Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1-year contract , renewable up to 3 years) Organizational Unit University of the Free State -> Faculty of Law -> Office of the Dean: Faculty of Law Contract Type Occupational Level Junior Management Location Bloemfontein Campus - Bloemfontein, FS ZA (Primary) Closing Date 10/3/2025 Description

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assist the disability rights unity in terms of research, administration and other tasks.
• Work in collaboration with the deans office when it comes to research, administration and other tasks.
• Conduct interdisciplinary research on the relationship between disability rights, human rights and transformation.
• Collaborate around shared interdisciplinary themes related to disability rights, institutionally, nationally, and internationally.
• Assist in postgraduate supervision.
• Participate in teaching in the faculty.
• Author/co-author at least 3 publication outputs per year in the form of DHET-accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books.
• Register and reside as a postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the Faculty, the Free State Centre for Human Rights, the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research Development.
• Prepare and present papers during seminars and other research events.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to all South Africans and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State (UFS).
• Graduated with a doctoral degree in human rights in general and disability rights in particular within the last five years.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship thus the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his post-doctoral period at the UFS.

Value of the fellowship:

• R240 000 annual fellowship (not taxed).
• R30 000 additional research expenses fund (not taxed)

Competencies

Closing date: 10 March 2025

Commencement of fellowship: 1 April 2025, or as soon thereafter as possible.

For enquiries, please contact: Email: HornJG@ufs.ac.za

General: The UFS is a designated employer and is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity, and redress in achieving its equity targets in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of the University and its Employment Equity goals and targets. Preference will be given to candidates from the under-represented designated groups including candidates with disabilities. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at: EEA13_EE Plan UFS 1 March 2022 (003).pdf

The University processes personal information in line with its obligations under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and any personal information provided to the University will be treated as confidential and processed in accordance with the rights provided to data subjects under POPIA.

The University reserves the right not to fill the post. The UFS will only consider applications of candidates who meet all the inherent requirements of the position. Applications that are incomplete will not be considered. Communication will be limited to shortlisted candidates only. Should you not be contacted within six weeks of the closing date for applications, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.

How to apply to this job

To apply, please email the following documentation by 10 March 2025 to HornJG@ufs.ac.za (Please note, despite a set dateline, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the fellowship may be awarded prior to such dateline):

Motivation letter, including a 1- to 2-page outline of relevant expertise and experience; and of the research project proposed for the fellowship.

• Full CV including a list of research publications, conference papers, and other scholarly outputs.
• Certified copies of full transcripts of academic records and of doctoral degree certificate.
• A SAQA Certificate for qualifications obtained outside South Africa.
• Certified copy of ID document (or copy of passport in the case of foreign applicants).
• Contact details of two academic referees who have taught/supervised the candidate.