Key Performance Areas :

• Preparation, conducting of lectures, tutorials and workshops
• Providing study guidance, learning support, and consultation to students;
• Marking and grading of student assessments;
• Module coordination and quality assurance;
• A range of administrative functions connected to the discipline and modules being taught;
• Involvement in relevant committees, workshops, task groups and other activities.
• Other duties commensurate to the position as required.

Other Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated capability to lecture and conduct tutorials at tertiary level in an effective manner in the core courses stipulated at the highest academic level.
• Expertise in e-learning programs such as Blackboard and Moodle.
• Up-to-date knowledge of curriculum areas being taught at the highest academic level.
• Demonstrated capacity to design, set and evaluate assessments at the appropriate level for the courses stipulated.
• High level of communication skills in verbal, written and electronic modes; and
• Proven high-level administrative abilities.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor of Arts Honours/ Bachelor of Social Science Honours degree in Development Studies.
• Alternatively: Postgraduate Diploma, MA/ MPhil, PhD/ DPhil qualification in Development Studies.

Minimum Work Experience Requirements:

• Ideally two years lecturing experience in Development Studies.
• Work experience in a field related to research, development planning, development management, social sector management, municipal planning, and service delivery.