Associate Professor (Business Administration) at Nile University of Nigeria

Nile University of Nigeria is a Private Institution located in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The University was established in 2009 to provide high-quality tertiary education for the country’s ever-increasing number of secondary school leavers. In 2014, Nile University established its School of Postgraduate Studies.

Today, Nile University is a member of Honoris United Universities network, the first and largest Pan-African private higher education network. With over 4,000 students (undergraduate and postgraduate), 35 undergraduate programs across six faculties, and 47 postgraduate programs across five faculties.

Nile University is seeking to engage highly competent and result-oriented lecturers with strong personal and professional integrity to join a dynamic team that has overall responsibility for the development of its Business Administration Department in the position below:

Job Title: Associate Professor

Job Ref.: NUN-FMSBA-002
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
We are in need of Associate Professors in the Areas of specialization below:

• General Management
• Marketing
• Finance
• Project Management
• Operations Management

The Roles

• Associate Professor of Business Administration will report to the Head of Department of Business Administration. He / she will teach courses in Business Administration, such as General Management, Marketing, Finance, Project Management and Operations Management and perform the below tasks.
• Ensure that course design and delivery comply with the quality standards and regulations of the university and department.
• Lead research and / or innovation proposals and projects with the potential to generate income, to manage project deliverables, deliver outputs and secure impact.
• Work with university stakeholders to identify sources of research funding and lead the process of securing funds.
• Manage the delivery of individual and / or collaborative research projects to time and on budget.
• Apply knowledge acquired from research and innovation as well as scholarship to learning and teaching, and appropriate external activities.
• Lead the production and dissemination of research outputs.
• Lead the design and production of peer-reviewed publications and / or practitioner outputs, and / or disseminate research findings using other appropriate media.
• Make presentations at local, national, and international academic and / or practitioner conferences or exhibit work in other appropriate events.
• Supervise research degree students to ensure timely completion.

Qualifications, Experience, and Attributes

• A Ph.D. in the listed area of specialization from an accredited University.
• Minimum of 8 years teaching and research experience with publications in national and international journals.
• Regular and consistent incorporation of innovation into teaching including development and implementation of new programmes especially involving innovative methodologies.
• Candidates must possess demonstrable competence to provide academic leadership with evidence of collaborative research work with academics within the university and elsewhere.
• Administrative skills, as well as the ability to develop and lead activities and staff at the university with documented ability to organize research within the subject area for the position, recruit competent lecturers with capacity to impact and teach at strategic levels within the Department.
• Applicants must be a computer Literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office programmes, Corel Draw etc.
• Must have membership / registration with relevant professional bodies.
• Ability to design, develop and deliver a range of programmes at various levels.
• Ability to review programme design on a regular basis to ensure compliance with quality standards and academic regulations and to make alterations where appropriate.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2021.