FACULTY OF MEDICINE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PAEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH (CITIZENS ONLY)
VACANCY NO: FM/DPAH01/2022
Duties: the successful candidate will: (i) teach undergraduate medical students and postgraduate students; (ii) conduct research and/or creative professional works in his/her areas of expertise and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students’ research projects (iii) provide service to the university, profession and community (iv) provide clinical care in affiliated hospitals; and (v) carry out any other duties as assigned by the head of department.
Requirements: (i) Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery or other recognised Medical doctor qualification (MD); (ii) a specialist qualification in General Paediatrics or Paediatric Sub-Specialty; (iii) the qualification must be registerable by the Botswana Health Professions Council with a specialist status; (iv) evidence of governance and social engagement; (v) at least 6 years of relevant teaching experience at a University or comparable institution; (vi) an excellent cumulative and sustained record of research and publication and experience in supervising students’ research projects; (vii) minimum of 12 pieces of research products (articles, book chapters, peer reviewed conference proceedings) published by recognised publishers, 6 of the 12 publications must be articles in refereed/accredited journals indexed in internationally recognised indexing databases; (viii) paper/poster presentation at national and/or international conferences, depending on the discipline; (ix) be lead and /or last author in at least two-thirds (4 of the 6) of the refereed journal publications; (x) publications should be spread nationally and/or internationally and across journals; (xi) some research impact, including but not limited to citations, the h-index, patents, policy applications, peer reviews, publications that are prescribed in texts in other institutions etc. (required in at least 2 of these); (xii) recognised as being of at least national research or effective clinical professional standing (e.g. reviewer for refereed/ accredited national and regional publishers, editorial board member of at least a national publisher in a relevant field, invitation as keynote speaker at national and international conferences/symposia (required in at least 2 of these); (xiii) research collaboration with other institutions or organisations; (xiv) active maintenance of a license to practice issued by the relevant professional licensing authority; successful supervision of 2 Masters students or co-supervision of 4 Masters students or supervision of 1 PhD student or co-supervision of 2 PhD students/post-doctoral/clinical research fellow supervision; (xv) external examiner for Masters and/or PhD theses nationally and/or internationally; (xvi) sustained professional research output; a minimum of 1.5 peer reviewed publications (e.g. journal article, book chapter, peer reviewed conference proceedings etc.) per year or new Creative Professional Work every 2 years in 6 years or since last promotion shall constitute sustained research output; (xvii) the curriculum vitae (CV) should contain a detailed list of the publications; clearly specifying titles of publications, dates published, name(s) of publishers and name(s) of co-authors if any. Publications should be categorised into: books, monographs, refereed journals, non-refereed journals, chapters in books, etc.
Attributes and skills required (i) excellent communication and organisational skills; (ii) strong academic leadership skills and sympathy for the values and culture of the University; (iii) good management, human relations and sound analytical and coordinating skills.
The following will be added advantages: (i) sustained research activity; on-going internally and externally-funded research activity; (ii) research/clinical effectiveness awards and other forms of research recognition; (iii) supervisor of undergraduate and/ or postgraduate scholarly projects.
Remuneration: the University offers competitive salaries and benefits commensurate with qualifications and experience.
How to apply: Applicants should address the stated qualification and provide any other information to assist the University determine their suitability for the position. They should quote the vacancy number of the post applied for, provide current CVs (including telephone and transcripts, samples of the relevant publications, names, addresses and contact details of three referees. Applicants should inform their referees to i) quote the vacancy number, ii) position applied for, and iii) submit their references directly to the address stated below before the stipulated closing date.
The Human Resources Manager, Faculty of Medicine, Corner of Notwane and Mabuto Road, University of Botswana, Private Bag 00713 Gaborone, Botswana; or Email tshoganetsom@UB.AC.BW Hand delivered applications should be sent to the Faculty of Medicine, Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital, 3rd Floor, Office F4003.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing Date: 4 March 2022