Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

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, and seminars.
• Developing innovative teaching materials for physical and online delivery to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• 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 Community Health or Public Health.
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or other relevant degree with a CGPA of at least 3.6. Candidates with a CGPA of less than 3.6 but who have a relevant PhD or PhD Track may apply.
• Must not be above 35 years of age at the time of application.

Experience needed

Four (4) years contract renewable once based on progress on PhD studies.

• Teaching, engaging, informing and inspiring staff and students through both classroom and online delivery of lectures, tutorials, and seminars.
• Developing innovative teaching materials for physical and online delivery to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• 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
• Communication
• Mentoring

• Master's degree in Community Health or Public Health.
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or other relevant degree with a CGPA of at least 3.6. Candidates with a CGPA of less than 3.6 but who have a relevant PhD or PhD Track may apply.
• Must not be above 35 years of age at the time of application.