Senior Lecturer Grade 5A - Commercial Law at South Eastern Kenya University

​​​​​​Job specification

The duties and responsibilities entail:

• Seeking and disseminating knowledge through research, publication, teaching and supervision of students doing project research, grant seeking and curriculum development so as to contribute to the mandate of the University.
• Developing fundable research proposals that can attract grants from internal and external donors.
• Conducting research in collaboration with local, regional and international collaborators in order to tackle different issues in the society.
• Disseminating research findings through publication of journals to share findings and knowledge to the public.
• Training, mentoring, supervising and evaluating students carrying out research to ensure the quality of research submitted is of high standards.
• Reviewing research proposals in the University to ensure they can attract grants.
• Providing consultancy services to solve community challenges and contribute to development of society at large.
• Acquiring patents from innovations to protect knowledge and ensure proper benefits to the innovators including the University.
• Liaising with teaching, technical and administrative staff to enhance and monitor quality course delivery.
• Developing adaptable teaching delivery models to ensure that learning is effective and continuous.
• Carrying out course assessment and examine students to test understanding of learned concepts and allow progression from one level to another.
• Identifying required learning resource materials such as books to enhance quality teaching.
• Developing practical modules/manuals in line with developed curriculum to enhance practical applications of learned concepts.
• Initiate community participatory development projects and activities that benefit the University as well as the community at large.
• Showcasing innovations of the University during community exhibitions.
• Establishing linkages and networks with external stakeholders that can fund projects/ research in the University.
• Offering leadership in preparation of course outlines to ensure that the relevant syllabus is covered.
• Preparing course modules to ensure that teaching delivery is according to the best practices in the market.
• Supervising postgraduate students when carrying out their research projects and writing their thesis to ensure they are projects which can attract grants.
• Carrying out administrative duties in the relevant department or school and ensure that everything runs smoothly.
• Providing career guidance and counselling to students on matters that relate to area of expertise.
• Managing research funds from grants.
• Helping in developing and coordinating income generating short courses and training programmes.

 Person Specification

For appointment to this post, a candidate must have:

• An earned PhD or equivalent Degree qualificationin the relevant area from an accredited and recognized university.
• At least three (3) years teaching experience at the University level as a Lecturer SEKU Grade 6 or six (6) years research/industry experience.
• A minimum of thirty-two (32) publication points as a Lecturer or equivalent, of which at least twenty-four (24) should be from refereed scholarly journals.
• Supervised at least three (3) postgraduate students to completion as a Lecturer SEKU Grade 6 or equivalent.
• Registered with the relevant professional body (where applicable).
• Have attracted research or development funds as a Lecturer SEKU Grade 6 or its equivalent.
• In-depth professional/discipline specific knowledge and experience in a specialized field or broad knowledge of a number of fields.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Compliance with Chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya (2010) on Leadership and Integrity upon successful appointment.