Lecturer In Structural Design
Introduction
Employer: Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Start Date: 12 Sep 2012
Length: 12 months
This is an exciting opportunity to work with VSO and one of Ethiopia's leading universities to support staff and teach Ethiopia's future engineers as Ethiopia aspires to become a Middle Income Country.
What does the role involve?
You will work at the Institute to build the capacity of staff to deliver the best education possible by developing structures in the education system including the development of handbooks, syllabus, manuals, seminar structures and training methodology.
To do this you will:
- Participate in all aspects of teaching including coordinating and delivering courses, seminars and examinations for MSc and BSc students and supervising students work
- Contribute to the development of new courses and curricula
- Organise public reviews of student work with invited guests
- Prepare teaching materials
- Build capacity of the staff through training sessions
- Conduct research including writing research funding applications and collaborating with other institutions
- Support the implementation process of the new curriculum and governance structure as approved by the faculty
- Establish partnerships with other universities and relevant institutions.
Skills, qualifications and experience required
You'll have an MSc or a PhD in the structural/civil engineering as well as experience of teaching ideally in a higher education context and experience of handling large research projects. Ideally you will also have professional experience working in an architectural school/office. You'll need to be a flexible, proactive and positive person who is able to work with limited resources with patience and confidence. You'll be an excellent communicator with the ability to build good relationships with a wide range of people. You'll be open and hardworking with a commitment to capacity building. Flexibility and a sense of humour are essential in this type of work.
And the rest...
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. VSO's high-impact approach involves bringing people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all.
You'll be based in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. This is a voluntary placement and we’ll ask you to commit to 12-24 months in order to make a sustainable change and impact to development. In return VSO makes sure our volunteers are supported and our volunteer financial package includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, medical and travel insurance cover, national insurance contributions, visas and work permits and guaranteed holidays.When you return to your home country we’ll help you resettle and we’ll invite you to stay involved with us through campaigning, development awareness raising and fundraising.
Interested?
To apply please go to http://www.vsointernational.org/volunteer/find-out-more.asp and apply through the website relevant to your location.
To apply please go to http://www.vsointernational.org/volunteer/find-out-more.asp and apply through the website relevant to your location.
Deadline for applications: 31st August 2012, 5pm.
Please put the following reference on your application form: ETH0533/0005/0001
Lecturer In Structural Design VSO International Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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