NM-AIST EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES JULY 2013

1.                  BACKGROUND

The Nelson Mandela African Institute Science and Technology (NM-AIST) has been established under the Tanzania’s Universities Act No. 7 of 2005, and as part of a network of

African Institutes of Science and Technology (AISTs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The NM-AIST envisions becoming a World-Class Institution of Higher Learning dedicated to the pursuit and promotion of excellence in science and engineering, and their applications for economic growth and sustainable development in Africa. The NM-AIST endeavors to deliver and promote high quality and internationally competitive teaching and learning, research and innovation, and public service in science, engineering and technology leveraging on entrepreneurship for enhanced value addition to people and natural resources, with a view to stimulating, catalyzing and promoting economic growth and sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

2.                  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

The Government of the United Republic Tanzania has granted NM-AIST a permit (Ref. No.BC.10/87/01/G/48) to employ 56 academic and administrative staff. Applications for employment are invited from suitably qualified individuals to fill various academic and administrative positions with key qualifications in the areas of specialization as shown in Table 1 and 3. The minimum qualifications and salary scales for the various academic position’s are as depicted in Table 2

3.                  MODE OF APPLICATION

All applicants are required to submit their application including the following:

(i)                 Certified photocopies of relevant Certificates and Academic Transcripts

(ii)               Curriculum Vitae

(iii)             Names of at least two referees

(iv)              Contact details: postal address, telephone and e-mail addresses.

4.                  CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 14^th July, 2013.

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All applications should be addressed to:

Deputy Vice Chancellor – Planning, Finance and Administration,

The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST),

P.O. Box 447 Arusha,

TANZANIA.

Telephone:     +255 272970003

Telefax:           +255 272970016

Email:              dvc-admin@nm-aist.ac.tz

NB: This advertisement can also be accessed through the website of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology; www.nm-aist.ac.tz

Table 1:   Schools and Areas of Specialization

s/n	SCHOOL	Position	Specialization		Key Qualifications
1.	Life Sciences	Professor/
	and Bio-
		Associate	Bioinformatics	PhD holders with Master’s in Bioinformatics and
	Engineering
		Professor/ Senior
				Bachelor’s in Biology or Computer Sciences
	(LiSBE)	Lecturer
		(1 Position)
		Associate	Bioengineering	PhD, Master’s and Bachelor’s in Bioengineering/
		Professor/
			(Potent	Chemical	Engineering/	Life  Sciences	with
		Senior Lecturer/
			Chemistry, Drug	experience	in  Potent	Chemistry/Drug	Design
		Lecturer
			Design &	and/or Vaccine Discovery
		(2 Positions)
			Vaccine
			Discovery)
		Associate
		Professor/ Senior	Health and	PhD   and   Master’s   in   Public   Health   or
		Lecturer/	Biomedical	Epidemiology. First degree in Medicine Mandatory
		Lecturer	Sciences
		(1 Position)
		Professor/
		Associate
		Professor/ Senior	Sustainable	PhD and Master’s in Plant Biotechnology with
		Lecturer/	Agriculture	knowledge in Molecular Biology and Biotic/Abiotic
		Lecturer		stress  Biology.  First  degree  in  Agriculture
		(2 Positions)		mandatory.

  

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s/n		SCHOOL	Position	Specialization	Key Qualifications
			Professor/
			Associate	Food and	PhD and Master’s in Food Chemistry. First
			Professor/ Senior	Nutritional	degree in Chemistry or Food Sciences.
			Lecturer	Sciences
			(1 Position)
			Professor/
			Associate	Biodiversity	PhD and Master’s in Conservation Biology,
			Professor/	(Conservation	Analytical/ Organic Chemistry
			Senior Lecturer/	Biology, Bio
			Lecturer/	prospecting)
			Assistant Lecturer		Master’s  in  Conservation  Biology/Analytical
					Chemistry
			(2 Positions)
			Professor/
			Associate
			Professor/	Biostatistics	PhD and Master’s in Biostatistics
			Senior Lecturer/
			Lecturer/
			Assistant Lecturer		Master’s in Biostatistics
			(1 Position)
2		Computational			PhD in relevant specialization plus experience
		and	Associate		in any of the following:
		Communication	Professor/		· Artificial Intelligence
		Sciences and	Senior Lecturer/	Computer	· Data Mining
		Engineering	Lecturer	Science	· Data Warehousing
		(CoCSE)			· Machine Learning
			(1 Position)		· Robotics and Automation
			Professor/		PhD  in  any  combination  of  the  following
			Associate		specializations:
			Professor/ Senior	Applied	· Applied Mathematics in Biological &Chemical
					Sciences
			Lecturer/	Mathematics
					· Engineering Mathematics
			Lecturer
					· Financial Mathematics
			(3 Positions)		· Combinatorial Algorithms &Data Structures
					· Numerical Linear Algebra (Advanced level)
					· Probability Statistics & Stochastic Processes
					· Dynamic systems
					· Finite Elements and Differential Methods
					· Optimal Control
					· Convex Optimization
					· Computational Mechanics

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		Position	Specialization	Key Qualifications
		Professor/		PhD&  Master’s  in  either  or  both  of  the
		Associate	Information	following specializations:
		Professor/ Senior	Technology
				· Data Management Systems
		Lecturer/ Lecturer	Systems
				· Web-Technologies and Client-Server Systems
			Development
		(2 Positions)	Management
			(ITSDM)
		Associate	ICT, Electronics	PhD & Master’s in relevant combinations of
		Professor/ Senior	and Telecoms	the following specializations:
		Lecturer/ Lecturer
				· Database Management systems
		(2 Positions)		· Web-Technologies and Client-Server Systems
				· Mobile Software Development
				· Communication Theory and Systems
				(Advanced Level)
				· Communication System Design and Analysis
				(Advanced Level)
				· Digital Systems Design (Advanced level)
				· Operating Systems (Advanced level)
				· Computer security
				· Information Systems Security
				· Programming (Java, Matlab)
				· Computational Methods
				· Software Engineering
				· Computer Architecture
				· Parallel and Distributed Systems
				· Fiber Optics and Optical Communication
				Systems
3	Materials,			PhD & Master’s in Hydrology, Hydraulics,
	Energy, Water	Professor/	Hydrology and
				Computational Fluid
	and	Associate Professor	Water Resources
				Mechanics/Dynamics/Hydrological
	Environmental		Management/
		(1 Position)		Modeling/Water Resources /Soil
	Sciences		Irrigation/Soil
	(MEWES)
		Senior Lecturer/	Hydrology and	PhD in Hydrology, Hydraulics, Computational
		Lecturer	Water Resources	Fluid Mechanics/Dynamics/Hydrological
		(1 Position)	Management/	Modeling/Water Resources /Soil
			Irrigation/Soil
		Assistant Lecturer	Geographical	Master’s in Geography/ Remote Sensing and
		(1 Position)	Information	GIS
			Systems (GIS)

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s/n	SCHOOL	Position	Specialization		Key Qualifications
		Professor/		PhD & Master’s in Environmental Chemistry,
		Associate	Environmental	Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology
		Professor/ Senior	Science and	and/or Biotechnology, Chemistry, Biological
				Engineering, Aquatic Science
		Lecturer/	Engineering
		Lecturer	(EnSE)
		(1 Position)
		Assistant		Master’s in Climate Meteorology, Atmospheric
		Lecturer		science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental
		(2 Positions)		Engineering, Molecular Biology and/or
				Biotechnology, Chemistry, Biological Engineering,
				Aquatic Science
		Senior Lecturer/	Materials Science	PhD and Master’s incorporating any or a
		Lecturer	and Engineering	combination of the following specializations:
				Structural Materials, Energy Materials, Bio
		(3 Positions)	(MaSE)
				&Polymer Materials, Electronic Materials, Nano
				Materials, Nuclear Technology, etc
		Professor/
		Associate		PhD and Master’s in any or a combination of the
		Professor/ Senior		following specializations:
		Lecturer/	Sustainable	·	Bio-Energy & Renewables
		Lecturer		·  Sustainable Energy Generation & Utilization
		(4 Positions)	Energy and	·  Nuclear Power Engineering & Technology
		Assistant	Engineering
		Lecturer	(SESE)
		(1 Position)
4	Earth Sciences	Professor/
	and Engineering	Associate	Petroleum	PhD & Master’s in Petroleum Geology, Structural
	(EaSEn)	Professor/	Geology	Geology
		Senior Lecturer/
				Stratigraphy/Basin Analysis Geology
		Lecturer
		(3 Positions)
		Professor/
		Associate	Petroleum	PhD   &   Master’s   in   Seismic   Geophysics,
		Professor/	Geophysics	Petrophysics, Geophysics
		Senior Lecturer/
		Lecturer
		(3 Positions)
		Associate
		Professor/	Petroleum/	PhD & Master’s in any or a combination of the
		Senior Lecturer/	Natural Gas	following:
		Lecturer	Engineering	· Reservoir Engineering,
				·	Petroleum/Natural Gas Production Engineering,
		(3 Positions)		· Petroleum/Natural Gas Processing Engineering

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		Senior Lecturer/	Petroleum	PhD& Master’s inChemical and Processing
		Lecturer	Chemistry/Geoc	Engineering or Petroleum/Gas Processing
		(1 Position)	hemistry	Engineering
		Senior Lecturer/	Mining	PhD & Master’s in any or a combination of the
		Lecturer	Engineering	following:
		(2 Positions)		· Mining Engineering,
				· Mining and Production Engineering,
				· Mineral Processing Engineering
		Senior Lecturer/	Mining Geology	PhD & Master’s in:
		Lecturer		· Mining Geology,
		(2 Positions)		· Petrology
5	Business	Professor/		PhD& Master’s in:
	Studies and	Associate	Innovation,	· Innovation	Management/Technology
	Humanities	Professor/	Technology	Management/Entrepreneurship
	(BuSH)	Senior Lecturer/	Management &	· Management Science and Innovation
		Lecturer
			Entrepreneurship
		(2 Positions)
		Professor/	Intellectual	PhD and or Master’s in:
		Associate	Property Rights &	Intellectual Property Rights &Management
		Professor/	Management	(Qualifications in Law essential)
		Senior Lecturer/
		Lecturer
		(2 Positions)
		Assistant	Intellectual	Master’s in:
		Lecturer	Property Rights &	Intellectual Property Rights &Management
			Management	(Qualifications in Law essential)
		(1 Position)
		Senior Lecturer/	Business	PhD & Master’s in Business Administration/
		Lecturer	Administration &	Marketing/General
		(2 Positions)	Management	Management/Finance/Business Strategy
		Senior Lecturer/	Research	PhD & Master’s in any or a combination of the
		Lecturer	Methodology	following Research Methodology/Data
		(1 Position)		Management/Proposal Writing/ Proposal
				Evaluation

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	Table 2:		Minimum Qualifications and Salary Scales for the various Academic Positions
Position		Qualifications		Salary Scale
Assistant		Master’s degree from a recognised reputable university and:		PUTS 3-4
Lecturer		·	Average grade of at least B+ (GPA of 4.0/5.0) in the Master’s degree, and
		· A minimum GPA of 3.8/5.0 in the Bachelor’s degree
Lecturer		PhD degree from a recognised reputable university with a minimum of three		PUTS 5-6
		years teaching experience thereafter, impressive track record of research
		and publications ; and:
		· Average grade of at least B+ (GPA of 4.0/5.0) in the Master’s degree, and
		· A minimum GPA of 3.8/5.0 in the Bachelor’s degree
Senior		PhD degree from a recognised reputable university with a minimum of five		PUTS 7-8
Lecturer		years teaching experience thereafter, impressive track record of research
		and publications; and:
		· Average grade of at least B+ (GPA of 4.0/5.0) in the Master’s degree, and
		· A minimum GPA of 3.8/5.0 in the Bachelor’s Degree
Associate		PhD degree from a recognised reputable university with a minimum of seven		PUTS 9
Professor		years teaching experience thereafter, impressive track record of research
		and publications ;and:
		· Average grade of at least B+ (GPA of 4.0/5.0) in the Master’s degree, and
		· A minimum GPA of 3.8/5.0 in the Bachelor’s degree
Professor		PhD degree from a recognised reputable university with a minimum of ten		PUTS 10
		years teaching experience thereafter, impressive track record of research
		and publications; and:
		· Average grade of at least B+ (GPA of 4.0/5.0) in the Master’s degree, and
		· A minimum GPA of 3.8/5.0 in the Bachelor’s degree

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