Duties: The successful applicant will be expected to: (i) teach undergraduate and graduate courses related to the BSc in Radiation and Health Physics Programme; (ii) supervise undergraduate and graduate research; (iii) conduct research in the relevant field; (iv) provide academic leadership and act as a mentor to junior academic staff; (v) carry out any other responsibilities as and when may be assigned by the Head of Department.

Requirements: Candidates should have: 

(i) a Doctorate in Radiation Physics or related field; 

(ii) at least 9 years university teaching experience at a comparable institution; 

(iii) a minimum of 24 pieces of research products (e.g., articles, book chapters, peer reviewed conference proceedings, etc.) published by recognized publishers; 

(iv) An academic book may be equivalent to a maximum of 4 articles in refereed/accredited journals, depending on the quality of standing 

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

(vi) sustained research activity: on-going externally supported research (e.g. funded/commissioned); 

(vii) paper/poster presented at international conferences at least once every two years; 

(viii) be lead and/or single author in at least one-quarter of the required journal publications. There should also be evidence of mentorship of early career scholars/graduate students; 

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

(x) significant 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 3 of those); 

(xi) acknowledged by peers as being of national and international research standing (e.g. peer review 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/symposia (required in at least 3 of these); 

(xii) evidence of governance and social engagement; 

(xiii) research collaborations with other institutions or organizations; 

xiv) research collaboration with cognate disciplines in the university; 

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

The following will be added advantage:

(i) research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate will be an added advantage; 

(ii) examiner/moderator/assessor for undergraduate and/or postgraduate projects nationally; 

(iii) and, experience in running a programme/course, etc.

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.