Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer – Public Health

About the role

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Nelson Mandela University seeks an experienced academic leader to coordinate and deliver public health education and training. The incumbent will report to the Joint Academic Head of Public Health and will play a pivotal role in shaping postgraduate and undergraduate programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the MMed Public Health Medicine registrar training programme.
• Establish and manage the training platform for public health medicine registrars across the Western Region of the Eastern Cape.
• Develop postgraduate diploma and Master’s coursework programmes in public health.
• Supervise MSc and PhD research projects in Epidemiology, Public Health and International Public Health.
• Deliver public health lectures to medical students and supervise undergraduate health research projects.
• Provide technical public health support to Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan and Sarah Baartman Health Districts.
• Contribute to the department’s health systems research profile and represent the department in faculty and school activities.

Required profile

• Deep knowledge of the South African health system.
• Expertise appropriate for a public health medicine specialist.
• Extensive experience in public health education, research supervision and curriculum development.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with university and health department staff.

Required skills

What we offer

• Opportunity to influence public health training at a regional level.
• Engagement with both academic and health service environments.
• Supportive academic community within a leading South African university.