Advert reference: uj_001998
Advert status: Online
Apply by: 6 July 2025
Position Summary
Industry: Education & Training
Job category: Education and Training
Campus: Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Open to all
Level: Skilled
Introduction
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a vibrant and cosmopolitan institution, guided by its bold UJ Strategy 2035, which emphasises Societal Impact and Sustainability, Global Footprint and Partnerships, and Technology for the Future. Committed to transformative change, UJ’s mission is “To transform and serve humanity through innovation and the collective and collaborative pursuit of knowledge.” The University is guided by the vision of building “An international university of choice, anchored in Africa and the global south, dynamically shaping a sustainable future".
Job description
The Department of Zoology has a long-standing reputation for excellence in tertiary education and has an establishedrecord with research in the fields of aquatic health including toxicology, fish parasitology, fish histology and histopathology, freshwater ecology, cave and groundwater ecology, molecular genetics and systematics, as well as comparative respiratory morphology.
Description:
The department current has a vacant position on a Professor / Associate Professor level in Zoology or related field. Apart from presenting lectures in Zoology and/or Physiology, the appointee will be expected to conduct research, postgraduate supervision and produce accredited research outputs as well as being actively involved in community engagement activities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead existing or new research groups.
- Secure and manage internal and external research funds.
- Teaching in Zoology and/or Physiology (undergraduate and Honours level).
- Administrative duties as required by the HOD.
- Conduct research and supervise postgraduate students (Masters and Doctoral).
- Steer research projects independently.
- Establish and sustain research output in peer-reviewed journals.
- Establish national and international research collaborations.
- Network with industry and research institutions.
- Community service and advancing of the discipline.
Minimum requirements
Professor
- Academic qualifications: PhD (Physiology or Zoology or related field) or equivalent qualification.
- Established and sustained research output in peer reviewed journals.
- Proven track record of supervising both Masters and Doctoral students to completion.
- Proven record in securing external research funds.
- Steer research project/s independently.
- Teaching experience at tertiary level.
- Proven record of national/international collaboration.
- Specialization in Ecophysiology or related field
Associate Professor
- Academic qualifications: PhD (Physiology or Zoology, or related field) or equivalent qualification.
- Established and sustained research output in peer reviewed journals.
- Proven track record of supervising both Masters and Doctoral students to completion.
- Proven record of securing external research funds.
- Teaching experience at tertiary level.
- Proven record of national/international collaboration.
- Specialization in Ecophysiology or related field
Competencies and Behavioural Attributes:
- A team player with a passion for student training and research.
- A problem solver.
- Ability to work independently.
- Resilient.
- Enthusiastic.
Recommendations:
- NRF-rating (highly recommended).
- Involvement with SDG and/or 4IR-related research and/or teaching and learning.
- Expertise and experience in course and curriculum innovation in higher education.
Enquiries:
Enquiries regarding the job content: Prof JC van Dyk at Tel: (011) 559 2620
Enquiries regarding remuneration & benefits: Mr Lubabalo Mgedezi (HCM Business Partner) at Tel: (011) 559 3010