Job title : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (One Position) - Department of Statistics - Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria Deadline : December 28, 2024 Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries RESPONSIBILITIES: The incumbent will be responsible for: Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses; Mentoring and supervising postgraduate students; Actively conducting independent and collaborative research and publishing research outputs in accredited journals; Developing and/or expanding collaboration with academics internationally; Initiating and delivering specialist courses at national and international levels; Actively participating in administrative duties within the Department. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Lecturer: A Master's degree in Statistics that includes a credit-bearing research dissertation and credit-bearing coursework consisting of core components that align with the required responsibilities of the incumbent; An indication of an emerging research career with evidence of accredited publications in core components of the discipline contributing to the literature and scientific field of statistics; at least one recent publication in statistics in an accredited peer viewed journal; Enrolled for a PhD degree in Statistics with proof of significant progress with the study; Evidence of papers presented at national conferences; Proven competency and experience are required in: Teaching statistics modules and courses at both undergraduate postgraduate levels as a lecturer; Advanced knowledge of at least one major statistical software programming language; Implementation of efficient teaching models that would be applicable in the university setting.
Senior Lecturer (Same as for Lecturer, plus): A Doctoral degree in Statistics Proven record of curriculum development at the undergraduate and postgraduate level or other specialized professional courses; Evidence of papers presented at national and international conferences; Proven research publications in accredited journals, of which at least two in the mainstream statistical journals Proven practice of advanced fundamental and applied statistical methodology.
Proven record of supervision of postgraduate statistical students Evidence of supporting and participating in academic citizenship.
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES: In addition to the minimum requirements, the following will be an advantage.
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer: Evidence of the relevance, impact and contribution of current research projects to the discipline of Mathematical Statistics/Statistics Coordinating and teaching large classes of statistics service courses as well as core statistical modules.
Senior Lecturer: An NRF rating.
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