some administrative experience, albeit in informal contexts, e.g., student or sports clubs, work experience.

**Application Process**

**The following documents are required**:

- A comprehensive CV and relevant qualifications which should include the following:
- Reasons for leaving your current and previous jobs.
- A strong and succinct motivation outlining your interest in the post and suitability relative to the job requirements.
- Short-listing meeting date to be scheduled.
- The selection process that will be followed for this post will include an assessment and/or presentation and an interview.

**Remuneration per annum**:
Basic Pensionable Salary per annum: R253 199.64

Cost to Company per annum (Approximately): R330 702.35

**Closing Date: 12 September 2025**

Our core values and principles are the foundation of our commitment to creating a positive, supportive, and enabling environment. These values guide our decisions, actions, and how we engage with each other as we work to achieve our vision and mission.**

These values are:
**Diversity; Integrity; Respect; Excellence; Collegiality and Compassion**

Recognising that diversity is important in achieving excellence. Rhodes University strongly encourages South African members of underrepresented designated groups as well as persons with disabilities to apply. Spouses and partners of existing staff members are also encouraged to apply.

Please note all appointments are made in line with the requirements of the Employment Equity Act of 55 of 1998, as amended, the Immigration Act No. 13 of 2022 and the University's Recruitment and Selection policies.