UCT Vacancies

To apply for UCT Vacancies, download one of the following application forms and submit your application as per the advertisement:

  • HR204 for executive posts 
  • HR201 for all other staff vacancies.

Research, professional, administrative and support staff

To apply, download the application form for staff vacancies (HR201) and submit your application as per the advertisement.

Academic and executive

VacancyDepartment/SchoolFacultyClosing dateSort descending
Director: FitzPatrick Institute of African OrnithologyView advert |Biological SciencesScience23 Sep 2026
Lecturer/Senior LecturerView advert |Michaelis School of Fine ArtHumanities29 Sep 2026
LecturerView advert |African Studies and LinguisticsHumanities30 Sep 2026
Lecturer/Senior LecturerView advert |Department of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesHealth Sciences30 Sep 2026
Head: Division of Emergency Medicine (Associate Professor/Professor)View advert | View descriptionDepartment of Family, Community and Emergency Care (FaCE)Health Sciences02 Oct 2026
Associate Professor: AccountingView advert |College of AccountingCommerce05 Oct 2026
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: AccountingView advert |College of AccountingCommerce05 Oct 2026
Director: Director: School of Information Technology (IT)View advert |Director: School of Information Technology (IT)Commerce05 Oct 2026
LecturerView advert |African Institute of Financial Markets & Risk ManagementCommerce07 Oct 2026
Director: Children’s institute (Associate Professor/Professor)View advert | View descriptionPaediatrics and Child HealthHealth Sciences16 Oct 2026
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer: Speech-Language PathologyView advert |Department of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesHealth Sciences16 Oct 2026
Lecturer/Senior LecturerView advert | View descriptionSchool of Public HealthHealth Sciences03 Nov 2026

Professional, administrative and support staff

VacancyDepartment/SchoolFacultyClosing dateSort descending
BioinformaticianView advert | View descriptionPathologyHealth Sciences23 Sep 2026
Administrative AssistantView advert | View descriptionSALDRUCommerce23 Sep 2026
Senior Laboratory TechnologistView advert | View descriptionInstitute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM)Health Sciences26 Sep 2026
E-Learning Support AdministratorView advert | View descriptionEducation Development UnitHealth Sciences27 Sep 2026
Administrative Assistant: UG FinanceView advert | View descriptionFinance and TaxCommerce28 Sep 2026
Alumni Relations ManagerView advert |Development & Alumni Department03 Oct 2026
Operations ManagerView advert | View descriptionCentre for Social Science Research, Safety & Violence InitiativeHumanities03 Oct 2026
Senior Technical OfficerView advert | View descriptionCivil EngineeringEngineering & the Built Environment05 Oct 2026
Research NurseView advert | View descriptionSchool of Public Health and Family MedicineHealth Sciences05 Oct 2026
Research AssistantView advert | View descriptionSchool of Public Health and Family MedicineHealth Sciences05 Oct 2026
Senior Project Manager: Innovative FinanceView advert | View descriptionBertha Centre for Social Innovation and EntrepreneurshipGraduate School of Business07 Oct 2026
Research Medical OfficerView advert |UCTLI07 Oct 2026
Programme DirectorView advert | View descriptionSchool of EconomicsCommerce07 Oct 2026
Studio AssistantView advert | View descriptionCentre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT)Centre for Higher Education Development07 Oct 2026
Investigator (AMR Biology)View advert | View descriptionDrug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D)Science10 Oct 2026
Manager: Student Life and GovernanceView advert | View descriptionStudent Affairs10 Oct 2026

Research

VacancyDepartment/SchoolFacultyClosing dateSort descending
Junior Research FellowView advert | View descriptionCentre for Lung Infection and ImmunityHealth Sciences27 Sep 2026
Research officer (EIDM Specialist)View advert | View descriptionPublic Health and Family MedicineHealth Sciences30 Sep 2026
Research OfficerView advert |Environmental and Geographical ScienceScience30 Sep 2026
Research OfficerView advert | View descriptionLand and Accountability Research Centre (LARC)Law10 Oct 2026