NORTH - WEST UNIVERSITY, MAHIKENG FACULTY / DIVISION: NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SCHOOL: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS CENTRE POSITION NAME: LECTURER nGAP POSITION NUMBER: M001087 VACANCY: 1 PEROMNES GRADE: A8 EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT The North-West University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions, which form part of the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). Preference will be given to applications from black (African, Coloured and Indian), female and disabled candidates, with a target that at least 80% of applicants should be appointed from these groups. Applicants must be SA citizens and 40 years or younger of age. The nGAP represents the eighth phase of the Staffing South African Universities Framework (SSAUF), which the Minister of Higher Education and Training approved at the start of 2015 as an initiative to improve the academic staffing capacity of South African universities. The programme aims at addressing the urgent and challenging imperative to recruit, support and retain black (African, Coloured and Indian), female academic and disabled staff to address the under-representation at all levels in the sector. It is a key vehicle to contribute to the transformation of the academic staff profile in disciplines of greatest need. nGAP employees will participate in a six-year developmental programme in terms of which they will be employed on a permanent full-time basis at the NWU under the University's normal conditions of service. They will be expected to register for and complete their doctoral studies, participate successfully in the DHET's Staffing South Africa's Universities Development Programme, and work under the supervision of an appointed mentor. In order to achieve the developmental aims of the programme, nGAP employees will have a reduced teaching load over the first four years of their appointment. They will be expected to work for additional two years at NWU after the completion of the six-year developmental programme. APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE WITH AN ACADEMIC AVERAGE OF 70 % FOR THE MASTER’S DEGREE, THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL POSITIONS BELOW. PROOF OF RESULTS MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION.