Lecturer- Veterinary Medicine at Maasai Mara University

Job Description

/Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Head of Department, the main duties will include: 

Teaching both undergraduate and post graduate students. Articulating the mission of the department and the University. Initiating planning and conducting research. Developing teaching materials. Supervising post graduate students in research activities. Participating in development and preparation of Faculty development plan. Attending and participate in seminars/workshops/conferences in relevant fields. Participating in planning, development, implementation and evaluation of curricular activities in the Department. Contributing to research activity in the subject area including determining relevant research objectives and preparing research proposals. Engaging with other researches internally, nationally and internationally to initiate collaborative partnership with other educational institutional. Sourcing for internal and external research grants to fund innovative projects by maintaining high quality and cutting-edge research programs. Supervising the work of students, including teaching practice, field trips or clinicalservices where appropriate, provide advice on study skills, and help them with learning problems. Setting, marking, and assessing work and examinations and provide constructive feedback to students. Giving input in the development of quality assurance framework within the University’s overall framework, including validation and revalidation of courses, student admission and assessment. Initiating new and original solutions to problems affecting delivery of courses within own educational program and in accordance with the institutional regulations. Preparing, reviewing and updating course content materials for lecturers, lab sessions and seminars through maintaining of course and learner records in accordance to university policy guidelines. Performing any other duties as may be assigned or delegated to from time to time