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As an academic, the incumbent will be expected to establish a research programme in this discipline and to help grow a research community within the faculty. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to participate in other administrative and citizenship activities at Sol Plaatje University as required.\nMinimum Requirement\n\nA Masters (NFQ9) in the relevant discipline\nAn education qualification is a requirement.\nAt least two years of teaching the subject at the university or school level.\nEvidence of active participation in professional, industry and/or community activities\n Recommended requirementsA PhD (NQF10) in a relevant discipline,\nEvidence of research output, i.e. a publication in scholarly journal,\nPostgraduate supervision experience at Honours level.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nTeaching and Learning in Setswana Teaching\nCompile work schemes in collaboration with colleagues\nResearch and utilize new and emerging approaches and technology in teaching\nThe professional preparation of teaching media\nParticipate in Teaching Practice and Work Integrated Learning programmes in the Faculty of Education\nThe professional preparation of notes to supplement or substitute prescribed textbooks\nResearch and selection of suitable reference material to supplement textbooks\nThe facilitation of an effective teaching situation in which the learning experience can take place successfully\nThe upgrading of course content/ development of new courses and/or modules in order to keep up with the latest requirements of the discipline\nStudent and peer evaluations of teaching performance\nApply appropriate assessment methods\nExternal examining and invitations to teach externally\nApply for research grants\nIdentify suitable candidates to participate in research projects\nDraw up performance plans for research teams\nRecruit prospective postgraduate students\nSupervise postgraduate students studying towards obtaining a qualification\nAct as programme leader, mentor and coach\nManage projects to achieve objectives\nConduct appropriate research\nPublish research results\nCommercialisation of research output\nFundraising and stewardship to donors\nExplore fundraising opportunities for research projects\nWork with advancement/grants department (including own team), as well as school and interdisciplinary teams to continually identify prospects (corporates, trusts, foundations, individuals) as well as high-profile ‘door-openers’ for SPU’s, as well as school research priority projects\nConduct regular evaluation of fundraising activities and complete reports\nProvide guidance and assistance on research matters. \nEnquiries can be made via email at \nAssumption of duties: As mutually agreed to upon acceptance of the appointment. 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The university will only engage with shortlisted candidates.\nWomen and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply,\nNote: Sol Plaatje University (SPU) is dedicated to meeting its Employment Equity targets.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3151,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T14:58:21Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:46:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/spu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/spu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T05:46:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9778,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2385290},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2385290"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fspu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fspu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fspu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/spu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fspu-lecturer-p8-setswana-teaching"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4259733}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"spu.ac.za","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4259733},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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