University of Benin (UNIBEN) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for recruitment into the following academic positions: Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I & II, Assistant Lecturer and Graduate Assistant in the various faculties of the institution.
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS)
Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Policy/Development
- Agricultural Business Finance
- Agricultural Extension
Senior Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Quantitative Technique/econometrics
- Agricultural Extension Administration Programme
- Planning/Extension
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Monogastric Animal Nutrition & Management
- Agric Biochemistry/Nutrition
- Dairy Science
- Piggery Nutrition/Management
- Large Ruminant and Management
DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE
Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Virology
- Nematology
- Entomology
- Weed Science
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES
Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Aquaculture
- Fisheries Economics
- Fish Breeding/Genetics
- Fish Parasites/Disease
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY/WILD LIFE
Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Silviculture/Wood Science
- Forestry Management/Forest Econs/Forestry Biometrics
- Wild Life/Wood Science
- Forest Genetics/Tissue Culture
- Forest Management
DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
Associate Professor, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Soil Survey/Radiology
- Soil Microbiology/Soil Physics
- Soil Fertility
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of history & international studies (Areas of Specialization):
- Research Method/ Histography (Professor / Associate Professor)
- European History (Senior Lecturer)
- North Africa & Middle East (Lecturer I/II)
Department of Linguistics & African Languages (Areas of Specialization):
- Semantics /Applied Linguistics/Discourse Analysis (Prof./Associate Prof.)
- Lexicology/Translation/Syntax (Lecturer I/II)
- Edo Linguistics/Ibo Linguistics (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Philosophy/Religions (Areas of Specialization):
- Religions (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Philosophy (Senior Lecturer)
- Religions/Philosophy (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of English & Literature (Areas of Specialization):
- Phonology (Professor)
- Semantics (Professor)
- Syntax (Professor)
- Varieties of English (Senior Lecturer)
- Oral Literature (Senior Lecturer)
- Literary Theory (Senior Lecturer)
- Syntax/Oral Literature (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Fine & Applied Arts - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Art History
- Painting
- Graphics
- Sculpture
Department of Theatre Arts & Mass Communication (Areas of Specialization):
- Music/Mass Communication (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Music/Technical Theatre (Lecturer I/II)
Department of Foreign Languages (Areas of Specialization):
- French Language (Professor/Associate Professor)
- French/English Translation (Professor/Associate Professor)
- German Language (Lecturer I/II)
- German Literature (Assistant Lecturer)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Department of Educational Psychology & Curriculum Studies (Areas of Specialization):
- Instructional Tech/Mathematics Education (Senior Lecturer/Lecturer I)
- Instructional Technology (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Health, Environmental Education & Human Kinetics Senior Lecturer/Lecturer I (Areas of Specialization):
- Sports Management
- Recreation
- Sports Psychology
- Exercise Psychology
Department of Vocational & Technical Education (Areas of Specialization):
- Office Technology & Management (Professor)
- Woodwork Technology (Professor)
- Electrical/Electronics (Professor)
- Clothing (Senior Lecturer)
- Agric Education (Lecturer I/II)
- Auto Mechanics (Lecturer I/II)
- Metal Work Technology (Lecturer I/II)
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Areas of Specialization):
- Thermo-Fluid (Energy System) (Associate Professor)
- Material Science & Metallurgy (Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II)
- Design and Manufacturing (Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II)
Department of Civil Engineering - Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Highway & Transportation Engineering
- Water & Environmental Health
- Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Production Engineering - Lecturer I (Areas of Specialization):
- Production/Industrial Engineering
Department of Petroleum Engineering - Lecturer I (Areas of Specialization):
- Well Test Analysis
- Natural Gas Engineering
- Reservoir Simulation
- Reservoir Engineering
Department of Structural Engineering (Areas of Specialization):
- Off-Shore Structure & Technology (Senior Lecturer)
- Timber Structure & Technology (Senior Lecturer)
- Structures & Technology (Lecturer I/II)
- Aircraft Structure & Technology (Assistant Lecturer)
- Steel Structure & Technology (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Electrical/Electronic & Computer Engineering - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Control Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Software Engineering
FACULTY OF LAW
Professor/Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Jurisprudence & International Law
- Private and Property Law
- Public Law
- Business Law
FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES
Department of Biology and Biotechnology - Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Ecology, Genetics
Department of Microbiology - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Plant Pathogenic Microbiology
Department of Biochemistry - Professor/Associate Professor, Assistant Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Biotechnology
- Enzymology
Department of Animal & Environmental Biology - Lecturer I (Areas of Specialization):
- Hydrobiology Entomology
Department of Optometry - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Primary Care Optometry
- Vision Sciences
- Clinical Optics, Low Vision and Rehabilitative Optometry
Department of Science Laboratory Technology (Areas of Specialization):
- Physiology Pharmacology (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Chemistry (Senior Lecturer)
- Biochemistry (Lecturer I/Il)
- Biotechnology (Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant)
- Geology (Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant)
- Physics/Electronics (Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant)
- Biology (Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant)
- Microbiology (Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant)
SCHOOL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences - Professors, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Virology
- Chemical Pathology
- Histopathology
- Hematology
- Toxicology
SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
Professor, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Prosthetic
- Conservative Dentistry
- Community Dentistry/Paedondontics
- Orthodontic
- Oral Medicine
- Oral Surgery
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Lecturer I (Areas of Specialization):
- General anesthesia
- Cardio Thoracic/Intensive Care
- Anesthesia
- Hematology
- Clinical Pharmacology/Therapeutics
- Gastroenterology
- Ophthalmology
- Virology
- General Surgery
- Community Health (Senior Lecturer/Lecturer II)
- Ortho/Trauma
- Interventional Radiology
- Child Health
- Mental Health
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Department of Accounting - Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Forensic Accounting
- Taxation
Department of Banking & Finance - Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Finance
- Banking
- Financial Management
- Capital Market & Institution
Department of Business Administration - Professor, Associate Professor, Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations
- Marketing
- Operations Management
- Global Business
- Business
- Administration
FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Department of Chemistry - Lecturer I/II (Areas of Specialization):
- Physical Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Industrial Chemistry
Department of Geology (Areas of Specialization):
- Petroleum Geology (Lecturer I/II)
- Chemical Geology (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Mathematics - Assistant Lecturer, Graduate Assistant (Area of Specialization):
- Pure Mathematics
Department of Physics - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Geophysics
- Electronics
- Biophysics
- Metallurgy/materials Science
FACULTY OF PHARMACY
Assistant Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Pharm. Microbiology
- Pharm. Chemistry
- Pharmacy & Pharm. Technology
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Pharmacognosy
- Clinical Pharmacy
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department of Geography & Regional Planning (Areas of Specialization):
- Geomorphology (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Population Studies (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Regional Planning (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Rural Geography (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Transportation (Professor/Associate Professor)
- Quantitative Techniques: (Assistant Lecturer)
- EIS and Computer Application (Assistant Lecturer)
Department of Sociology & Anthropology - Professor/Associate Professor (Areas of Specialization):
- Demography
- Statistics & Criminology
- Industrial Socio & Labour Relations
- Petroleum Economics
- Environmental Economics
Department of Economics & Statistics - Senior Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Operational Research
- Research Methods
- Mathematical Economics
- Health Economics
Department of Social Work - Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer (Areas of Specialization):
- Clinical Social Work Practice
- Field Practice
- Social Work with Family
- Social Work Administration
Institute of Education (Areas of Specialization):
- Human Kinetics (Lecturer I/II)
- Early Childhood (Assistant Lecturer)
- Education Development (Assistant Lecturer)
QUALIFICATION:
- Professor: - Ph.D. with not less than 15 years teaching /research experience
- Associate Professor: - Ph.D. with not less than 12 years teaching /research experience
- Senior Lecturer: - Ph.D. with not less than 8 years teaching /research experience
- Lecturer I: - Ph.D. with not less than 4 years teaching /research
- Lecturer II: - Ph.D
- Assistant Lecturer: - M. Sc. plus B.Sc. (Second Class, Upper Division or First Class)
- Graduate Assistant: - B.Sc. (Second Class, Upper Division or First Class)
Professors, Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers/Lecturers I and II must possess Ph.D. degree in their relevant areas of specialization plus relevant publications and cognate teaching experience at University level or Institutions of comparable standard.
Assistant Lecturers must possess at least Masters Degree in their relevant fields. Relevant teaching experience at University level will be an added advantage.
Lecturer I/II in Medicine and Dentistry must have Part I/II FEWACS/FMCN or its equivalent.
SALARY
- Professor: - CONUASS 7 (N 2,485,099 - N 3,209,140 P.A.)
- Associate Professor: - CONUASS 6 (N 2,053,124 - N 2,684, 096 P.A.)
- Senior Lecturer: - CONUASS 5 (N 1,653,415 - N 2,348,299 P.A.)
- Lecturer I: - CONUASS 4 (N 1,122,751 - N 1,444,535 P.A.)
- Lecturer II: - CONUASS 3 (N 897,501 - N 1,074,314.04P.A.)
- Assistant Lecturer: - CONUASS 2 (N 817,566 - N 957,402 P.A,)
- Graduate Assistant: - 1 (N 694,992 - N 794,247 P.A.)
DEADLINE
The deadline is 20th January, 2013 for submission of applications
HOW TO APPLY?
Interested Applicants should submit with their application fifteen photo copies of their detailed curriculum vitae highlighting among others the following.
- Full Names
- Place and Date of Birth
- Home Address
- Contact Address
- Nationality
- Marital Status
- Number and Ages of Children (if any)
- Institutions attended with Dates
- Academic Qualifications Obtained with Dates
- Working Experience
- Present Employment, indicating present status and salary
- Extra Curricular Activities
- Referees (3)
All applications should be submitted under confidential cover in sealed envelope marked "ACADEMIC OR NON-ACADEMIC POSITION" as appropriate, to:
The Office of the Registrar,
University of Benin, P.M.B. 1154, Benin City,
Nigeria
Each applicant must have three referees who should be requested by the applicant to forward their referees report under confidential cover directly to the Registrar. Only the applications of short-listed candidates will be acknowledged.
