Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor (2 Positions) - Department Industrial Psychology

Job title: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor (2 Positions) - Department Industrial Psychology

Job Location: Free State, Bloemfontein

Deadline: April 28, 2025

Duties And Responsibilities

• Teach Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management modules to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Conduct high-quality research, publish in accredited journals, and deliver quality research outputs in line with the faculty's research strategy.
• Provide supervision to postgraduate students, namely Honours, Masters, PhD students, and professional industrial psychology interns.
• Provide leadership in pursuit of the department and faculty strategic plan with regard to research, teaching, engaged scholarship and leadership and administration.
• Perform academic administration pertaining to undergraduate and postgraduate subjects – this may include typing, setting, and marking all question papers and memorandums, recording marks and handling student complaints.
• Serve as a member of various academic committees and perform any other tasks allocated by the Dean and head of the department.
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with relevant research, civil society, government, industry, and professional organisations.
• Contribute to curriculum development within the faculty.

Inherent Requirements

Senior Lecturer

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Industrial Psychology or Human Resource Management.
• Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in supervising to completion of master’s students and if registered as an Industrial Psychologist, industrial psychology interns.
• Member of the South African Board of People Practices or the Health Professions Council of South Africa (attach a copy).
• Proven experience in the presentation of papers at national scholarly conferences.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating or demonstrate potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals.
• Proven experience of service as an active member of a national or international scholarly society or committee or agency.

Associate Professor

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Industrial Psychology or Human Resource Management.
• Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in supervising to completion of master’s students and if registered as an Industrial Psychologist, industrial psychology interns.
• Member of the South African Board of People Practices or the Health Professions Council of South Africa (attach a copy).
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national and international conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
• Experience on the editorial board of a scholarly journal.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating of C3 or equivalent status.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in high-quality accredited national and international journals.

Professor

• A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Industrial Psychology or Human Resource Management.
• Proven record of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
• Proven experience in supervising to completion of Master’s, and preferably PhD students and if registered as an Industrial Psychologist, industrial psychology interns.
• Member of the South African Board of People Practices or the Health Professions Council of South Africa (attach a copy).
• Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship (for example, regularly serves as a reviewer for international/ISI/IBSS journals).
• A research record of relevant publications in high-quality national and international accredited journals.
• Experience as an external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
• Experience on the editorial board of a scholarly journal.
• An NRF rating of C1 or C2 or equivalent status.
• Served as a member of a national or international scholarly society or committee, or agency concerned with research at higher education levels.

Recommendations

• Proven lecturing experience in the Higher Education environment.
• Proven experience in supervising to completion of PhD students.
• Evidence of professional supervision of intern industrial psychologists.
• Proven experience in presenting Industrial Psychology modules such as Research Methodology, Employee Wellness and Labour Relations.
• Proficiency in computer skills, e.g., MS word, excel, PowerPoint.
• Proven skills in data analysis using IBM SPSS, AMOS, PLS.
• Good command of the English language.
• Evidence of application for funding in (multidisciplinary) research projects.
• Demonstrate potential in wider public engagement and dissemination of research.