{"id":33953,"date":"2026-04-15T10:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/post-doctoral-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:24:22","slug":"post-doctoral-opportunity","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=33953","title":{"rendered":"Post-Doctoral Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Museum offers a Post-Doctoral opportunity for a candidate with an interest in in gaining professional experience for a future career as a researcher under the mentorship of a well-established researcher in one of the following fields:<\/p>\n<p>\tArchaeology; or<br \/>\n\tSouth African History; or<br \/>\n\tSouth African Cultural History<br \/>\n\tThe successful candidate will be expected to conduct independent research, regularly publish the results of this research, curate and expand the Museum\u2019s collections, and support educational and outreach activities by disseminating knowledge in order to popularise their field of study.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications:<\/p>\n<p>\tPhD in a relevant field<br \/>\n\tApplicants must be 35 years or younger<br \/>\n\tMay not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship<br \/>\n\tCandidates must prepare a proposal indicating the field of research that they will pursue for the post doc in any of the fields listed above. Candidates are urged to visit the Museum\u2019s website to familiarise themselves about the Museum\u2019s Departments and their research focus areas<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( N \/ A ) or<\/p>\n<p>almuseum.co.za<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/almuseum.co.za","_company_name":"National Museum Bloemfontein","_company_website":"http:\/\/N%20\/%20A","_company_tagline":"The National Museum dates back to 1877, when its collections and displays comprised mainly rarities from around the world. Since then the Museum has developed into an institution of international stature, focusing on natural history, cultural history and art. Intensive research is carried out in ... read morethese varied disciplines, and valuable and important collections have been established. Through its displays and education programmes, the Museum renders a public service to its diverse audiences, engaging them in enjoyable and enlightening experiences and enriching the learning opportunities of all individuals.","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[25],"job-types":[18],"class_list":{"0":"post-33953","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-free-state","7":"job-type-contract"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/33953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=33953"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=33953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}