1684 Senior Lecturer: Health Sciences

Faculty of Health and Environmetal Sciences Department of Health Sciences
Bloemfontein Campus

To develop academic material and lecture in allocated subjects for own and other programmes and to execute appropriate community projects.

1. Teaching, learning and assessment
2. Research
3. Student evaluation
4. Control and organisation
5. Administration
6. Community service

• Bioinformatics
• Molecular / Cellular Biology

Permanent Academic

R per annum (2026 Salary scales to be determined)

Note: CUT applies an internal parity model to determine remuneration that complies with the principle of "equal pay for work of equal value". Accordingly, the preferred candidate may expect an offer that is in line with their qualifications and years of similar experience. Please contact the Recruitment office for more information on the applicable salary scale.

• A relevant Doctorate-level degree (i.e., D Tech / PhD/ NQF 10 or equivalent) in Bioinformatics or a closely related discipline (e.g., Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Computer Science with applications in life sciences, or Molecular Biology (with a strong computational focus).
• Four (4) years' teaching/lecturing experience in the relevant subject field.
• Evidence of research output, post-graduate supervision, and presentations at national and international conferences in line with CUT's promotion requirements, which requires:
  • 1.5 credit outputs (books, chapters in books, articles in accredited journals, papers published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, patents, etc.)
  • Two (2) completed master's degrees as co-supervisor; or one completed master's degree as supervisor. (Not applicable if the applicant already has a minimum of 2.0 publication, research, or innovation credit outputs at Lecturer level)
  • Four (4) cumulative presentations/papers at conferences, of which at least one should be an international presentation/paper (international conferences held in South Africa are also regarded as international conferences).
  • Involvement in at least one community project (related to the teaching and learning, and the research and innovation curriculum).