Electrical and computer engineering guest professor

Electrical and computer engineering guest professor
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Start date: 12 Sep 2012
Length: 24 months

What does the role involve?
You will work with the Institute to establish new systems and provide the best possible education to graduates.
To do this you will:
- Participate in all aspects of teaching including delivering courses, seminars, examinations and supervisions mainly in the post graduate programme.
- Organise public reviews of student work with invited guests
- Prepare teaching materials
- Supervise and assess theses graduate research work
- Conduct scientific and applied research including writing research funding proposals to relevant institutions and working collaboratively with regional manufacturing industries.
- Cooperate externally with governmental agencies, NGO's, industry, international partners, national and international associations and funding organisations as well as internally with all IoT's departments etc.
- Contribute to the further development of the department's post-graduate programme
- Participate in the engineering education reform and support the implementation process of the new curriculum and governance structure as approved by the institute
- Mentor Ethiopian colleagues in order to transfer knowledge in the technical field and in teaching methods

Skills, qualifications and experience required
You'll have a PhD in Electrical or Computer engineering (with a focus on microelectronics, control engineering or a related field) and experience of working in a related field as well as experience teaching in a higher education or university context. You'll also have professional experience of working through change processes. You'll be a proactive and flexible individual, who is committed to working in a team to achieve goals with limited resources. You'll be an excellent communicator, who is able to build relationships with a wide range of people. A sense of humour and a positive attitude are essential in this type of work

And the rest...
You'll be based in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.

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