South Africa: Senior Lecturer in Building and Human Settlements Development (Human Settlements)

About the Role

The Senior Lecturer in Building and Human Settlement Development position at Nelson Mandela University is an exciting opportunity for a qualified academic to contribute to the development of knowledge and skills in the field of Human Settlements Development. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, developing, and facilitating learning experiences for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as contributing to research and innovation in the department.

Key Responsibilities

• Teaching, instruction, guidance, and facilitation of learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Assisting and supporting students in their learning.
• Refining and developing new learning programmes and modules.
• The professional development of teaching practice and reflecting on the impact of teaching practices on student learning.
• Creating new knowledge through own research and contributing to Departmental research output in accredited journals.
• Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Working on the frontiers of a discipline to advance understanding and bringing new and interdisciplinary knowledge together to understand and solve problems.

Requirements

• Ability to facilitate learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• In-depth knowledge in the theory and application of Human Settlements Policy Development and Management.
• Ability to use appropriate teaching and assessment practices.
• Ability to engage in activities to develop & reflect on teaching practices.
• Sound knowledge of the theory and application of relevant software technologies in the Built Environment and Human Settlement space.
• Experience in sustainable and alternative construction technologies.
• Experience in housing and human settlement development policies and implementation.
• Proven track record of Housing Human Settlement Development and Management related experience and networking.

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (Bachelor’s, LLB, Matric, etc.) are not explicitly mentioned in the original job description. Therefore, this section is skipped.

Salary & Benefits

• No salary information is provided in the original job description. Therefore, this section is skipped.

Note: The original job description does not provide specific requirements for a Master’s or Doctoral degree, but it mentions supervising postgraduate research. However, since no specific qualifications are mentioned, I have left this section out to maintain the integrity of the original information.