Assistant Lecturer (Civil Engineering) job at Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Responsibilities or duties

• Teaching, engaging, informing and inspiring staff and students through both classroom and online delivery of lectures, tutorials, seminars, or laboratory demonstrations.
• Developing innovative teaching materials for physical and online delivery to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Carrying out practical sessions with students and undertaking laboratory tests in the laboratories.
• Supervising undergraduate students undertaking research projects.
• Conducting high impact research and disseminating research findings.
• Assessing and evaluating students' work, compiling and grading of examination results.
• Contributing to the planning and evaluation of academic programs in the department/faculty.
• Contributing to the marketing of departmental programs.
• Participating in professional duties such as faculty open days and other recruitment processes as appropriate.
• Contributing to the university and wider society through community service.
• Writing proposals for attracting resources to the department.
• Mentoring junior staff and students.
• Performing any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Head of Department or Faculty and University Management.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
• An honours Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (Minimum of Second Class Upper Division). Candidates with a second-class lower division but who possess a relevant PhD may apply.
• Must not be above 35 years of age at the time of application.

Experience needed

Not specified

• Teaching, engaging, informing and inspiring staff and students through both classroom and online delivery of lectures, tutorials, seminars, or laboratory demonstrations.
• Developing innovative teaching materials for physical and online delivery to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Carrying out practical sessions with students and undertaking laboratory tests in the laboratories.
• Supervising undergraduate students undertaking research projects.
• Conducting high impact research and disseminating research findings.
• Assessing and evaluating students' work, compiling and grading of examination results.
• Contributing to the planning and evaluation of academic programs in the department/faculty.
• Contributing to the marketing of departmental programs.
• Participating in professional duties such as faculty open days and other recruitment processes as appropriate.
• Contributing to the university and wider society through community service.
• Writing proposals for attracting resources to the department.
• Mentoring junior staff and students.
• Performing any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Head of Department or Faculty and University Management.

• Teaching
• Research
• Supervision
• Mentoring
• Proposal writing
• Marketing
• Community service

• Master's Degree in Civil Engineering.
• An honours Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (Minimum of Second Class Upper Division). Candidates with a second-class lower division but who possess a relevant PhD may apply.
• Must not be above 35 years of age at the time of application.