Senior Lecturer (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: Senior Lecturer

Job Ref.: NUN-FMSBA-003
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
We are in need of Senior Lecturers in the Areas of specialization below:

• Marketing
• Finance
• Operations Management
• Project Management

The Role

• Reporting to the Head of Department of Business Administration, candidate should have a strong interest in teaching upper year level, and an interest in one or a combination of Marketing, Finance, Operations Management and Project Management.

Other Specific duties include:

• Supervise undergraduate, postgraduate and research students.
• Design, develop and deliver a range of programmes of study (sometimes for entirely new courses) at various levels.
• Advancing a rigorous research, creative activity and / or community engagement agenda, including collaborating across disciplines on research and outreach initiatives
• Teaching undergraduate and graduate Business Administration courses including special topics seminars and lecture courses.
• Design and maintain virtual learning content and environments.
• Review on a regular basis course content and materials, updating when required.
• Develop and apply appropriate teaching techniques and material which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students.

Qualifications, Experience, and Attributes

• Candidates must hold a PhD in listed area of specialization from an accredited University.
• Minimum of 5 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.
• Record of peer-reviewed research, patents, competition awards, design awards or other publicly acknowledged design or community engagement work.
• Must have membership / registration with relevant professional bodies.

Other attributes eligible candidates must possess include:

• Ability to identify opportunities for strategic development / improvement e.g., research projects, new courses, consultancy.
• Ability to identify (through the analysis of appropriate management information) areas requiring improved performance e.g., student numbers, student satisfaction.
• Ability to take responsibility for several key areas such as Chairing and participating in School and Institutional committees, leading projects.
• Ability to communicate and disseminate complex and conceptual ideas in a variety of ways –presentations or exhibitions at national or international conferences, reports on find.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2021.