Wits Vacancies

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Academic Vacancies

PositionDepartmentClosing Date
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (AD.07.4)Quality and Academic Planning Office17 Oct 2026
Lecturer (AC.08.4)Mathematics Education19 Oct 2026
HEAD OF DIVISION (AC.05.3)School of Clinical Medicine21 Oct 2026
Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Particle Physics – NS.07 (NS.07.4)School of Physics21 Oct 2026
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Particle Physics (NS.07.4)School of Physics21 Oct 2026
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Linguistics: Morphology, Syntax and Historical Linguistics) (AC.08.4)Linguistics21 Oct 2026
Senior Lecturer (Public Policy, Political Economy, Development) (AC.07.4)Wits School of Governance21 Oct 2026
Lecturer (AC.08.4)Fine Arts21 Oct 2026
Senior Lecturer (AC.07.4)Journalism and Media Studies24 Oct 2026
LECTURER – INFORMATION SYSTEMS – FULL TIME (AC.08.4)School of Business Sciences25 Oct 2026
Senior Researcher: Wealth Inequality (AC 07)- Grant Funded 24 month contract (AC.07.4)Southern Centre for Inequality Studies30 Oct 2026
Researcher: Climate Sustainability and the Just Transition (AC 08)- Grant Funded 24-month contract (AC.08.4)Southern Centre for Inequality Studies30 Oct 2026
Lecturer (AC.08.4)Philosophy30 Oct 2026
Associate Professor (LA.06.3)School of Law31 Oct 2026
Senior Lecurer (LA.07.4)School of Law31 Oct 2026
Professor (LA.05.3)School of Law31 Oct 2026
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Aquatic Ecology (NS.06.3)School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences31 Oct 2026
SENIOR LECTURER or LECTURER in GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (EN.07.4)School of Civil and Environmental Engineering31 Oct 2026
PROFESSOR.2.01 (BA.05.3)Graduate School of Business Administration31 Oct 2026
Adjunct Professor (LA.06.3)School of Law31 Oct 2026
LECTURER (MA.08.4)School of Mathematics15 Nov 2026

Support Vacancies

PositionDepartmentClosing Date
Assistant Locksmith (AD.11.4)Protection Services18 Oct 2026
Operations Officer: Retail (AD.11.4)Services19 Oct 2026
Head (AD06) (AD.06.3)Campus Health20 Oct 2026
Candidate Legal Practitioners (AD.13.5)School of Law21 Oct 2026
Angela and David Fine Chair in Innovation (AD.05.3)DVC: Research and Innovation21 Oct 2026
HEMIS Administrator and Team Lead (AD07) (AD.07.4)Business Intelligence Services24 Oct 2026
Communications Officer (AD 09)- Grant Funded 12 month contract (AD.09.4)Southern Centre for Inequality Studies30 Oct 2026