Associate Professor​/Professor: Educational Psychology (Job ID: 6573

Job Title

Associate Professor/Professor:
Educational Psychology (Job )

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

Permanent

Middle Management

Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary)

1/9/2026

• A detailed Curriculum Vitae.
• Copies of your qualifications, or official proof of qualifications obtained (If you hold foreign qualifications, please include SAQA accreditation).
• A copy of your identity document (South African  passport for foreign nationals).
• Confirmation of employment in the form of a letter, appointment contract, service certificate, or recent payslip from your current or most recent employer (applicable to external applicants only).

• Provide formal teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Department of Education Foundation.
• 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 Educational Psychology and publish research articles in accredited national and international journals.
• Active involvement in curriculum development relating to the relevant field of Educational Psychology.
• 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 in Education on NQF Level 10 with specialisation in Educational Psychology.
• At least five (5) years relevant experience in a Higher Education Environment.
• Proven experience in research leadership and teaching and learning management and capacity building.
• 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
• Served as a member of a national scholarly society OR a national committee or agency concerned with research at higher education levels OR showed 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 in Education on NQF Level 10 with specialisation in Educational Psychology.
• At least seven (7) years relevant experience in a Higher Education Environment.
• Proven experience in research leadership and teaching and learning management and capacity building.
• Experience as external examiner for master’s‑degree and/or 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…