Job Description

Post Number
8022000 (ITS 0358 - A298)
Faculty/Department
University of the Western Cape -> Community & Health Sciences -> School of Public Health
Type of Position
Permanent - Full Time
Length of Contract Period
Location
Main Campus - Bellville, WC ZA (Primary)

Closing Date
30/7/2025

Role Clarification & Key Performance Areas

The Faculty of Community & Health Sciences has an international reputation for innovative teaching, learning and research, in programmes which are inter-professional, community-based, and service learning orientated. Within the Faculty the School of Public Health hosts several post-graduate programmes and a large portfolio of research aimed at capacitating policy makers and implementers who are knowledgeable and skilled in the principles and practice of public health, whose practice is based on research, influenced by informed and active communities, and implemented with a commitment to equity, social justice and human dignity. The School of Public Health is also a WHO Collaborating Centre for teaching and research in human resources for health.

The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences seeks to appoint a senior lecturer within the School of Public Health for a permanent appointment, who will teach, supervise and conduct research in two or more of the following areas of public health: human resources for health and development management; health systems development; scholarship of teaching and learning in postgraduate education in the field of Public Health with specific expertise in doctoral program management.

Academic responsibilities will include

:

Teaching and supervision at postgraduate level.

Curriculum and materials development and assessment.

Developing and implementing continuing professional development courses.

Managing and coordinating activities in postgraduate academic programmes.

Research and publishing in national and international journals.

Grant-writing and third-stream income generation

Working with external stakeholders, including policy support and community engagement.

Minimum Requirements

A doctoral qualification in Public Health or a related field; or a qualification as a registered Public Health Specialist. Five-years' experience in an academic, research or appropriate practice environment. Experience with postgraduate curriculum, materials and program development. Experience with teaching at the postgraduate level. Experience with postgraduate supervision to completion at least at the Master's level. Scholarship/publications in reputable referred journals in the relevant fields.

Added Advantages:


Extensive experience with managing doctoral studies program in public health. Experience with teaching in the field of human resources for health management and leadership. Experience with regional professional public health and development associations, agencies and bodies. Experience with postgraduate curriculum and materials development especially at the doctoral level. Scholarship on institutional partnerships and collaborative initiatives at the national and international levels.


In your application, you are encouraged to highlight your strengths and include anything else you deem exceptional and outstanding to be considered by the selection panel. In addition, please attach a cover letter motivating your suitability, a detailed curriculum vitae including contact details of three referees, and your highest qualification to your online profile.
DISCLAIMER: By applying for the position, you consent to the University sharing your application, including curriculum vitae, with University stakeholders to process the application. In line with the University's commitment to diversifying its workforce, preference will be given to suitably qualified applicants in line with our Employment Equity Targets. The official retirement age at UWC is 65 years. The University reserves the right to not make an appointment, make an appointment at a different level, seek additional candidates and may conduct competency assessments.