Vacancy title:
6 LECTURER (PUTS 3.3)

Jobs at:
Open University of Tanzania

Deadline of this Job:
10th October, 2018

Duty Station:
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: 27th September 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

The Open University of Tanzania (OUT) is a public university, established by the Act of Parliament No 17 of 1992. Since 1st January, 2007, the University has been operating under the OUT Charter Inc. of 2007, which is in line with the Universities Act No. 7 of 2005. Its stated mission is “to provide relevant, quality, flexible, accessible, and affordable open online education, research and services to the community for social economic development of Tanzania and the rest of the world.

JOB DETAILS:
The Open University of Tanzania operates through its temporary headquarters in Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam and its 30 regional centers in each region of Tanzania Mainland including Coordination Centers in Tanzania Islands – Unguja and Pemba in Zanzibar. The University hereby invites applications from competent and suitably qualified persons, to enhance its human resource capacity needed to fulfill its mission, as follows below:

ACADEMIC POSTS
Vacancy No. Position Faculty Level of Education Specialization Regional Centre No. of
OUT2018/01 Lecturer FBM PhD Human Resource *Any 1
OUT2018/02 Lecturer FSTES PhD Environmental Sciences *Any 1
OUT2018/03 Lecturer FED PhD Education (Special Education /Curriculum) *Any 1
OUT2018/04 Lecturer FASS PhD Economics *Any 1
OUT2018/05 Lecturer FASS PhD Mass communication or Journalism *Any 1
OUT2018/06 Lecturer FED PhD Education Psychology *Any 1

KEY:
FBM – Faculty of Business Management
FASS – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
FSTES – Faculty of Science Technology and Environmental Studies
FED – Faculty of Education
* – Preference given to Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Zanzibar & Mbeya
The qualifications and duties for the positions above are described below:

LECTURER (PUTS 3.3)
Qualifications: Possession of PhD, Master degree in relevant fields with at least a GPA of 4.0 out of in relevant subjects or its equivalent. The applicant must be computer literate, capable of using ICT to enhance teaching and learning.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach face to face sessions and lead seminars;
  
• Undertake induction course in pedagogic skills for those who had none before
  
• Undertake individual research and participate in bigger multi-disciplinary research projects;
  
• Prepare manuals and case studies for training;
  
• Offer close supervision and guidance to undergraduate and postgraduate students;
  
• Manage undergraduate programmes
  
• Undertake consultancy projects.
  

NB. Age limit: Not above 45 years.