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Assistant professor/Associate Professor, Mathematics Education

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Institute for Educational Development

Location

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Introduction

The faculty member will be responsible to develop & lead the academic programmes at master’s level at IED, EA. Faculty member will also undertake independent research & other scholarly activities and carry out admin responsibilities as assigned and participate in other academic activities at AKU-IED.

Responsibilities

Teaching
  • Lead Certificate courses which will include provision of academic leadership; planning, teaching, evaluating the courses and mentoring teaching team
  • Independently design and teach courses at Advanced Diploma level in the area of specialization
  • Independently design, plan and teach master’s Level courses
  • Supervise master’s level dissertations
  • Supervise PhD level dissertation, as assigned by the Director, AKU-IED
  • Be available for course participants requiring guidance for their assignments
  • Conform to University’s policies and established performance norms for evaluation of students/ course participants ensuring that this is based on fair and equitable parameters and provide required feedback to students for the same
  • Disseminate & integrate research findings in course teaching

Research
  • Conduct independent research studies
  • Co-write research proposals to obtain internal/external research grants, design instruments, collect data and compiling research findings and prepare reports
  • Co-author research papers in referred journals
  • Publish articles/book chapters in local/international publications
  • Publish monographs/textbooks
  • Present research findings / papers at international conferences and national conferences

Services
  • Provide consultancy to national and international organizations in area of expertise or field of interest
  • Participate as a member on AKU-IED and University wide committees
  • Provide leadership in local professional associations

Professional Development
  • Participate in continuing professional development programmes for self-development and engage in other professional development activities to keep self-updated on current practices and trends in teacher education and education development. This should be in consultation with supervisor/ mentor

General
  • Monitor & evaluate programme development & implementation as assigned
  • Mentor junior faculty members to facilitate their development for teaching and research
  • Encourage freedom of inquiry and broad differences of opinions on debatable matters

Requirements

  • A doctorate degree in the relevant field, with 5 –7 years of related work experience, including preferably school / college teaching / teacher education institute and field-based experience
  • Demonstrated ability to define research projects and securing a competitive grant for it, undertaking the research, publishing and disseminating research findings
  • Strong conceptual, analytical and communication skills in both oral and written forms
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with teams
  • Proficiency in writing research proposals and conducting research
  • Ability to supervise and guide research activities
  • Good leadership skills
  • Good liaison with other universities & educational institutions
  • Good knowledge of educational leadership and management
  • Excellent academic writing skills
  • Good planning & organizing skills
  • Committed to learning and growth and pursues improvement 
  • Proficiency in use of related computer software packages

To Apply

​Application letter together with detailed Curriculum Vitae, names of three referees, should be sent to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, Aga Khan University, via the email: hr.universityke@aku.edu

 

Please quote the position title on the email subject.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by May 31, 2023