UCT Contract Requirements

This is an extract of the core of the Contract Letter:

ACADEMIC TRAINEESHIP SCHEME 2010

You will be employed as a temporary full-time Teaching Assistant on a fixed term appointment from 4 January 2010 to 31 December 2010. Your cost of employment offered for the year will be at least R 96,000 per annum. In recognition of passing Part 1 of the Qualifying Examination you will be granted a once off award of R1,500. The remuneration package does not include any other benefits. You are entitled to 15 working days leave for a which an official leave form must be completed and signed by your section head and either A/Profs Mike Wormald or Tessa Minter.

PART 1 of the Final Qualifying Examination

You are responsible for ensuring that you are registered for Part I of the Qualifying Examination.

Reimbursement for Board Course expenses should be negotiated with your firm in accordance with their policy. You will officially be granted study leave from Monday 4 January to Thursday 28 January inclusive.

Your duties while serving in the Department of Accounting will include the following:

Teaching

Your section head is responsible for the allocation, supervision and monitoring of these activities which may be delegated to a course convenor.

• Approximately 200 contact periods, mainly tutorials but with at least some opportunity for lecturing.
• Duties assigned in the Hotseat on a rotation basis.
• Setting and marking of projects, tutorials, tests and examinations.
• Attending staff and tutors meetings as required.
• All general responsibilities assigned to academic staff members in the Department of Accounting.

Research

• Participation in appropriate research methodology seminars.
• Preparation of work for the research component of your contract.

To fulfil the research component of your contract you must have registered for and commenced with or completed one of the following during either your PGDA year or the first year of your Training contract:

• An Honours degree; or
• A Masters degree in a Commerce related discipline; or
• A relevant higher diploma (and relevant implies a research component must be included) or
• Research with the final aim of publishing one article in a refereed journal, joint publications are not permitted

The Department has a responsibility to provide adequate supervision but this responsibility lapses if the research proposal or equivalent has not been accepted by the end of your training contract with us.

• At least one presentation at academic forum.
• Attendance at academic forum

It is in both our interests that you make substantial progress with your research during the year you spend with us and therefore work not within this contract, may not be undertaken without the approval of the Head of Department

This offer is subject to your successful completion of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting during 2009, and approval by your firm and SAICA. Please ensure that your offer of academic traineeship has been discussed with your firm. Please complete section 1 of the official SAICA application form, attach the academic curriculum vitae as requested and ensure completion of section 2 by your firms training officer. It should be returned to Asia Brey RLC Room 4.01 for further processing together with a signed copy of this letter.

I would appreciate all completed documentation by Friday 21 August 2009.

I would like you to report to the department on Friday 29 January 2010.