RESPONSIBILITIES:
The incumbents will be responsible for:
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Family Law, International Child Law, the Law of Persons and Education Law offered in the Department;
Developing a research programme in an appropriate area of expertise or expanding existing research programmes in International Child Law and Education Law;
Publishing research articles in the foremost national/international accredited journals;
Participate in national and international conferences within the research focus areas;
Supervising postgraduate master's and doctoral students within the research focus areas;
Performing assigned departmental duties (e.g. of an administrative nature);
Community engagement in relation to the research focus areas;
Representing the Department on Faculty committees as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
A doctoral Degree in International Child Law or closely related field;
Three (3) years' relevant Tertiary or vocational teaching experience, or five (5) years post-qualification experience in Child Law, Family Law, Education Law and Law of Persons or related field or proportionate combination of the aforementioned;
Five (5) accredited or peer-reviewed quality publication outputs of which at least 2 must be sole authored;
Two (2) conference papers delivered at either national or international conferences.
ADDED ADVANTAGES AND PREFERENCES:
Experience in curriculum development and curriculum transformation is recommended;
Successful supervision of at least 1 research master's degree or 2 coursework master's mini-dissertations will be a strong recommendation unless there are subject-specific factors that require deviation;
Other indicators of the quality and impact of a candidate's research which will contribute significantly to the candidate advantage include (but are not limited to):
prestigious scholarly awards;
fellowships and research collaborations;
contribution to educational material in the field; citation by courts;
membership of national and international academic bodies and invitations to present keynote lectures.
Evidence of community and public engagement being embedded in the candidate's research and/or teaching will be a strong recommendation
Proven record of academic and / or legal administration and academic citizenship will be a strong recommendation. This could include the following:
Journal review and editing;
Participation in departmental committees;
Serving as external moderator or reviewer for other academic and non-academic institutions;
Guest lectures at other academic and non-academic institutions;
Any other engagements and activities which may broadly demonstrate academic leadership and citizenship.