Researcher

Department Description/Departement Beskrywing Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Department of Pathology

Division of Medical Microbiology

Researcher (Post Level 8)

(Tygerberg Campus)

Ref. TGB07/133/0526

Duties/Pligte

• Conducting medical microbiological research on topics aligned with institutional and national thematic priority areas and strategies, and publishing scientific papers.
• Generating external grant funding to support the research.
• Training and supervising postgraduate students.
• Participating in the Division's and Faculty's teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as managerial and administrative matters.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• PhD in medical microbiology or a related field.
• Proven experience with microbiological and molecular biology-related laboratory research.
• The applicant should aspire to an academic career as a scientist in medical microbiology.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• A track record in publishing scientific papers, generating external funding for research, and postgraduate student supervision.
• Demonstrable experience in next-generation sequencing, genomics, metagenomics and/or bio-informatics.
• Registration as a medical scientist (medical biological scientist) with the Health Professions Council of South Africa in the discipline of medical microbiology, or a commitment to complete the medical scientist internship and register as a medical biological scientist within four years of appointment.

How To Apply/Hoe Om Aansoek Te Doen

The University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the institutional EE Plan.

Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three references), must reach the University before or on the closing date in the advertisement.

Apply online at https://www.su.ac.za/en/careers-su by clicking ''Apply now'' at the top to the right of the page for the specific vacancy.

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act requires people in occupations that entail potential exposure to certain hazards (such as noise, hazardous chemical substances and hazardous biological agents) to undergo medical screening to determine whether they be fit to work in those occupations.

If you have received no feedback from the University after four to six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Enquiries/Navrae

Enquiries about this post: Prof AC Whitelaw on 021 938 4032, or at [email protected]

Enquiries about remuneration/benefits and technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre, on 021 808 2753 (Stellenbosch), or 021 938 9636 (Tygerberg), or at [email protected]

CurrencyZAR Commencement Date01-Aug-2026 Closing Date15-Jun-2026 Amount of Travel Work At Home