Assistant Lecturer (Crop Protection and Environmental Biology) at the University of Ibadan (UI)

The University of Ibadan (UI) is the oldest and most prestigious Nigerian University. A research intensive postgraduate University, it has attained a position of eminence in various disciplines and remains a major player in the development of the much needed human capital in Africa.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the below academic position in the University of lbadan:

Job Title: Assistant Lecturer

Location: lbadan, Oyo
Faculty: Agriculture
Department: Crop Protection and Environmental Biology

Requirements

• Applicants must possess Bachelor's Degree either in Agriculture or Zoology and a Master's Degree in Nematology.
• Applicants should have a strong working knowledge of nematode identification tools and be able to handle plant parasitic nematodes as well as entomopathogenic nematodes.
• Skills in the use of molecular diagnostics tool will be an added advantage
• Applicants must show evidence of current registration for Ph.D. Degree programme.

Salary Scale
CONUASS 2

Application Closing Date
23rd April, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward 20 copies of Application, supporting Documents and detailed Curriculum Vitae which must state the following:

• Date of Birth (not age)
• Marital Status
• State of Origin, L.G.A.
• Mobile Telephone Number
• E-mail Address
• Academic Qualifications
• Previous Working Experience
• Publications (if any)
• Names and Address of three (3) Referees

Applicants should request their referees to send reports on them on letter head and under confidential cover, indicating the position and department to which they have applied, direct to "the Deputy Registrar, Human Resource and Development (Academic Staff)" from whom further details may be obtained.

Applicants are required to indicate the position and Department to which they applied in the application as well as on the envelope containing the application.

All Applications should be submitted and addressed to:
The Registrar,
For the attention of the Deputy Registrar,
Human Resource and Development (Academic Staff),
University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Oyo State.

Important Information / Notice

• Only the applications of shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.
• Shortlisted applicants would be required to make a departmental seminar presentation on a completed or ongoing research work in their area of interest before they are finally shortlisted for the oral interview.