NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS) FACULTY OF HUMANITIES SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION POSITION NUMBER: P000747 VACANCY: LECTURER PEROMNES GRADE: A8 EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT PURPOSE OF THE POSITION The School of Communication Studies at the NWU (Potchefstroom Campus) has one vacancy for a lecturer (Master’s degree) in the vibrant and dynamic field of communication, subject field journalism media studies OR development communication.

•     Teach introductory and advanced level courses to a diverse student body, including topics relevant to theory in the field of communication, with specialisation in journalism and media studies (e.g., media and society), and practical mass media skills and/or development communication.
•     Primary teaching responsibilities will include courses/topics in introductory news production following a process-based approach across all platforms, and mass media theory.
•    Teach general communication courses, especially introductory level development communication courses.
•     Bring strong pedagogy to teaching; engage in a practical, hands-on program of teaching; and provide strong mentoring to students.
•     Contribute to curricular revision to reflect the latest trends in the field, and to build and expand the communication subject group across all campuses.
•     Contribute to curriculum development.
•    Study guide development and updates.
•     Administration of student marks and assessment.
•     Provide supervision to postgraduate students in journalism and media studies and/or development communication.
•     Advise students on a research, academic and work-integrated learning (WIL) level.

•     Doing scholarly research in the context of sustainable communication with the aim of research outputs.
•     Participation in research projects with colleagues.

•     Responsible for all administrative tasks with regards to the above.
•     Share responsibility for faculty, school, subject-group, and specialisation group assignments as required.

•     Engage in various community engagement activities, including service learning, engaged research and volunteerrism for the benefit of the community.

•     A Master’s degree in Communication with specialisation in journalism and media studies and/or development communication (NQF Level 9).
•     A minimum of 2 year’s teaching experience of undergraduate and honours students at a higher education institution.

•     Experience in postgraduate supervision.
•     Publication of academic articles/Presentation of work at academic conferences.
•     Involvement in community engagement activities.
•     Professional experience as an editorial journalist.
•     Experience in creating different types of digital media for news.
•     Experience in using online learning management systems for presentation of lesson content and assessment.

•     Sound understanding of the broad communication discipline with emphasis on journalism in the 21st century.
•     Ability to teach in a face-to-face, blended, or online environment.
•     Ability to use the MS Office Suite.
•     Adobe Creative Suite competencies (with emphasis on InDesign and Photoshop).
•     Ability to create study material.
•     Ability to create a learning environment.
•    Within higher education: The ability to teach all journalistic programmes offered at the NWU.
•     Within industry-related environments: Competent in journalistic writing, editing, design, social media, data visualisation and analysis, multimedia storytelling and magazine journalism.
• Experience in broadcast journalism and news management a plus.

•     Team player.
•    Sound relations with colleagues.
•     Able to work independently.
•    Strong work ethic