CORE PURPOSE OF JOB

The core purpose of this academic post is to contribute to the academic project in the Faculty of Law through the facilitation of learning and teaching (primarily in the Department of Private Law), to do research, contribute to the academic and community engagement and to be involved in the core functions of the Faculty.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Facilitate effective teaching and learning at undergraduate level, specifically in Private Law modules, which includes but is not limited to the Law of Property, Law of Delict; Law of Damages, Law of Estoppel and Law of Unjustified Enrichment.
• Assume responsibility for course materials, lectures, tutorials and assessment of modules in Private Law;
• Supervision of under-graduate and postgraduate students;
• Be able to perform independent research and publish in peer reviewed journals;
• Perform administrative duties and other functions as assigned by the Department or Faculty.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• A sound knowledge in the theory and application of Private Law, specifically Law of Property, Law of Delict, Law of Damages, Law of Estoppel and Law of Unjustified Enrichment;
• Experience in facilitating teaching and learning at undergraduate level;
• Ability to contribute to the creation of knowledge through research and publications;
• Strong communication, administrative and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to supervise undergraduate and masters candidates;
• Involvement in relevant engagement activities or other scholarly outputs.

REQUIREMENTS

• An LLM in a sub-discipline in Private Law;
• At least 2 years’ experience in a teaching, learning, supervision and research environment;
• Demonstrated ability to produce research outputs, including accepted outputs in accredited journals (ideally at least two accredited publications for lecturer position);
• Supervision experience is an advantage.

Cover letter;

• Detail regarding modules lectured;
• Detail regarding LLM topic and titles of research outputs;
• Equity targeted groups to be specified on the advert.