Senior Lecturer at Nile University of Nigeria

Education/Teaching/Lecturing

FCT Abuja

• Reporting to the Head of Department of Architecture, Candidate should have a strong interest in teaching upper year level design studios, and an interest in one or a combination of Contemporary Practice and Urbanism and Digital Media & Digital Workflows.

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 architecture courses including special topics seminars, lecture courses and design studios
• 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.

• Candidates must hold a PhD in Architecture or in a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years teaching and research experience with at least 10 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.
• Emerging record of research productivity or evidence of contributing to a successful design practice.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to teach design studio and related courses in a professional degree program, evidence of outstanding design skills, evidence of research / creative scholarship or the ability to develop and maintain an active research / creative scholarly program, and candidates holding a professional license in Architecture.
• Must have membership / registration with relevant professional bodies such as NIA and ARCON

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.

31 Mar, 2021

03 Mar, 2021