ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES – The University of Botswana 178 views

Key Responsibilities

• Teach postgraduate and undergraduate-level courses in the physical environment .
• Initiate, lead, and sustain robust, externally funded research projects aligned with local, regional, and global water security challenges .
• Supervise postgraduate and undergraduate students’ research projects within the department.
• Participate in academic, governance, and social engagement in the department or related field.
• Draw on a broad and innovative range of teaching strategies (including the use of ICT) appropriate to the discipline.
• Demonstrate coherence between philosophy and practice.
• Review programmes/ courses to ensure they are aligned, relevant and up to date with local, international, global and disciplinary contexts, as well as engagement with students, stakeholders and peers.
• Lead original research projects, addressing key questions in the discipline.
• Secure external funding to support research and elevate the university’s reputation.
• Cultivate interdisciplinary collaborations, fostering innovation and problem-solving.
• Drive grant proposal development to sustain research momentum.
• Conduct and publish high level, transdisciplinary research in field of expertise.
• Coordinate programmes and courses within the Faculty.
• Develop entrepreneurial and economic initiatives benefiting the community.
• Promote ethical research conduct and high academic standards.
• Contribute and effectively manage resources (e.g. funds, equipment, patents, etc.) to advance the mission of the university.
• Engage in thesis examination activities.
• Mentor graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty for their scholarly development.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Head of School/Departmental Chairperson.

Requirements

• A PhD/Doctoral degree in Hydrology, Water Resources Engineering, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science (with a strict specialization/bias toward hydrology and water resources sciences), or a closely related discipline;
• A Master’s degree in Hydrology or a related field, and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, with a 2.1 pass or equivalent.
• At least 6 years of relevant teaching experience at a university or comparable institution.
• Professional registration: Be registered (or be eligible for registration) with BQA and/or a recognised professional body in relevant area of expertise.
• A minimum of twelve ( 12) research products (e.g., articles, book chapters, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) published by recognized publishers. Eight ( 8) of these must be articles in refereed/accredited journals in internationally recognized indexing databases. The remaining 4 publications could be journal articles, book chapters, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc., published by recognized publishers. An academic book may be equivalent to a maximum of 4 articles in refereed/accredited journals, depending on the quality and standing of the publisher.
• Sustained research output: a minimum of 2 peer-reviewed publications (e.g., journal article, book chapter, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) every three (3) years;
• Must be the first author in at least one-third of the required journal publications.
• Sustained research activity: ongoing externally supported research (e.g., funded or commissioned);
• Regular paper/poster presentations at national but also increasingly at international conferences;
• Should show evidence of mentorship of early career scholars/graduate students;
• Publications should be spread nationally and/or internationally and across journals;
• Should show recognizable research impact, including but not limited to citations, the h -index, patents, policy applications, peer reviews, publications that are prescribed texts in other institutions, etc. (required in at least 2 of these);
• Should show evidence of research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate (Added advantage);
• Recognized as being of national but increasingly international research standing (e.g., peer reviewing of new research proposals; reference in research committees; editor/guest editor/reviewer of refereed/accredited national and international publishers; editorial board member of an international publisher in a relevant field; invitations as keynote speaker at national and international conferences (Required in at least 2 of these);
• Evidence of governance and social engagement;
• Research collaborations with other institutions or organizations (Required);
• Research collaboration with cognate disciplines in the University (Required);
• External examiner for Master’s and/or PhD thesis nationally and/or internationally.
• Successful supervision of 2 Master’s students or co-supervision of 4 Master’s students or supervision of 1 PhD student or co-supervision of 2 PhD students/ post-doc research fellow.
• The Curriculum Vitae (CV) should contain a detailed list of publications, clearly specifying titles of publications, ISBNs (for books, book chapters, and conference proceedings), dates of publications, names of publishers, name/s of co-authors, if any, and number of pages. The works should be categorized into books, book chapters, refereed journals, non-refereed works, consultancies, and practical media projects.

How to Apply

REF Code: IRC 3355 | Vacancy Circular No: IRC 3355