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Lecturer: Educational Psychology

Full-time South Africa, ZA
Posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago ⏰ Deadline: Aug 7, 2026 10 views 0 applications

Job Description

We need to output clean semantic HTML only, using

for intro paragraphs and general text,

for section headers,
  • for list items. Must preserve all original content word-for-word, no additions, deletions, summarizing. Must not add any extra commentary. Must not use markdown fences. Must output only HTML. We need to identify sections: likely "Job description:" then description text. Then "Requirements:" then list? Actually the raw text includes "Requirements:" then list items separated by periods? Let's parse. Original job description text: "The Psychology Department at Wits is large and vibrant, with a strong research and professional‑training reputation. We are currently advertising 1 lecturer post with a specialty in Educational Psychology. Primary responsibilities would include teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, production of research publications, supervision of postgraduate research and administrative responsibilities commensurate with the position. Requirements: PhD degree in Educational Psychology or cognate field in Psychology. Masters degree in Educational Psychology. Registration with the HPCSA in the category of Educational Psychologist preferably for three years or more. Educational background, teaching and research interests in educational psychology (e.g. psychotherapy, psychological assessment, psychopathology, community psychology). Experience in teaching psychology at a tertiary level. Proven research ability as evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, conference presentations, and/or research reports. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team. Responsibilities: Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level; contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation; academic administration; supervision of postgraduate students; willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university. How to Apply: To apply, submit a letter of motivation - clearly indicating which position you are applying for, detailed CV and the names and contact details of three referees (incl. e‑mail addresses). Certified copies of educational qualifications • South African ID and/or copy of passport if not a South African citizen. Enquiries ONLY: Prof Tanya Graham, email: Tanya.Graham@wits.ac.za Internal employees are invited to apply directly on Oracle by following the path: iWits /Self Service application/“Apply for a job”. External applicants are invited to apply, by registering a profile on the Wits i‑recruitment platform located at https://irec.wits.ac.za and submitting your application." We need to format as HTML with

    for section headers: e.g., "Job description", "Requirements", "Responsibilities", "How to Apply". But the original text doesn't have explicit headings like "Job description". It starts with description. The instruction says use

    for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). So we need to create headings for sections that correspond to content. The raw text includes "Requirements:" and "Responsibilities:" headings. Also "How to Apply:" heading. There's also maybe "Job description" as a heading? Not explicitly. But we can use

    for "Requirements", "Responsibilities", "How to Apply". Also maybe "Job description" as a heading? The instruction says use

    for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). So we can use

    for "Requirements", "Responsibilities", "How to Apply". Also maybe "Job description" is not a heading but we can just wrap the introductory paragraph in

    . The first paragraph is the description before "Requirements:". We must preserve all original content word-for-word. That includes punctuation, line breaks? We can just output HTML with paragraphs and lists. Must not add or remove any content. So we need to keep the exact wording, including "Requirements:" and "Responsibilities:" as part of the text? The instruction says preserve ALL original content word-for-word — do not add, remove, summarise, or rephrase. So we must keep the text exactly as given, but we can wrap it in tags. However, we need to use

    for section headers. Does that mean we replace the heading text with

    tag? The heading text itself is part of the content; we need to keep it. So we should output something like:

    Requirements:

    PhD degree in Educational Psychology or cognate field in Psychology. Masters degree in Educational Psychology. Registration with the HPCSA in the category of Educational Psychologist preferably for three years or more. Educational background, teaching and research interests in educational psychology (e.g. psychotherapy, psychological assessment, psychopathology, community psychology). Experience in teaching psychology at a tertiary level. Proven research ability as evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, conference presentations, and/or research reports. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

    But we need to preserve the colon? The original has "Requirements:" then list items separated by periods. Should we keep the colon? Yes, preserve all original content. So we need to output the heading "Requirements:" as part of the HTML. But the instruction says use

    for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). So we can output

    Requirements:

    as the header. That includes the colon. That seems okay. Similarly for "Responsibilities:" we output

    Responsibilities:

    . For "How to Apply:" we output

    How to Apply:

    . Now the introductory paragraph before "Requirements:" is the first part: "The Psychology Department at Wits is large and vibrant, with a strong research and professional‑training reputation. We are currently advertising 1 lecturer post with a specialty in Educational Psychology. Primary responsibilities would include teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, production of research publications, supervision of postgraduate research and administrative responsibilities commensurate with the position." We need to wrap that in

    . Then after that we have "Requirements:" heading and its content. Then "Responsibilities:" heading and its content. Then "How to Apply:" heading and its content. We must preserve all original content word-for-word, including line breaks? We can just output as continuous text within paragraphs and lists. The original includes semicolons and bullet-like items but not actual bullet list. However we need to use

    • for list items (duties, requirements, qualifications, skills). The original content includes "Requirements: PhD degree ... . Masters degree ... . Registration ... . Educational background ... . Experience ... . Proven research ability ... . Ability to work collaboratively ... . Responsibilities: Teach courses ... ; contributions ... ; academic administration ... ; supervision ... ; willingness ... ; and willingness ... ." We need to convert these into list items. But we must preserve all original content word-for-word. That means we cannot rephrase or split sentences differently? But we can convert into
    • items. The instruction says use
      • for list items (duties, requirements, qualifications, skills). So we need to treat the items under "Requirements:" as list items. But the original text is not separated by line breaks; it's a series of sentences separated by periods. We need to preserve the exact wording of each item. We can split them into separate
      • items, but we must keep the original wording exactly as in the source. However, splitting may involve removing the period at the end of each item? The period is part of the original content; we can keep it inside the
      • content. That's okay. But we must preserve all original content word-for-word, meaning we cannot add or remove any characters. So we must keep the periods, commas, etc. So we can output:
        • PhD degree in Educational Psychology or cognate field in Psychology.
        • Masters degree in Educational Psychology.
        • Registration with the HPCSA in the category of Educational Psychologist preferably for three years or more.
        • Educational background, teaching and research interests in educational psychology (e.g. psychotherapy, psychological assessment, psychopathology, community psychology).
        • Experience in teaching psychology at a tertiary level.
        • Proven research ability as evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, conference presentations, and/or research reports.
        • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
        But note that the original "Requirements:" line includes those items separated by periods, but also includes "Requirements:" preceding them. We need to preserve that heading as part of the content? The heading is separate. So we will have

        Requirements:

        then the list. That seems okay. Similarly for "Responsibilities:" we have a list of items separated by semicolons and "and". The original text: "Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level; contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation; academic administration; supervision of postgraduate students; willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." We need to split into list items. The original uses semicolons to separate items, and the last item includes "and willingness...". We need to preserve the exact wording. So we can split at each semicolon and the final "and ..." maybe as separate items? The instruction says preserve all original content word-for-word, so we must keep the semicolons and "and". But if we split into separate
      • items, we might need to keep the semicolons? Actually we can treat each clause as a separate list item, but we must keep the exact wording including punctuation. For example:
      • Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level;
      • contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation;
      • academic administration;
      • supervision of postgraduate students;
      • willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication;
      • and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university.
      • But note that the original includes "and" before the last item, and the items are separated by semicolons. The original text: "Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level; contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation; academic administration; supervision of postgraduate students; willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." Thus the items are separated by semicolons, and the last item preceded by "and". So we could split as:
      • Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level;
      • contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation;
      • academic administration;
      • supervision of postgraduate students;
      • willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication;
      • and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university.
      • But note that the last item includes "and willingness..." with a leading "and". That's part of the original wording. So we keep it. Now the "How to Apply:" section includes a paragraph with instructions. It is not a list but a paragraph. We can wrap it in

        . It includes "To apply, submit a letter of motivation - clearly indicating which position you are applying for, detailed CV and the names and contact details of three referees (incl. e‑mail addresses). Certified copies of educational qualifications • South African ID and/or copy of passport if not a South African citizen. Enquiries ONLY: Prof Tanya Graham, email: Tanya.Graham@wits.ac.za Internal employees are invited to apply directly on Oracle by following the path: iWits /Self Service application/“Apply for a job”. External applicants are invited to apply, by registering a profile on the Wits i‑recruitment platform located at https://irec.wits.ac.za and submitting your application." We need to preserve all that exactly. So we can output

        To apply, submit a letter of motivation - clearly indicating which position you are applying for, detailed CV and the names and contact details of three referees (incl. e‑mail addresses). Certified copies of educational qualifications • South African ID and/or copy of passport if not a South African citizen. Enquiries ONLY: Prof Tanya Graham, email: Tanya.Graham@wits.ac.za Internal employees are invited to apply directly on Oracle by following the path: iWits /Self Service application/“Apply for a job”. External applicants are invited to apply, by registering a profile on the Wits i‑recruitment platform located at https://irec.wits.ac.za and submitting your application.

        Now we need to ensure we use

        for section headers. So we will have:

        Requirements:

          ...list items...

        Responsibilities:

          ...list items...

        How to Apply:

        ...paragraph...

        But also we have the introductory paragraph before "Requirements:" which is the first part. That should be wrapped in

        . So we have:

        The Psychology Department at Wits is large and vibrant, with a strong research and professional‑training reputation. We are currently advertising 1 lecturer post with a specialty in Educational Psychology. Primary responsibilities would include teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, production of research publications, supervision of postgraduate research and administrative responsibilities commensurate with the position.

        Then

        Requirements:

        followed by list. Then

        Responsibilities:

        followed by list. Then

        How to Apply:

        followed by paragraph. Now we must ensure we do not use any
        or other tags. Only

        ,

        ,
          ,
        • . No extra commentary. Now check for any other sections: The original also includes "Job description:"? Actually the raw text starts with "The Psychology Department at Wits is large..." There's no explicit "Job description:" heading. So we just have the intro paragraph. Now we must preserve all original content word-for-word. Let's verify each piece. Intro paragraph: "The Psychology Department at Wits is large and vibrant, with a strong research and professional‑training reputation. We are currently advertising 1 lecturer post with a specialty in Educational Psychology. Primary responsibilities would include teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, production of research publications, supervision of postgraduate research and administrative responsibilities commensurate with the position." That's exactly as in the raw text. Good. Then "Requirements:" heading and list items. The raw text after that: "PhD degree in Educational Psychology or cognate field in Psychology. Masters degree in Educational Psychology. Registration with the HPCSA in the category of Educational Psychologist preferably for three years or more. Educational background, teaching and research interests in educational psychology (e.g. psychotherapy, psychological assessment, psychopathology, community psychology). Experience in teaching psychology at a tertiary level. Proven research ability as evidenced by peer‑reviewed publications, conference presentations, and/or research reports. Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team." We need to preserve each sentence exactly, including periods. In the list items we will have each as separate
        • with the period at end. That matches. Now "Responsibilities:" heading and list items: "Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level; contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation; academic administration; supervision of postgraduate students; willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." We need to split into list items preserving semicolons and "and". The original uses semicolons to separate items, and the last item preceded by "and". So we need to output each clause as separate
        • . The first clause ends with a semicolon. The second clause ends with a semicolon. The third clause ends with a semicolon. The fourth clause ends with a semicolon. The fifth clause ends with "and willingness..."? Actually the original: "Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level; contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation; academic administration; supervision of postgraduate students; willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." Thus there are five items? Let's count: 1) Teach courses...; 2) contributions...; 3) academic administration; 4) supervision of postgraduate students; 5) willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication; and willingness to participate... Actually the "and" is part of the last item, but the semicolon before "and" separates the previous item "willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication;" then "and willingness to participate..." is the final item. So we have six items? Let's parse: - "Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level;" - " contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation;" - " academic administration;" - " supervision of postgraduate students;" - " willingness to pursue an active programme of research and research publication;" - " and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." But note that the original does not have a semicolon after the last item; it ends with a period? Actually the original ends with a period after "university." The text ends with a period after "university." So the last item is "and willingness to participate in the intellectual and public life of the school and university." So we need to preserve that period. Thus we can split as:
        • Teach courses relevant to the specialisation of educational psychology, research methods and/or psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level;
        • contributions to course‑level curriculum development and transformation;
        • academic administration;
        • supervision of postgraduate students;
        • w

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