Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to: (i) conduct lectures and laboratory practicals in Zoology at both post-graduate and undergraduate levels; (ii) undertake individual research or in collaboration with colleagues within or outside the department (iii) develop and implement mentorship activities for junior staff; (iv) supervise post graduate and undergraduate student’s projects as need may arise; (v) participate in the academic, governance and social engagement in the department; (v) and perform any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Head of Department.

Requirements: Applicants should possess: (i) a PhD Zoology or related field with specialization in Parasitology; (ii) a Master’s degree in Zoology or related field; (iii) at least 6 years relevant teaching experience at a university or comparable institution; (iv) a minimum of 12 pieces of research products (e.g. articles, book chapters, peer reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) published by recognized publishers. 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;

(v) sustained research output: a minimum of 2 peer reviewed publications every 3 years;

(vi) sustained research activity; ongoing externally supported research (e.g funded or commissioned);

(vii) regular paper/poster presentations at national but also increasingly at international conferences; (viii) be lead and/or single author in at least one-third of the required journal publications. There should also be evidence of mentorship of early career scholars/graduate students;

(ix) publications should be spread nationally and/or internationally and across journals;

(x) 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);

(xi) 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 the these);

(xii) evidence of governance and social engagement;

(xiii) research collaborations with other institutions or organisations;

(xiv) research collaboration with cognate disciplines in the University and

(xv) external examiner for Masters and/or PhD theses nationally and/or internationally.

The following will be added advantages: extensive experience in geophysical modelling, demonstration of high level of numerical and statistical skills and ability to work with a variety of geophysical data types; research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate.

The curriculum vitae should contain a detailed list of published works, clearly specifying titles of publications, ISBN numbers (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.