Reporting to: Head of school film and TV

Employment Type

Fixed Term

Salary

Based on experience

Location

AFDA Durban Campus

Industry

Private Higher Education

Start date

13 January 2020

Background

AFDA (The School of the Creative Economy) is the leading school of its kind in South Africa, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Motion Picture Medium, Live Performance, Business Innovation and Technology. AFDA is a full member of CILECT, the association of the world’s major film and television schools. The AFDA values are passion, self-discipline, integrity, reliability and humility.

AFDA is inviting applications for the position of production design lecturer.

As the Discipline Lecturer for Production Design AFDA is looking for a committed and dedicated academic/industry professional to lecture and provide support to undergraduate students. The position requires someone with drive and initiative who is able to motivate students and guide them into the world of Production Design for the screen/stage. The candidate needs to demonstrate a willingness to embrace AFDA’s unique pedagogy which is the basis of the interdisciplinary teaching at AFDA. There is also a strong emphasis on cultural relevance within the teaching, and the need to help the students identify and develop a distinctive African voice to their productions. In this way, we hope to be able to contribute to nation-building and build the foundations for a sustainable local film industry.

Roles and responsibilities

• Lecturing Production Design for 1st, 2nd and 3rd-year-degree film students
• Conducting student consultations and reflective meetings
• Preparing and developing content and lesson plans for each term
• Contributing to the registration for the term’s assessment tasks.
• Working with counter-parts to ensure parity across all AFDA campuses on term outcomes
• Attendance registers and class management administration

Selection criteria:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) with production design as discipline or skill.
• At least five years’ experience in the film and entertainment industry

Competencies

• Computer literacy
• A high degree of professional competency in Production Design
• Highly developed organisational skills
• Maturity to handle a range of situations
• A meticulous and thorough nature
• An ability to work to tight deadlines
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Loyalty and a high level of confidentiality
• Honest and trustworthy – committed to high integrity of excellence.
• Culturally aware and sensitive

Application procedure

Closing date: 31 October 2019.

Applications must be submitted by email to

az.oc.adfa@soroham

by the closing date. Applicants wishing to apply for this position are required to submit:

1. A letter of application and motivation, concisely detailing his/her suitability for the position.
2. A comprehensive and up to date curriculum vitae.

All applications will be treated as highly confidential. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within two weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was not successful.

Posted on 23 Oct 07:44