Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor in Music Education (P000784)
Listing reference: nwu_002254
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 8 December 2023
Position summary
Industry: Education & Training
Job category: Others: Education and Training
Location: Potchefstroom
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: The annual total remuneration package will be commensurate with the level of appointment as advertised and in line with the NWU policy guidelines.
Introduction
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS)
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
POSITION NUMBER: P000784
VACANCY: LECTURER / SENIOR LECTURER / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MUSIC EDUCATION
PEROMNES GRADE: A8/A7/A6
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT
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.
Job description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching and Learning:.
- Teach music education and certain community music modules in all programmes, including the facilitation of musical stage productions and community music projects.
- Collaborate and build effective relationships for successful model delivery.
Research and Innovation:
- Provide supervision at undergraduate, masters and doctoral level (where applicable).
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.
Minimum requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- Completed doctoral degree in Music Education. (NQF Level 10)
- A minimum of 5 years’ specialist, lecturing and research experience in Music Education at a higher education level.
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in teaching music in schools.
- Completed postgraduate supervision of master’s and doctoral students.
- An established research profile in the discipline.
RECOMMENDATION:
- An NRF rating
SENIOR LECTURER
- Completed doctoral degree in Music Education (NQF Level 10)
- A minimum of 3 years’ specialist, lecturing and research experience in Music Education at a higher education level.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience teaching music in schools.
- Completed postgraduate supervision of master’s students.
- An emerging research profile in the discipline.
LECTURER
- Completed masters degree in Music Education (NQF Level 9)
- A minimum of 1 year specialist, lecturing and research experience in Music Education at a higher education level.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience teaching music in schools.
- Research experience in Music Education on a higher education level.
FUNCTIONAL / TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS)
- Professional knowledge of Music Education theories, teaching strategies, and research methodologies.
- Demonstrate basic skills in some of the following practical areas: keyboard, guitar, percussion, woodwind, improvisation and voice.
- Competencies in Music Educational stage production.
- Knowledge of the current school curriculum for music in all phases (CAPS).
- The ability to teach community music modules as is needed in the subject group.
- Demonstrate experience in Community Music projects (recommendation).
- The ability to teach rudimentary music technology courses (recommendation).
- The ability to teach introduction to music research courses (recommendation).
BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- The ability to develop Music Education 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 on 018 299 1697
ENQUIRIES REGARDING RECRUITMENT PROCESS MAY BE DIRECTED TO: Mr Byron Louw on 018 285 2304
CLOSING DATE: 08 December 2023
PLANNED COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES: 01 January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter
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.
