Physics Lecturer (ATLAS collaboration) - Senior at Cape Town

Requirements:

• A PhD in Physics, or equivalent;
• A research track record in experimental high energy particle physics;
• Willingness to be an active member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN and contribute to the present

responsibilities of the UCT-ATLAS group;
• A demonstrable ability to lecture at both introductory and senior undergraduate level (including service

courses and undergraduate laboratories) and give specialist lectures at Honours (4th year) level; • Readiness to supervise Honours-level, MSc and PhD students; and
• Willingness to contribute to departmental-level administration.

Selection will be informed by evidence of:

• A research track record that demonstrates recognition, experience (e.g. postdoctoral, industry), productivity and creativity;

• Meaningful contributions to operations, detector development and analysis in particle physics at a collider experiment;

• Success in the solicitation of funding for research; and

• Teaching experience, and ability to contribute to curriculum development, and postgraduate supervision.

  The annual remuneration package for 2016, including benefits, is R558 915.
  For further information regarding this position, contact Professor Andy Buffler – Head of Department, email

  andy.buffler@uct.ac.za

  To apply, please e-mail the below documents in a single pdf file to Ms Edith Graham at recruitment04@uct.ac.za:

UCT Application Form (download at http://forms.uct.ac.za/hr201.doc A letter of motivation
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
A statement (no more than 2 pages) of your research

A statement (no more than 2 pages) of your teaching philosophy and vision

Please ensure the title and reference number are indicated in the subject line.
An application which does not comply with the above requirements will be regarded as incomplete.

Telephone: 021 650 5405 Website: www.phy.uct.ac.za

Reference number: E16169 Closing date: 9 December 2016

UCT is committed to the pursuit of excellence, diversity and redress in achieving its equity targets. Our Employment Equity Policy is available at http://www.uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/eepolicy.pdf. For this post we seek particularly to attract South African candidates from a designated group.

UCT reserves the right to not appoint.