BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR   GRADE: 14A                             POST: 1   REF TUM/ADVERT/EXT/RECR/2/AP/M/2024

Reporting to: Chairman of the department

Professional Requirements

1. Must possess an earned PhD or equivalent Doctoral degree in the relevant areafrom an accredited and recognized University.
2. Minimum three (3) years university teaching and research experience since becoming a Senior lecturer.
3. Must be registered and in good standing with a relevant professional body
4. Must have supervised at least one (1) PhD and two (2) Master’s Degree students OR Two (2) Ph.D. students to successful completion since their last promotion, since promotions as a Senior Research Fellow.
5. Must have at least eight (8) articles in refereed journals with minimum impact factor of 0.5, since becoming a Senior Lecturer,

                   OR

One (1) University level book in the candidate’s professional area published plus four (4) articles published in refereed journals with minimum impact factor of 0.5, since becoming a Senior Lecturer,

                 OR

One (1) University level book in the candidate’s professional area published, two (2) book chapters and two (2) articles published in refereed journals with minimum impact factor of 0.5, since becoming a Senior Lecturer,

                 OR

Six (6) articles published in refereed journals with a minimum impact factor of 0.5 plus one (1) patent in commercialization process since becoming a Senior Lecturer.

1. Must have attracted a minimum of Kshs.1 million to the University OR provide evidence of having assisted the University realize a minimum saving of Kshs.1 million from his/her innovation/interventions since becoming a Senior Lecturer
2. Must provide evidence of computer literacy

 Duties and Responsibilities

1. Teach and assess courses in one’s discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
2. Supervise undergraduate projects and other experiential learning programs
3. Supervise dissertations/Theses at the postgraduate level
4. Develop undergraduate and graduate courses
5. Initiate, promote and participate in research projects and publish
6. Provide academic leadership through programme development, mentoring and research
7. Provide professional and community services and initiate linkages and fund mobilization
8. Carry out other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time

 NB: The candidate will be subjected to external acade