Lecturer Jobs in Colombo

Temporary Demonstrator, Department of Psychology and Counselling. Requires a Special/Honours degree in Psychology with at least Second Class Upper Division or equivalent GPA, English proficiency, computer literacy and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team. Initial appointment: six months, extendable up to two years. Published monthly base: LKR 68,145 plus cost-of-living and monthly allowances, including UPF terms. Applications close 5 November 2026; this is not a walk-in date. Nugegoda is the university administrative base; exact duty station is not specified. Age limit and post count are not stated.

One Confucius Institute vacancy, Faculty of Arts. Requires Chinese specialisation degree: First/Second Upper preferred, then Second Lower; or Chinese degree without honours/other degree with Second Class plus relevant PhD or research Masters (24 months full-time/equivalent part-time, or 18 months with 60 credits including 15 research credits). Must teach in English, have one academic year of Chinese teaching, HSK5 score ≥180 and HSKK Intermediate ≥60. Sri Lankan citizenship or qualifying permanent/long-term residence required; Chinese students excluded. International Chinese Teacher Certificate preferred. Basic pay Rs.103,000/month (01-01-2025) plus cost-of-living allowance and EPF/ETF. Initial six-month contract; renewal subject to approval. Deadline: 10 November 2026.

One contract vacancy in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine. Requires an MBBS or BSc Physiotherapy from a recognised university. Strong written/spoken English and IT skills are preferred. Basic salary stated in the notice: Rs.68,145/month (as of 01 January 2025), plus cost-of-living allowance and applicable EPF/ETF. Initial appointment is described as six months, with renewal subject to performance, need and University approval. No age limit, mandatory experience period or selection method is stated. The individual PDF closes applications on 5 November 2026; use this deadline rather than the category-page date.