CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC
STAFF POSITIONS
2014 / 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
Applications are invited from suitably
qualified candidates for Academic staff positions in the Pan African
University.
Union.
It is a Premier continental University network whose mission is to provide
wholesome postgraduate education geared towards the achievement of a
prosperous, integrated and peaceful Africa. The goal of the PAU is to usher in
a new generation of leaders, well-equipped to harness the wealth of African
human and natural resources, imbued with a common vision of a peaceful,
prosperous and integrated Africa.
To
complement its international faculty, the PAU is seeking to fill the following
long-term, short-term and part-time positions at the levels of Professor,
Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer or equivalent.
The thematic areas
for which Academic Staff are required include the following:
- Life and Earth Sciences
(including Health and Agriculture) - Hosted by University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria for Western Africa.
Areas
of Specialization:
i.
Mineral
Exploration and Petroleum Geosciences options
ii.
Reproductive
Health and Reproductive Biology options.
iii.
Environmental
Management
iv.
Plant
Breeding
- Basic Sciences, Technology and
Innovation - Hosted
by Jomo Kenyatta
University
of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Juja, Kenya for Eastern Africa.
Areas
of Specialization:
i.
Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology
ii.
Mathematics
(Computational, Financial and Statistics options)
iii.
Civil Engineering (Arid and Semi-arid land)
and Structural Engineering options
iv.
Electrical
Engineering (Telecommunications and Power Systems options)
- Governance, Humanities
and Social Sciences - Hosted by University of Yaoundé II, Soa, Cameroon
for Central Africa.
Areas
of Specialization:
i.
Governance
and Regional Integration
ii.
Trans-border
Languages with Kiswahili option
4.
Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change) – Hosted by University of
Tclemcen, Algeria, for Northern Africa.
Areas of Specialization
I.
Water
(Engineering and Policy options)
II. Energy (Engineering and Policy options)
ACADEMIC STAFF
REQUIRED:
Academic
staff will be recruited from the host institution, the host country, other
African countries, the African Diaspora and the international academic
community, in the following categories
i.
Long-term
teaching staff
ii.
Part-time (three weeks or more) teaching
staff from within and outside the Host Institution
iii.
International
visiting scholars for teaching and research
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be
Professors, Senior Lecturers or equivalent, with teaching and research
experience in the relevant area of specialization. They must show evidence of
scholarly publications in peer-reviewed journals, and attracting grants for
research.
Applicants
must also have supervised student research projects at Master’s and Doctoral
levels in their area of specialization.
MODE OF APPLICATION:
Applications should
be completed online at www.pau-au.org/apply
Applications
should be accompanied with a recent CV with relevant supporting documents.
Closing
date for receipt of applications with all supporting documents is
15th March
2014
Applications received
after this deadline shall NOT be considered
CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE:
The
Pan African University is a competitive employer and offers attractive rates
for each category of personnel recruited.
For further enquiries
contact the PAU Rectorate paurectorate@africa-union.org
Only shortlisted
candidates will be acknowledged.
The PAU Rectorate
African Union Commission
Department of Human
Resource, Science and Technology
P. O. Box 3243
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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