Professor/Research Professor at Technical University of Mombasa

GRADE 15A

Reporting To: Chairperson of Department

Professional Requirements

• Must possess an earned PhD or equivalent Doctoral degree in the relevant area from an accredited and recognized university
• Must have minimum three (3) years teaching/research experience at Associate Professor/Research Professor level or similar position at university or comparable organization
• Must have a minimum of sixty (60) equivalent publication points as an Associate Professor or equivalent, of which at least forty (40) should be from refereed scholarly journals
• Must have successfully supervised at least five (5) postgraduate students to completion, two (2) of whom must be doctoral students since Associate Professor
• Must demonstrate the ability to attract research funds at Associate Professorship or equivalent
• Must have attracted research or development funds at Associate Professor or equivalent
• Must have attended and contributed at learned conferences, seminars and workshops
• Must be registered and actively affiliated with the relevant professional body (where applicable)

NB: The candidate will be subjected to external academic peer review in consultation with the respective faculty.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach and assess courses in one’s discipline at both undergraduate and postgraduate level Supervise undergraduate projects and other experiential learning programs
• Supervise dissertations/theses at the graduate level
• Develop undergraduate and graduate courses
• Initiate, promote and participate in research projects and publish
• Give an inaugural lecture in one’s discipline normally within one (1) year after promotion
• Provide academic leadership through programme development, mentoring and research
• Provide professional and community services including initiating linkages and fund mobilization
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time