Visiting Lecturer in Landscape Design, Ethiopia

Visiting lecturer in landscape design Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Start Date: 1st June 2012

Length: 12 months

What does the role involve? You will work at the Institute to build the capacity of staff to deliver the best education possible by developing structures in the education system including the development of handbooks, syllabus, manuals, seminar structures and training methodology.

To do this you will:

â- Participate in all aspects of teaching including coordinating and delivering courses, seminars and examinations for MSc and BSc students and supervising students work

â- Contribute to the development of new courses and curricula

â- Organize public reviews of student work with invited guests

â- Prepare teaching materials

â- Build capacity of the staff through training sessions

â- Conduct research including writing research funding applications and collaborating with other institutions

â- Support the implementation process of the new curriculum and governance structure as approved by the faculty

â- Establish partnerships with other universities and relevant institutions.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You'll have a PhD or MSc in landscape design or environmental planning or a related field as well as experience teaching and training in a higher education context and experience of handling large research projects. Ideally you will also have professional experience in a related field. You'll need to be a flexible, proactive and positive person who is able to work with limited resources with patience and confidence. You'll be an excellent communicator with the ability to build good relationships with a wide range of people. You'll be open and hardworking with a commitment to capacity building. Flexibilty and a sense of humour are essential in this type of work. And the rest... You'll be based in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.

To apply for this role please put the following reference on your application form: ETH0533/0003/0001

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