Senior Lecturer, Mass Communication(Part Time) at Nile University of Nigeria

About the Job

• We are currently looking to engage a highly competent and result-oriented Senior Lecturer with strong personal & professional integrity to join our dynamic Mass Communication Department

Responsibilities

• Ensure that course design and delivery comply with the quality standards and regulations of the university and department.
• Lead research and/or innovation proposals and projects with the potential to generate income, to manage project deliverables, deliver outputs and secure impact.
• Work with university stakeholders to identify sources of research funding and lead the process of securing funds.
• Manage the delivery of individual and/or collaborative research projects to time and on budget.
• Apply knowledge acquired from research and innovation as well as scholarship to learning and teaching, and appropriate external activities.
• Lead the production and dissemination of research outputs.
• Lead the design and production of peer-reviewed publications and/or practitioner outputs, and/or disseminate research findings using other appropriate media.
• Make presentations at local, national, and international academic and/or practitioner conferences or exhibit work in other appropriate events.
• Supervise research degree students to ensure timely completion and/or undertake the duties of Director of Studies for research degree students to manage timely completion.

Qualification & Experience

• Candidates must hold a PhD in Mass Communicationsor in a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years teaching and research experience with qualitypublications in national and international journals.
• Regular and consistent incorporation of innovation into teaching including development and implementation of new programmes especially involving innovative methodologies.
• Emerging record of research productivity or evidence of contributing to a successful design practice.
• Candidates must possess demonstrable competence to provide academic leadership with evidence of collaborative research work with academics within the university and elsewhere.
• Candidates must possess demonstrable competence to provide academic leadership with evidence of collaborative research work with academics within the university and elsewhere.
• Administrative skills, as well as the ability to develop and lead activities and staff at the university.
• Applicants must be a computer Literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suites etc.
• Must have membership/registration with relevant professional bodies
• Ability to contribute to the achievement of the School Development Plan and the institutions strategic planning processes.