Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to: (i) teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Public Health and Health Informatics; (ii) demonstrate leadership in teaching, research and community service, including the long-range planning and management of individuals and multidisciplinary teams, (iii) take an active part in the supervision and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate students’ research projects, (iv) raise research funds from funding agencies within and outside the University; (v) facilitate partnerships internally and externally, (vi) serve in committees within the University and external professional organizations, (vii) Curriculum Development in public health will be an added advantage (viii)carrying out any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Head of Department/School.
Requirements: Candidates should have (i) Doctor of Philosophy in Public/Environmental Health (ii) Master of Public /Environmental Health (iii) a post graduate training in Health/ Medical Informatics ; (iv) at least 3 years of teaching experience at a comparable University or institution; (v) a good and sustained record of research and publications outputs with at least 6 pieces of research products, 4 of which should be articles in refereed or accredited journals in internationally recognised indexing. The remaining 2 publications could be journal articles, book chapters, peer reviewed conference proceedings, etc, published by recognised publishers. An academic book may be equivalent to a maximum of 4 articles in refereed/accredited journals, depending on the quality and standing of the publisher; (vi) sustained research output: a minimum of 1 peer reviewed publication every 2 years; (v) scholarly presentations at national and/or international conferences; (vi) be lead and/or single author in at least 2 refereed journal articles; (vii) publication should be spread nationally and/or internationally and across journals; (viii) some 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 1 of these); (ix) recognized as being of at least national research standing (e.g. reviewer for refereed/accredited national and regional publishers; (x) editorial board member of at least a national publisher in a relevant field; (xi) invitation as key note speaker at national and/or international conferences (required in at least 1 of these); (xii) evidence of governance and social engagement. The following will be added advantages: (i) evidence of effective academic leadership; (ii) multi-disciplinary experience in teaching, research, administration or consultancy work; (iii) evidence of developing new programmes in public health; (iv) sustained research activity; (v) ongoing internationally supported research; (vi) research awards and other forms of research recognition, where appropriate; (vii) examiner/moderator/assessor for undergraduate and/or postgraduate projects nationally and effective 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.
Remuneration: The University offers competitive salaries and benefits commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Applicants are to address the stated qualifications in their application letters and provide other information to assist the University determine their suitability for the position. They should also quote the vacancy number of the post applied for, provide current CVs (including telephone, and e-mail), certified copies of educational certificates and transcripts, names and addresses of three referees. Complete documentation should be sent to: The Human Resources Manager, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag UB 00712, Gaborone-Botswana; Telephone: (267) 355 5689; Fax (267) 3974538; e-mail: pitsol@ub.ac.bw. Applicants should inform their referees to: (i) Quote the Vacancy number and position applied for and (ii) submit their references directly to the above address, before the stipulated closing date.
Hand delivered applications should be submitted to Block 246, Office No. 303/315 (246/303 OR 315).
Please note that applications with incomplete information shall not be acknowledged.
NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
This adverts supersedes the one posted on 20th October 2021
Closing Date: 17th November 2021