Job Description

Duties/Pligte



Teaching, postgraduate supervision, research, and community interaction in the areas of informatics, information systems, technology and organisation, knowledge dynamics in organisations and

society, data science, computational thinking, and computational social science.Teaching, which includes curriculum development, preparing new teaching material, presenting existing or new teaching material, evaluating students, and managing tutors. Research, including establishing a research agenda, choosing appropriate methods, collaborating with other researchers, obtaining any needed funding, execution of the research, and

successful publication of the results.Postgraduate supervision, including providing guidance in all phases of student research projects. Community interaction, including any efforts required to disseminate research and other knowledge into the broader South African community, for example, via schools, the government,

companies, etc.Administrative and management duties as required by the Department.
Onderrig, nagraadse studieleiding, navorsing en gemeenskapsinteraksie op die gebied van informatika, inligtingstelsels, tegnologie en organisasie, kennisdinamika in organisasies en die

samelewing, datawetenskap, rekenaardenke en berekenings-sosiale wetenskap.Onderrig, met inbegrip van kurrikulumontwikkeling, voorbereiding van nuwe onderrigmateriaal, aanbieding van bestaande of nuwe onderrigmateriaal, evaluering van studente en bestuur van

tutors.Navorsing, met inbegrip van die vestiging van 'n navorsingsagenda, die keuse van toepaslike metodes, samewerking met ander navorsers, die verkryging van die nodige befondsing, uitvoering

van die navorsing, en suksesvolle publikasie van die bevindings.Nagraadse studieleiding, met inbegrip van leiding in alle fases van studentenavorsingsprojekte. Gemeenskapsinteraksie, met inbegrip van enige pogings wat nodig is om navorsing en ander kennis in die breer Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap te versprei, byvoorbeeld via skole, die regering,

maatskappye, ens.Administratiewe en bestuurspligte soos vereis deur die Departement.


Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
A completed relevant master's degree in informatics or a related field (NQF level 9). Experience in teaching undergraduate or postgraduate courses in the following areas: + Data analytics or data science; + Programming for data analytics/science (e.g. R or Python);
+ Computational social science.
Demonstrated research experience in at least some of: + Computational thinking; + Data analytics;
+ Data science;
+ Computational social science.
Research publications record (either one single-authored, or two co-authored publications).
'n Voltooide toepaslike meestersgraad in informatika of 'n soortgelyke vakgebied (NKR-vlak 9). Ervaring in die onderrig van voorgraadse of nagraadse kursusse in die volgende gebiede: + Data-analise of datawetenskap; + Programmering vir data-analise/wetenskap (bv. R of Python);
+ Rekenaar- sosiale wetenskap.
Bewese navorsingservaring in minstens sommige van: + Rekenaardenke; + Data-analise;
+ Datawetenskap;
+ Berekenings-sosiale wetenskap.
Navorsingspublikasierekord (een publikasie as enkelouteur of twee as medeouteur).



Recommendation/Aanbeveling
A completed relevant doctoral degree (PhD NQF level 10). Postgraduate supervision experience. A record of excellence in teaching. Original research experience. Experience as a reviewer/editorial-board member for accredited conferences and journals. Experience in acquiring research funding. Experience in community interaction in South Africa or similar contexts. Active participation in internationally recognised academic societies.
'n Voltooide toepaslike doktorsgraad (PhD NKR-vlak 10). Ervaring in nagraadse studieleiding. 'n Rekord van uitnemendheid in onderrig. Oorspronklike navorsingservaring. Ervaring as beoordelaar/redaksielid vir geakkrediteerde konferensies en tydskrifte. Ervaring met die verkryging van navorsingsbefondsing. Ervaring in gemeenskapsinteraksie in Suid-Afrika of soortgelyke kontekste. * Aktiewe deelname aan internasionaal erkende akademiese verenigings.