Senior Lecturer P7/lecturer P8: Botany

**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/school.

**Minimum Requirement**

**Lecturer P8**
- Master’s degree in Botany (or related field) with a specialisation in Plant Taxonomy, Phylogenetics and Systematics.
- Evidence of some teaching experience at tertiary level
- At least one relevant, published full length paper in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal (not mandatory).
- Evidence of active participation in professional, industry and/or community activities.

**Senior Lecturer P7**
- PhD/Doctorate in Botany (or related field) with a specialisation in Plant Taxonomy, Phylogenetics and Systematics.
- At least 4-6 years relevant teaching experience at tertiary level.
- Evidence of managing a research program.
- Evidence of relevant, published full length papers in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
- Evidence of successful postgraduate research supervision.
- Evidence of successful curriculum development and academic management (not mandatory).
- Evidence of active participation in professional, industry and/or community activities.
- Knowledge and experience of implementing quality assurance requirements.
- Evidence of statistical competence.

**Recommendation**

**Lecturer**
- It is highly recommended that the incumbent has knowledge of or has teaching experience in specialisation in Plant, Taxonomy, Phylogenetics and Systematics.
- Statistical competence in R will be an added advantage.
- Experience with online teaching platforms and blended learning approaches will be an added advantage.
**Senior Lecturer**
- It is highly recommended that the incumbent has the following experience:

- Teaching experience in or knowledge of specialisation in Plant Taxonomy, Phylogenetics and Systematics.
- Research active with evidence of participation in collaborative research programmes.
- NRF rating or demonstrate the potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
- SACNASP, ResearchGate and ORCID ID registration.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Teaching**:

- Develop and present a reflective teaching portfolio which covers: Approach to teaching; contributions to curriculum development; design of learning materials; innovative pedagogy; student and junior staff mentoring; successful supervision of postgraduate students; formal participation
in teaching and learning development courses; Student and/or peer evaluations of own teaching; Evidence of scholarship of Teaching and Learning would be beneficial.
- Provide evidence of teaching modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as evidence of postgraduate supervision.
- Contributions to curriculum development.
- Design of learning materials.
- Innovative pedagogy.
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in implementing quality assurance requirements.
- Evidence of national and/or international collaboration within the Natural and applied Sciences fraternity.
- Student and junior staff mentoring.
- Formal participation in teaching and learning development courses.

**Research**:

- Demonstrate evidence of continuous research productivity 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.
- Highlight evidence of managing a research program.
- Evidence of external research fundraising.
- Proof of citations (e.g. Scopus H-index); Evidence of scholarship of Teaching and Learning would be beneficial.
- NRF rating is recommended OR demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating within the next five 5 years.

**Community Engagement**:

- Significant involvement in discipline or departmental official activities and processes.
- Active academic participation in workshops/forums in higher education.
- External examining/ moderating at other higher education institutions at UG and/or PG levels.

**Curriculum development and accreditation**
- Contribute to curriculum development and participate in curriculum review to ensure alignment with sector /discipline norms and requirements.

**Student academic development**
- Identify, report, and support students at risk timeously.
- Develop intervention strategies.

**Administration**
- Keep attendance registers.
- Record student results.
- Assist with registration of students.
- Invigilate test and examinations.
- Implement policies and procedures applicable to the teaching and learning community engagement research, SHE and academic administration functions.
- Participate in departmental School /Faculty committees.

**Quality Assurance**
- Contribut