Associate Professor​/Professor: Childhood Education (Job ID: 6572

Associate Professor/Professor:
Childhood Education (Job ) - (2248)

Associate Professor/Professor:
Childhood Education (Job )

Organizational Unit

University of the Free State ->
Faculty of Education ->
Department of Childhood Education

Contract Type

Occupational Level

Middle Management

Location

Closing Date

27/8/2026

Description

• Provide formal teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Department of Childhood Education.
• Act as a supervisor for postgraduate students in the relevant field.
• Engage in the Work Integrated Learning Programme of the faculty (Teaching Practice).
• Ensure active involvement in research in a relevant field of Childhood Education and publish research articles in accredited national and international journals.
• Active involvement in curriculum development relating to the relevant field of Childhood Education.
• Apply for external funding grants for research and/or teaching and learning projects.
• Mentor and support junior colleagues in the department and faculty.
• Contribute to leadership and administrative tasks in the department and faculty.

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Education with specialisation in Childhood Education and/or Foundation Phase.
• At least five (5) years relevant experience in a Higher Education Environment.
• Experience as external examiner for postgraduate students.
• Proven experience in the presentation of research papers at national conferences, where there is evidence of peer review of papers.
• Acted as an editorial board member of high-quality national scholarly journals.
• Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a specific scientific area of scholarship.
• An NRF rating or potential for rating.
• Proven experience in the supervision of graduated master’s degree students.
• A proven research record of relevant publications in national and international accredited journals
• Serve as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR show evidence of service as an active member of an international equivalent.
• Proven experience in curriculum and/or programme development.
• Evidence of attracting research and/or training grants in the past 5 years.
• Proven experience in co-leading one or more collaborative research projects in the past 5 years.

• A relevant Doctoral degree on NQF Level 10 in Education with specialisation in Childhood Education and/or Foundation Phase.
• At least seven (7) years relevant experience in a Higher Education Environment.
• Experience as external examiner for master’s-degree and doctoral students.
• Acted as editorial board member of high-quality international/ISI/IBSS journals.
• Proven international recognition for specialist expertise and research leadership in a particular area of academic scholarship (for example, regularly serves as a reviewer for international/ISI/IBSS journals).
• An NRF rating or potential for rating.
• Demonstrated successful supervision of graduated master’s-degree and preferably graduated doctoral students.
• Proven experience in delivering keynote addresses at national scholarly conferences.
• Served as a member of an international scholarly society OR an international committee or agency concerned with research at higher-education levels.
• Proven experience in curriculum and/or programme development.
• Evidence of attracting external research and/or training grants in the past 5 years.
• Proven experience in leading one or more collaborative research projects as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI in the past 5 years.

• Experience in the use of different research methodologies and/or data analysis tools
• Experience in grant writing and/or preparing research funding applications.

• The ability to cope with a frequently changing environment and to adapt to evolving situations.
• The ability to be reliable, responsible, dependable and to fulfil obligations.

• The ability to focus on details, work towards perfection, and approach work in a neat and organised manner.
• The ability to plan work…