Lecturer (Mercantile Law), Port Elizabeth

Job Purpose:
The core purpose of this academic post is to contribute to the academic project in the Faculty of Law through the facilitation of learning and teaching (primarily in the Department of Mercantile Law), to do research, contribute to the academic and community engagement and to be involved in the core functions of the Faculty.
Requirements:

• An LLM in a sub-discipline in Law;
• At least 2 years’ experience in a teaching, learning, supervision and research environment;
• Demonstrated ability to produce research outputs, including accepted outputs in accredited journals (ideally at least two accredited publications for lecturer position);
• Supervision experience is an advantage.

Key Perfomance Areas:

• Facilitate effective learning and teaching at undergraduate level, specifically in Mercantile Law modules, including service modules such as, Labour Law, Environmental Law, Commercial Law, Law of Contract and Company Law;
• Assume responsibility for course materials, lectures, tutorials and assessment of modules in Mercantile Law;
• Supervision of under-graduate and postgraduate students;
• Be able to perform independent research and publish in peer reviewed journals;
• Perform administrative duties and other functions as assigned by the Department or Faculty.