PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

The NWU School of Music (Potchefstroom Campus) seeks to appoint one new academic staff member to assume teaching, research, and community engagement responsibilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching and Learning

·        Teach modules related to Musicology and Composition in the School of Music.

·        Collaborate and build effective relationships for successful model delivery.

Research Supervision

·        Provide supervision at the undergraduate, honours, masters, and doctorate level.

Research Entity

·        Research in any area of the discipline.

·        Contribute to the vision and mission of the MASARA research entity.

Administrative Duties

·        Perform administrative tasks, including serving on committees.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

·        Doctoral degree on NQF level 10 in either Musicology or Composition.

·        A minimum of 5 years of specialist teaching experience that demonstrates proficiency in both Musicology and Composition on a higher education level.

·        The candidate must show evidence of producing accredited research/creative outputs on a national and international level.

SENIOR LECTURER

·        Doctoral degree on NQF level 10 in either Musicology or Composition.

·        A minimum of 3 years of specialist teaching experience that demonstrates proficiency in both Musicology and Composition.

·        The candidate must show evidence of producing accredited research/creative outputs on a national level.

KEY FUNCTIONAL/ TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

·        Candidates will be considered with either a terminal degree in Musicology or Composition. However, the successful candidate must display the appropriate competencies and training in both areas.

·        Professional knowledge of Musicology and related fields, compositional techniques, theories, teaching strategies, and research methodologies.

·        The ability to recruit and retain excellent students.

·        Additional duties may be assigned commensurate with the candidate’s expertise.

KEY BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

·        Excellent interpersonal skills.

·        The ability to develop teaching-learning and research-innovation of the NWU value chain.

·        The ability to present own accurate and assertive research on a variety of public platforms (conferences and publications).

·        Demonstrate the ability to supervise postgraduate research.

REMUNERATION: The annual total remuneration package will be commensurate with the level of appointment as advertised and in line with the NWU policy guidelines.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING JOB CONTENT MAY BE DIRECTED TO:                        Prof Conroy Cupido 018 2991692

ENQUIRIES REGARDING RECRUITMENT PROCESS MAY BE DIRECTED TO:     Mr Byron Louw 018 285 2304

CLOSING DATE:                                                                                                              07 October 2024

PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES:                                                                 01 January 2025

Kindly take note: applications must be submitted online through the official NWU vacancy website.

Incomplete applications and those submitted through any other platform will not be considered.

The University subscribes to and applies the principles of Employment Equity (EE) Act and is committed to transformation. Preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups, in accordance with the principles of the EE Act and NWU Employment Equity Plan.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only.

If you are not contacted within two months from the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.