Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the post of Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Sport Science (Sport Psychology), Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Education.
Duties: The successful applicant will be expected to: i) teach Graduate and Undergraduate courses in Sport Psychology; ii) participate in all academic and professional activities of the department including research and curriculum review; iii) take an active part in the supervision and assessment of Graduate and Undergraduate students’ research projects; iv) carry out any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Head of Department.
Requirements:
Senior Lecturer: Candidates should have: (i) a Doctoral Degree in Sport Science/Physical education; with a focus in Sport Psychology; ii) a Master degree in Sport Science/Physical education or related field; iii) at least 3 years teaching experience at a university or comparable institution; (iii) an excellent cumulative and sustained record of research and publications with at least 6 pieces of research products published by recognized publishers, 4 of which should be articles in refereed/accredited journals in internationally recognized indexing databases. The remaining 2 publications could be journal articles, books chapters, peer reviewed conference proceedings, etc. published by recognized publishers. An academic book may be equivalent to a maximum of 4 articles in referred/accredited journals, depending on the quality and standing of the publisher; (iv) Sustained research output: a minimum of 1 peer reviewed publication every 2 years; (v) Scholarly presentations at national and and/or international conferences; (vi) be lead and/or single author in at least 2 referred journal articles; (vii) Publications should be spread nationally and /or internationally and across journals; (viii) Some research impact, including but not limited to citations, the h-index, patents policy applications, peer reviews, publications that are prescribed texts in other institutions, etc. (required in at least 1 of the these; (ix) recognized as being of at least national research standing (eg reviewer of for refereed/accredited national and regional publishers); editorial board member of at least a national publisher in a relevant field; invitation keynote speaker at national/and or international conferences (required in at least 1 of these); (x) Evidence of governance and social engagement activities. The following will be added advantages: (i) Sustained research activity; on-going internally supported research; (ii) Research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate; (iii) Examiner/moderator/assessor for undergraduate and/or graduate; (iv) Evidence of effective academic leadership; a multi-disciplinary experience in teaching, research, administration or consultancy work.
The curriculum vitae should contain a detailed list of published works, clearly specifying titles of publications, ISBN numbers (for books, book chapters and conference proceedings),dates of publications, names of publishers, name/s of co-authors if any and number of pages. The works should be categorized into books, book chapters, refereed journals, non-refereed works, consultancies and practical media projects.
Lecturer: Applicants should have: i) a Doctoral Degree in Sport Science/Physical education; with a focus in Sport Psychology; ii) a Master degree in Sport Science/Physical education or related field; iii) show evidence of engagement in research; iv) teaching experience at University level or comparable institution, Governance and Social Engagement and effective academic leadership will be an added advantages.
