Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:

• Have an earned PhD in Public Health /Environmental Health from an accredited and recognized Institution;
  
• Be a registered or registerable member of the Public Health Officers and Technicians Council (PHOTC);
  
• Have at least three (3) years ofteaching experience at the university level as a Lecturer or six (6) years research /industry experience;
  
• Have a minimum of eight (8) publication points as a Lecturer or equivalent, of which at least six (6) should be from refereed scholarly journals:
  
• Have supervised at least three (3) Postgraduate students at Masters or PhD level to completion as a Lecturer or equivalent;
  
• Have participated in professional consultancies and/or community services;
  
• Must have participated in administrative duties including board, committees and other appointments within the University.
  
• An applicant for the position of Senior Research Fellow shall have an additional four publication points of which at least two (2) should be from refereed scholarly journals.
  

• Teach and evaluate/assess courses in one’s discipline at undergraduate and graduate levels;
  
• Conduct research to inform knowledge, policy and practice;
  
• Develop proposals to attract research funding;
  
• Manage and supervise project teams in order to develop innovative approaches and models that influence positively national and global policies in related subject area;
  
• Disseminate research findings through publications in peer reviewed journals, monographs, policy briefs, conferences and other creative works:
  
• Develop innovation and inventions and register patents;
  
• supervise and examine undergraduate and graduate projects, thesis, dissertations, and other experiential learning programs;
  
• practicums, and field attachment sessions;
  
• Provide mentorship and career counselling to students and junior staff;
  
• Initiate and execute research projects;
  
• Provide leadership in curriculum development, execution and review;
  
• Collaborate with academic faculty on curriculum development and review;
  
• Provide academic leadership in their discipline;
  
• Responsible for quality assurance and compliance of internal and external policy frameworks for academic programs;
  
• Participate in preparation of departmental budget;
  
• Collaborate with the industry and other stakeholders for consultancy services in their areas of expertise;
  
• Establish partnerships, linkages and networks through projects and source donors for community projects;
  
• Provide professional and community service; and
  
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.