REQUIREMENTS

• PhD or a PhD currently under examination in a Humanities-based discipline, with strong demonstrable expertise in African feminist histories and debates in queer politics and/or sexuality studies
• Subject matter expertise in politics of African queer studies and sexuality studies
• At least 3 years of experience as a researcher committed to engaging questions of African feminisms, queer politics, sexuality studies and related continental intellectual trajectories
• Experience of at least 2 years in academic teaching, where African queer politics and/or sexualities have been a core part of the work
• Experience of academic administration
• An emerging record of relevant publications
• An emerging profile of continental academic, networking and research work
• A record of community-engaged activist work
• A commitment to strengthen and build the Department of African Feminist Studies and the AGI within UCT and beyond

ADVANTAGEOUS:

• A record of academic work which bears witness to transdisciplinary interests
• Experience in digitally based engagement with intellectual work
• An interest in deepening discourse and practice on the decolonial within South African higher education
• Some experience of fund-raising, to support research interests which include those of postgraduates
• Fluency in more than one South African language as a language of research/teaching

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research within the candidate’s own field, and concomitant publications at the level of Lecturer
• Teaching, convenorship and supervision within the Department
• Strong participation in team building and programming within the Department and AGI
• Contribution to community activism and participation in social responsiveness
• Participation in the Department, AGI and Faculty to contribute to UCT’s transformation and growth