APPLY NOW: Ambrose Alli University (AAU) accepting over 150 applications for the positions of Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers, others

The Management of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, is now accepting over 150 applications for the positions of Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers, others, Myschoolnews.ng report.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, in the areas stated below:

1.    FACULTY OF ARTS

a. Department of English

Positions of Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in Literature, Language and Linguistics.

b.   Department of Modern Languages

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: French, German Language/Linguistics and Translation.

c.  Department of Philosophy

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Metaphysics/Ontology, Epistemology, Existentialism and Phenomenology, Philosophy of Science, Logic/Critical Thinking, Ethics and Hermeneutics.

d.   Department of Religious Management and Cultural Studies

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Church History, New Testament, African Traditional Religion, Christian Theology, Comparative Theology, Islamic Studies and Philosophy.

e.  Department of Theatre and Media Arts

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Dramatic Criticism/Drama, Media Arts/films, Music, Dance, Technical Theatre, Theatre Management, Costume/Make-up, Children Theatre and Theatre for Development.

f.  Department of History and International Studies

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in International Relations.

g.  Department of Mass Communication

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

2.  FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

a. Department of Agric. Economics and Extension

Positions of Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Economics.

b.   Department of Animal Science

Positions of Senior Lecturer, Lecturer II, Assistant Lecturer and Veterinary Doctor with specialization in any of the following areas: Physiology, Animal Health, Fishery and Breeding and Genetic.

c.  Department of Soil Science

Positions of Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Farm Mechanization, Mineralogy, Pedology, Environmental Pollution and Environmental Toxicology.

d.   Department of Crop Science

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Crop Breeding & Genetics, Crop/Forage Production, Weed Science, Forestry & Wildlife, Crop Protection (Entomology), Physiology and Agricultural Biotechnology.

3.  FACULTY OF EDUCATION

a. Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Early childhood Education, Language Education and Social Studies Education.

b.   Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following: Kinetics and Health Education.

c.  Department of Guidance and Counselling

Positions of Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation.

d.   Department of Educational Foundations and Management

Positions of Professor, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Educational Planning, Philosophy of Education and History of Education.

e.  Department of Vocational and Technical Education

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Mechanical Technology Education, Electrical and Electronics Technology Education and Wood Work Technology Education.

f.  Department of Business Education

Position of Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Secretarial/Office Technology and Management Education and Marketing Education.

g.  Department of Library and Information Science

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Research Methods, Bibliometrics, Indexing and Abstracting, ICT, Web Design and Information Products and Services.

4.  FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

a. Department of Industrial and Production Engineering

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering.

b.   Department of Civil Engineering

Positions of Lecturer I and Lecturer II with specialization in any of the following areas: Structural Engineering, Highway & Transportation Engineering, Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Surveying and Geo-informatics and Water Resources and Environmental Engineering.

c.  Department of Mechanical Engineering

Positions of Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I and Lecturer II with specialization in any of the following

areas: Solid Mechanics/Mechatronics, Design/Solid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermo Fluid/Energy.

5.  INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Health Education, Management Science, Personnel Psychology, Adult Education, Clinical psychology and Computer Courses.

6.  FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

a. Department of Physics

Positions of Professor, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Solid State Physics and Electronics Physics.

b.   Department of Chemistry

Positions of Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: General Chemistry, Physical/Inorganic/Analytical/Industrial Chemistry.

c.  Department of Mathematics

Positions of Professor and Lecturer I with specialization in any of the following: Pure and Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

d.   Department of Computer Science

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II, Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Software Computing, Machine Learning/Reinforcement Learning, Internet or Things (IOT), Cyber Security, Web Mining Intelligent, Information Management, Cloud Computing, Computer Network Security, Embedded system, Mobile Computing, Computer Architecture, Information Technology, Ubiquitous Computing and Information Security.

7.  FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES

a. Department of Biochemistry

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Industrial Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Biochemical Genetics and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Enzymology and Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry and Bioinformatics.

b.   Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Positions of Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in Human Nutrition and Dietetics

c.  Department of Microbiology

Positions of Professor, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Virology/Immunology, Environmental Microbiology and Food/Industrial microbiology

d.   Department of Zoology

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Molecular Parasitology, Agricultural Entomology and Environmental Biology.

8.  FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

a. Department of Banking and Finance

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer

9.  FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

a. Department of Sociology

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Political Sociology, Medical Sociology, Social/Cultural Anthropology, Demography / Population, Industrial Sociology Studies and Crime / Deviance.

b.   Department of Psychology

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

c.  Department of Political Science

Positions of Professor, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Comparative Politics and Political Economy and Political Theory, International Relations and Public Administration.

d.   Department of Economics

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

10.   FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

a. Department of Anatomy

Positions of Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

b.   Department of Human Physiology

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

c.  Department of Nursing

Positions of Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II.

d.   Department of Medical Biochemistry

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Clinical Biochemistry, Nutritional Biochemistry, Molecular/Cell Biochemistry and Pharmacological/Toxicology Biochemistry

e.  Department of Medical Laboratory Science

Positions of Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Chemical Pathology, Haematology/Blood Group Serology, Histopathology and Medical Microbiology, Medical Laboratory Technician.

11.   FACULTY OF LAW

Department of Private and Property Law

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Land Law, Law of Torts, Equity and Trust Law.

12.   FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

a. Department of Architecture

Positions of Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I, Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer.

b.   Department of Geography and Environmental Management

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Geoinformatics, Biogeography, Urban and Environmental Planning, Urban and Environmental Planning Geomorphology and Hydrology.

c.  Department of Building

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Building Maintenance, Building services, Building Structure, Construction Management and Construction Technology.

d.   Department of Visual Arts and Creative Design

Positions of Lecturer II and Assistant Lecturer with specialization in any of the following areas: Painting, Graphics, Textiles, Metal Design and Ceramics.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Professor

At least, three years as an Associate Professor or its equivalent posts in case of promotion; but by direct appointment as Senior Lecturer to Professor, at least 6 years as Senior Lecturer or equivalent post. In addition to the above, the following criteria must be satisfied:

• Qualifications as for Associate Professor;
• Evidence of scholarly publications, for which the candidate must have, at least, 40 points, in reputable journals;
• The publications must have been read and assessed by relevant Head of Department or an appropriate competent person in the discipline, where the publications are outside the field of a competent person within the Department. The assessment must be made available to the Review and Appraisal Panel and Appointments and Promotions Committee;
• Evidence of maturity, awards, scholarly and leadership roles at National and International levels;
• Favourable reports on publications and research papers from, at least, two out of three distinguished External Assessors;
• Evidence of administrative experience.

Associate Professor

At least, three years as a Senior Lecturer in addition to the following:

• Candidate must possess Ph.D degree or a Fellowship for Clinical Lecturers;
• Evidence of Scholarly publications for which the candidate must have a minimum of 28 points;
• The publications must have been read and assessed by relevant Head of Department or an appropriate competent person in the discipline where the publications are outside the field of a competent person within the Department. This assessment must have been made available to the Review and Appraisal Panel and Appointments and Promotions Committee.
• Evidence of maturity, scholarly and professional leadership roles in the University and/or at National and International levels.
• Evidence of continued efficiency as a Teacher and Researcher; favourable reports on his publications/research papers from at least, two out of three distinguished External Assessors.

Senior Lecturer

At least, three years as Lecturer I in addition to the following:

• Candidate must possess Ph.D degree.
• In professional disciplines, Master’s degree plus registration with relevant recognized professional bodies is adequate. However, the candidate must endeavour to obtain a Ph.D. if he wishes to aspire to the position of Reader and/or Professor.
• In the College of Medicine, Clinical Lecturers with Fellowship qualifications will suffice; evidence of research through recognized publications for which the candidate must have at least 18 points in reputable journals or 28 points for those in professional areas without Ph.D.
• The publications must have been read and assessed by the relevant Head of Department or an appropriate competent person in the discipline, where the publications are outside the field of a competent person within the Department. This assessment must be made available to the Review and Appraisal Panel and the Appointments and Promotions Committee.
• Evidence of maturity, good academic leadership and integrity.

Lecturer I

At least three years of teaching experience as a Lecturer II in addition to the following:

• Evidence of research through recognized publications, for which the candidate must possess at least 8 points; or a Ph.D degree with one publication in a learned journal.
• In professional disciplines, Ph.D holders duly registered with recognized bodies may be considered for appointment to the post of Lecturer I.
• For Clinical Lecturers, candidate must have Postgraduate Fellowship to qualify for Lecturer I.

Lecturer II

Candidate must possess a Ph.D degree; or at least, 3 years of teaching experience as Assistant Lecturer in addition to at least 4 points from recognized publications. In professional disciplines such as Law, Engineering, Architecture and Nursing, Master’s degree plus registration with relevant recognized professional bodies is adequate. For the College of Medicine, the candidate must possess M.B.B.S.

Assistant Lecturer

A Master’s degree; except in the Faculty of Law where a good honours degree and Call to the Bar are acceptable, in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and Department of Nursing where a good honours degree and registration with relevant professional bodies are acceptable. Similarly, in the Department of Architecture, a good honours degree plus Master’s degree is acceptable.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Eligible candidates for any of the above positions are requested to upload the soft copies of the following documents:

1. Application Letter stating the position and the Department
2. Curriculum Vitae containing Full Name, Date of Birth (Indicating day, month, year and birth certificate supported with sworn affidavit), Sex, Marital Status, Local Government of Origin, State of Origin, Nationality, Work Experience, Contact address, Phone Number, E-mail address, Permanent Home Address, Present Position & salary if applicable
3. Copies of all relevant Educational & Professional Qualifications (including Institutions attended/awarding bodies and dates obtained including list of relevant academic publications as well as names and contact details of three (3) referees who must send reports on the candidates under confidential cover to the Registrar, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma.
4. Copies of practicing licenses and registration with professional bodies, where necessary.

All these documents MUST be sent as one PDF file to the e-mail below:

applications2022@aauekpoma.edu.ng

The e-mail subject should be the same as the subject of the application letter. For example: “Application for the position of Lecturer 1 in the Department of English.”

Eligible candidates can also forward 3 (three) copies of their applications in properly sealed envelopes with position applied for indicated on top left corner and addressed to:

The Registrar,

Ambrose Alli University,

P. M. B. 14, Ekpoma, Edo State.

SALARY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:

The salary and conditions of services are as applicable to the posts advertised above in Nigeria Universities and as may be determined from time to time.

CLOSING DATE

Closing date is one (1) week from the date of this Publication.

NOTE: The interview process will be Competency Based, to this extent, the interview will hold in three (3) stages

Stage 1: – Computer Based Test

Stage 2: – Written Test

Stage 3: – Oral Interaction

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for Stage 1and thereafter, only successful candidates will be invited for subsequent stages.

NOTE THAT NEITHER THE ACTING VICE CHANCELLOR NOR ANY PRINCIPAL OFFICER OF AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY WILL MAKE REQUEST FOR MONEY FOR JOBS FROM UNSUSPECTING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Ambrose E. Odiase, MANUPA, MIMPA, MAUA
(Signed)
Acting Registrar