UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

VACANCIES
The University of Dar es Salaam invites applications from suitably qualified
Tanzanians to be considered for immediate employment to fill the following vacant
posts:
1.

(a)

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND

FISHERIES TECHNOLOGIES (CoASFT):
Department of Agricultural Economics and Business
(i) Field: Agricultural and Livestock Production and
Farm Management

1 position
1 position
1 position

Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Agricultural and Livestock Marketing and

Entrepreneurship

2 positions
1 positions

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Agricultural and Livestock Management

and Policy Analysis

1 position
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Lecturer

(iv) Field: Natural Gas and Petroleum Economics

1 position
1 position

Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Water, Fishery and Aquaculture economics

1 position
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer

Department of Agricultural Entomology and Apiculture

(i) Field: Bee Biology and Behaviour

1 position

Lecturer

(ii) Field: Bee Anatomy and Physiology

1 position
1 Position

Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Honey Production Technology

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Bee Genetics and Breeding

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Bee Keeping Management

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Agricultural Engineering

(i) Field: Farm Machinery and Mechanization

1 position
1 position
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Postharvest technology

1 position

Lecturer

(iii) Field: Irrigation and Water Resource Engineering

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iv) Field: Machine Design

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Agronomy

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Food Science and Technology

(i) Field: Food Processing and Preservation

1 position

Senior Lecturer

(ii) Field: Food Analysis and Sensory Evaluation

1 position

Lecturer

(iii) Field: Food Chemistry

1 position

Lecturer

(iv) Field: Functional Foods and Nutraceutical

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Food Additives and Food Toxicology

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(vi) Field: Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(vii) Field: Food Microbiology and Biotechnology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries

(i) Field: Aquaculture Genetics

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(ii) Field: Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology

1 position

Associate Professor

(iii) Field: Freshwater Ecology

1 position
Lecturer
(iv) Field: Fisheries Technology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(v) Field: Aquaculture Technology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (CoET):

Department of Transportation and Geotechnical
Engineering
(i) Field: Geomatics

2 positions
2 positions
3 positions

Lecturers
Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii)Field: Highway Engineering

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

Department of Structural and Construction Engineering

(i) Field: Quantity Surveying:

3 positions 3 positions -

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Architecture:

2 positions
3 positions

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(iii) Field: Bridge Engineering

1 position

Senior Lecturer

(iv) Field: Steel Structures

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Masonry and/or Timber Structures

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(vi) Field: Structural Engineering

5 positions

Tutorial Assistants

(vii) Field: Construction Technology and Management

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Chemical and Mining Engineering

(i) Field: Petroleum Engineering

3 positions
4 positions

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Mining Engineering

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Mechanical and Industrial

Engineering
(i) Field: Industrial Engineering and Management

1 position
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Energy Engineering

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iii) Field: Mechanical/Electromechanical Engineering

5 positions

Tutorial Assistants

(iv) Field: Production Engineering

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Textile Engineering or Textile Design and

Technology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Water Resources Engineering

(i) Field: Environmental or Waste Water
Engineering

1 position
1 position
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Water Resources Engineering

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

Department of Electrical Engineering

(i) Field: Electrical Power Engineering OR Electrical

Engineering

4 positions

Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF

SCIENCES:
(i) Field: Physiology
1 position
Professor
1 position
Lecturer
1 position
Assistant Lecturer

HEALTH

(ii) Field: Anatomy

1 position
Senior Lecturer
1 position
Tutorial Assistant
(iii) Field: Behaviour Sciences
1 position
Assistant Lecturer
1 position
Tutorial Assistant
(iv) Field: Microbiology/Immunology
1 position
Lecturer
(iv) Field: Parasitology/Entomology
1 position
Lecturer
(iv) Field: Epidemiology/Research Methodology
1 position
Lecturer
(iv) Field: Pathology
1 position
Lecturer
1 position
Tutorial Assistant
(iv) Field: Clinical Pharmacology
1 position
Lecturer
1 position
Tutorial Assistant
INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES (IMS-ZANZIBAR)
(i) Field: Marine Fisheries

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(ii) Field: Mariculture breeding

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iii) Field: Chemical Oceanography

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Marine Engineering

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(v) Field: Marine Geology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF LAW (UDSM

SoL):
(i) Field: Law Enforcement

6 positions

Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Economic Law

1 position

Tutorial Assistant
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COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CoNAS):

Department of Mathematics
(i) Field: Actuarial Sciences

1 position
2 positions

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Mathematical Analysis

1 position

Associate Professor

(iii) Field: Algebra

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Differential Geometry

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Chemistry

(i) Field: Petroleum chemistry

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Physics

(i) Field: Dynamic, Physical or Climatical meteorology

1 position

Associate Professor

(ii) Field: Climatology meteorology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Synoptic meteorology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Environmental Physics

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(v) Field: Electronics

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation

(i) Field: Developmental Biology/ Embryology

1 position

Lecturer

(ii) Field: Entomology

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iii) Field: Mammology

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iv) Field: Anatomy and Physiology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Animal Taxonomist

1 position

Tutorial Assistant
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Department of Geology
(i) Field: Paleontology and Palynology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Engineering Geology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Structural Geology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Hydrothermal Geology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Molecular Biology and

Biotechnology
(i) Field: Biotechnology

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(i) Field: Microbiology

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (CoSS)

Department of Sociology
(i) Field: Social Work

2 positions
1 position

Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Anthropology

1 position
1 position

Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Psychology

2 positions
3 positions
1 position

Lecturers
Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Social Theory, Medical Sociology

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

Department of Political Science and

Public Administration
(i) Field: Public Administration

1 position
2 positions

Lecturer
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Political Science

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Economics
(i) Field: Labor Economics, Transport Economics, Public
Finance

1 position
3 positions
5 positions

Senior Lecturer
Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Agricultural Economics

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Geography

(i) Field: Climatology, Physical Geography, Soil Geography

3 positions
4 positions

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Human Geography

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Statistics

(i) Field: Actuarial Sciences

1 position
2 positions

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Statistical theory, time series, multivariate

analysis

1 position
3 positions
2 positions

Associate Professor
Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(iii) Field: Experimental design

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

INSTITUTE OF RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (IRA)

(i) Field: Social Science (Water Resources)

1 position

Professor

(ii) Field: Climate Science (Modelling)

1 position

Lecturer

(iii) Field: Physical Geography with climate change expertise

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iv) Field: Environmental Engineering

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Climate Science

2 positions

Assistant Lecturers

(vi) Field: Environmental Economics

1 position

(vii) Field: Energy

1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(viii) Field: Ecology

1 position

Tutorial Assistant
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INSTITUTE OF KISWAHILI STUDIES (IKS)

Department of Kiswahili Language and Linguistics
(i) Field: Kiswahili Linguistics

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Literature, Communication and

Publishing
(i) Field: Kiswahili Literature

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

DR. WILBERT CHAGULA LIBRARY (LIBRARY)

(i) Field: Library and Information Studies/Science

1 position

Associate Professor

(ii) Field: Library and Information Studies or Records

Management and Archive Administration

1 position
3 positions
2 positions

Lecturer/Librarian
Assistant Lecturers/Assistant Librarians
Tutorial Assistants

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES (CoHu)

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
(i) Field: Philosophical and Religious issues

1 position
2 positions
1 position

Senior Lecturer
Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

Department of Fine and Performing Arts

(i) Field: Music OR Graphic/Fashion design OR Film studies

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Archaeology and Heritage

(i) Field: Archaeology

1 position

Senior Lecturer

Department of Literature
(i) Field: Literature in English
1 position
Tutorial Assistant

Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages

(i) Field: Linguistics

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM BUSINESS SCHOOL

(UDBS):
Department of Finance

(i) Field: Actuarial Sciences

1 position
2 positions

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Banking & Financial Services

1 position
1 position

Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(iii) Field: Corporate Finance

2 positions
1 position

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

Department of General Management

(i) Field: Human Resource Management

2 positions
1 position

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistant

(ii) Field: Information Technology or Statistics

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

Department of Accounting

(i) Field: Oil and Gas Accounting

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

(SJMC)
(i) Field: Public Relations and Advertising

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (SoED)

Department of Educational Psychology and
Curriculum Studies
(i) Field: Language Education (Kiswahili)

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(ii) Field: Language Education (French)

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iii) Field: Science Education (Physics)

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(iv) Field: Science Education (Chemistry)

1 position

Assistant Lecturer

(v) Field: Science Education (Mathematics, Physics and

Chemistry)

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

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(vi) Field: ICT in Education

1 position
1 position

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistant

(vii) Field: Language Education (English, French, Kiswahili

and Literature)

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

(viii) Field: Early Childhood Education

1 position

Tutorial Assistant

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES (CoICT)

AND

COMMUNICATION

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

(i) Field: Computer Science / Computer Engineering

1 position
3 positions

Tutorial Assistant
Tutorial Assistants

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication

Engineering
(i) Field: Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering

1 position
3 positions

Assistant Lecturer
Tutorial Assistants

INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (IDS)

(i) Field: Economics

2 positions

Assistant Lecturers

(ii) Field: Political Science

2 positions

(iii) Field: Law

1 position

Tutorial Assistants
Tutorial Assistant

(iv) Field: Sociology

2 positions

(v) Field: History

1 position

Tutorial Assistants
Tutorial Assistant

CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES (CCS)

(i) Field: Language and Linguistics

2 positions
2 positions

Assistant Lecturers
Tutorial Assistants

(ii) Field: Publishing and Mass Communication

2 positions

Tutorial Assistants

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(b)

Qualifications and Experience:

Applicants for:
Professor /Associate Professor must have a PhD, six points from
publications since last promotion and a minimum of three years since
last promotion.
Senior Lecturer must possess a PhD, four points from publications
and a minimum of three years since last promotion.
Lecturer must possess PhD.
Assistant Lecturer must possess a minimum GPA of 4.0 or a B+
average at Masters degree level and an undergraduate degree with an
overall GPA of 3.8 or higher. They must be potentially good
academically.
Tutorial Assistant must possess a Bachelor degree with a minimum
GPA of 3.8.

(c) Main Duties For;

Tutorial Assistants:
(i)

Under-studies senior members of academic staff by attending their

lectures, seminars, tutorials and practicals;

(ii)

Carries out seminars, tutorials and practicals;

(iii)

Assists in research, consultancy and public service;

(iv)

Performs any other relevant duties assigned by ones superior; and

(v)

Undergoes postgraduate training for the masters degree.

Assistant Lecturers:

(i)

Carries out lectures, seminars, tutorials and practicals for

undergraduate programmes;

(ii)

Sets, invigilates and marks undergraduate examinations;

(iii) Assists senior staff in lectures, seminars, tutorials, and practicals for
postgraduate programmes;
(iv) Supervises projects and practical training for undergraduate
students;
(v)

Conducts research and publishes results;

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(vi) Carries out consultancy and public service;

(vii) Undergoes postgraduate training to PhD level;
(viii) Participates in relevant workshops and conferences; and
(ix) Performs any other relevant duties assigned by ones superior.
Lecturers:
(i)

Carries out lectures, seminars, tutorials and practicals for both

undergraduate and postgraduate programmes;

(ii)

Sets, invigilates and marks undergraduate and postgraduate

examinations;

(iii) Guides junior staff in lecturing and conducting seminars, tutorials;

(iv) Supervises field work of both undergraduate and postgraduate
students;
(v)

Conducts research and publishes results;

(vi) Carries out consultancy and public service;

(vii) Writes teaching materials, e.g., manuals;
(viii) Participates in the development of programmes and projects;
(ix) Organizes and participates in relevant workshops and conferences;
and
(x)

Performs any other relevant duties assigned by ones superior.

Senior Lecturer:
As for Lecturers above with added responsibilities.
Associate Professor:
(i)

Carries out lectures, seminars, tutorials and practicals for both

undergraduate and postgraduate programmes;

(ii)

Guides junior staff in lecturing and conducting seminars, tutorials;

(iii) Supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students;

(iv) Conducts research and publishes results;
(v)

Carries out consultancy and public service;

(vi) Writes teaching materials e.g. manuals;

(vii) Participates in the development of new programmes and projects;
(viii) Organizes and participates in relevant workshops and conferences;
(ix) Participates in University administration and leadership;
(x)

Participates in development of research and resource centres; and

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(xi) Performs any other relevant duties assigned by ones superior.

Professor:
As for Associate Professor above but will be required to prepare and
present Inaugural Lectures.

2.

TERMS OF SERVICE:
Permanent and Pensionable.

3.

REMUNERATION
Attractive package will be offered to the right candidate commensurate with
his/her qualifications and experience.

4.

MODE OF APPLICATION
Interested candidates should apply in confidence to the undersigned
enclosing:(i)
Detailed CV.
(ii)
Photocopy of relevant certificates and transcripts.
(iii) Names and Addresses of two referees.
(iv) Mode of communication, e.g., Telephone, fax, email, etc.
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic),
University of Dar es Salaam,
P.O. Box 35091,
DAR ES SALAAM.
NOTE:
(i)
Applicants currently employed in the Public Service should channel their
application letters through their respective employers.
(ii)
(iii)

5.

Candidates should indicate Departments/Disciplines for which they

apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

DEADLINE
Two weeks from the date of first appearance of this advertisement.
31st July, 2015

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