Senior Lecturer (Faculty of Humanities: Department of Communication and Media Studies)
University of Johannesburg · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- The candidate is expected to engage in teaching and learning, research, supervision and community engagement in the Department.
Responsibilities
Teaching & Learning
- Prepare and deliver lectures and/or practical sessions for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Design and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Film and Television, Screen Studies, African Cinema, Streaming platforms, Documentary, Screenwriting and Multimedia Production.
- Prepare/design and mark assignments, tests, and exams.
- To prepare materials suitable for teaching and learning at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Research
- To enhance the Department's research and scholarship profile through a high-quality research portfolio publications and/or examples of research-based practice publications of high standards in line with the Department of Higher Education and Training DHET criteria.
- Working effectively and collaboratively to develop shared research and scholarship culture.
- Enhance our links with industry to enable collaborations and knowledge exchange.
- Generating grant or funding income, where appropriate, to support your research.
- Attracting and supervising postgraduate research students.
Supervision
- Recruiting and supervising postgraduate students.
- Mentoring early career Researchers.
- Serving on the Departmental Higher Degrees Committee.
- Acting as a non-assessing Chair during viva voce examinations.
Community engagement
- Participating in committee meetings within the Department, Faculty and the university.
- Review research proposals and giving feedback to postgraduate students.
- Giving talks, presenting at conferences, seminars and workshops.
- Media appearances and writing op-ed articles.
Administration
- Act as a creative outputs champion for the Department, both internally and externally.
- Engaging with appropriate academic leadership and administrative tasks, and playing an active role within the Department, as required by the Head of Department.
- Organising work integrated opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Minimum requirements
- A PhD NQF 10 in Film and Television or Screen Studies, Broadcast Journalism or any other related field.
- Minimum of five 5 to seven 7 years' teaching and production experience in a higher education environment.
- Practical film, television, and screen production skills.
- Knowledge of Moodle learning management system.
- Proficiency in Zoom, Moodle, and Microsoft Teams.
- General editing and production-related software.
Recommendations
- Proven industry experience at a professional level e.g. broadcast, film productions, or multi-media organisations.
Competencies and Behavioural Attributes
- Ability to work in teams.
- High level skills in production, editing and screenwriting.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability to deliver creative outputs.
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills.
- Positive attitude and reliable work ethic.
Deadline:9th August,2026