VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: PAU ACADEMIC STAFF ()

This document describes the duties and responsibilities of academic staff of Pan African University and is a binding document for each academic staff member. The responsibilities shall include some or all of the following: teaching, student advising, research and creative activities, service and administrative responsibilities. These responsibilities may include involvement in off-campus, evening or weekend duties, as well as student recruitment, retention, and placement efforts. There are additional position-specific duties that may change with each academic year, through discussions between staff and the Chair. The document also describes the positions and the salary scheme for each position.

As a guiding principle, each academic staff member is expected to promote a general spirit of Pan-Africanism, to nurture a “united Africa”-mindset supporting the sustainable development for a prosperous future of the African continent and to foster commitment for the continental development goals as laid down by the AU strategic goals and objectives.

1. Post:

Job Title: ACADEMIC STAFF (area of specialization is specified on last page)

Department: Human Resources, Science and Technology

Duty Station:

i. Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture) (PAULESI) located at University of Ibadan in Nigeria for Western Africa

ii. Pan African University Institute of Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) located at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya for Eastern Africa

iii. Pan African University Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) located at University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon for Central Africa

iv. Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences (including climate change) (PAUWES) located at University of Tlemcen in Algeria for North Africa. AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA P. O. Box 3243, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Tel.: (251-11) 5517700 Fax: (251-11) 5517844 www.au.int

2. Major duties and responsibilities:

Teaching

a) To teach at high international level in either English or French, whichever may be preferable.

b) To prepare lectures, seminars, laboratory trainings and practical teaching units (e.g. student excursions, field works) and to develop methodological approaches and activities by compilation of tools and materials in print and digital form.

c) To regularly upgrade qualifications and competences (e.g. active participation in teaching and learning (T&L) seminars and workshops as well as other training opportunities outside the campus).

d) To work closely with the respective chair holders or the coordinator of study program as well as with the Institute Director.

e) To teach independently courses under the guidance of chair holders or the director/coordinator of study program

f) To select the most relevant and up to date literature for teaching and making it available for students and colleagues

g) Provide in writing to students a course outline containing: a general outline of the topics to be covered; a list of the required textbooks, readings (or material) to be covered in the course; a schedule of term assignments and tests and a description of the evaluation procedures to be used

h) To attend or organize regular chair or institute meetings (chair meetings at least once a week).

i) To actively participate in all chair and institute meetings. Those meetings are mandatory and part of academic duties.

j) To supervise and evaluate the student’s works (checking day-to-day work and seminar tasks, assessment and examination of student work, participation in grading, etc.), and provide (upon request) appropriate evaluative feedback to any student.

k) To submit grades in time to the course coordinator and Institute Director’s office

l) Adhere to the policies concerning scheduling, administering and grading of examinations.

m) To establish and post office hours during which they are available for individual consultation with students.

n) To actively support e-teaching and e-learning activities and to contribute to developing elearning materials and course teaching

o) To instruct and advice Master’s theses (and - depending on the academic rank - also guide and supervise doctoral dissertations).

 

Research, Consultancy and industry linkage

a) To promote interdisciplinary cooperation within the Institute as well as with outside partners and to strengthen the university-industry linkages, the linkages with the public, private and civil society as well as Technology-Transfer.

b) To initiate new international cooperation in line with PAU and Institute internationalization strategies as well as actively strengthening already existing ones.

c) To pro-actively support the linkage of the Institute to other PAU institutes and activities, as well as other institutions of higher learning.

d) To pro-actively support the linkage of the Institute to existing initiatives and networks on the continent and internationally.

e) To be actively engaged in conducting research as well as consultancy projects that are in line with the PAU and the Institute’s policies and guidelines.

f) To engage in obtaining research grants as well as being actively involved in targeting third party funding.

g) To publish regularly in professional journals and periodicals as well as other research forums.

h) To initiate and edit book publications.

i) To actively organize workshops, conferences, symposia, discussion rounds as well as exhibitions, fairs and other scientific outreaching activities.

 

Academic Self-administration

a) To work very closely with PAU Institute management.

b) To engage in academic self-administration and governance.

c) To engage in general activities of PAU Institute.

d) To represent the chair as well as PAU Institute to the outside community (when requested).

e) To conduct administrative work for the respective Chair or Program Coordinator

 

General Obligations

a) Teaching and research activities performed at PAU are official duties of the academic staff, regardless of the source of funding.

b) Skill upgrading and personal development are mandatory for every academic staff who must stay current in the scholarship of their discipline and teaching methodology.

c) Prompt class time management and timely submission of documents and grades are expected of each academic staff.

d) Loads of teaching and research activities may vary in different semesters and will be agreed between the academic staff, the Chair and Institute Director.

e) Course content must comply with the curriculum. For each class, a course syllabus that includes course objectives, a comprehensive and current reading list has to be given to the students, the program coordinator and Chair.

f) The property and resources of PAU, including financial, must be handled judiciously

g) Academic staff may from time to time be required to perform administrative and /or mentoring duties as part of the normal duties and responsibilities. They are also expected to Support student learning outside of class.

h) Academic staff should actively apply for resources for research and training activities from national and international organizations, companies and foundations.

i) Academic staff may offer their services to possible private and public clients (industries) and civil society organizations in Africa.

j) Academic staff members are entitled to use premises, equipment and other resources of PAU for the fulfillment of their official duties in the order established by the Institute.

k) Academic staff members are entitled to raise questions concerning their work environment and program of activities to their superiors in accordance with established communication channels. They are also expected to maintain a collegial relationship with others at the University.

l) Academic staff members are entitled to reveal their opinion and make proposals in issues related to their specializations to their superiors in accordance with established communication channels.

3. JOB DESCRIPTION

Chair

A Chair who shall be a full professor will contribute to the compilation, revision and introduction of curricula. The Chair will manage the curriculum and teaching of allinstitute subjects in his/her given tenure and will be responsible for the fulfillment of the respective curriculum and ensure the attainment of the highest quality standards in teaching, research and knowledge management. . He/She will be supported by (a) Program Coordinator(s). Specifically, the Chair will:

a) Assign teaching loads between academic staff and researchers

b) Be responsible for the identification of quality and relevant research agenda, establishment of research teams and their mode of operation, and pro-actively provide advice and leadership in resource mobilization for teaching and research

c) Provide professional and technical support to academic staff and to ensure their academic development using every possible means.

d) Ensure the acquisition and availability of world class study tools and materials for teaching and research and foster a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship

e) Hold regular academic staff meetings and keep the Institute informed of meeting outcomes

f) Be responsible for the professional evaluation of the academic staff performance and make recommendations to the Institute Board in consultation with the Institute Director.

g) Participate in academic and management boards and from time to time and will be expected to make presentations and prepare reports to the rectorate and the partners.

h) Support the positioning of the University in the international academic and research network and ensure a sustained increase in the visibility and reputation of the PAU in the international arena

i) Increase the institute’s visibility and reputation on the continent and abroad and to guarantee top notch and relevant applied research. He/she promotes a panAfrican spirit and mindset of the academic and non-academic staff and students.

j) Pro-actively engage in agenda-setting, policy advice and networks to support Africa’s sustainable development and well-being

Professor

A Professor is an academic staff member leading in his/her specialty. He/ she is entitled to conduct studies and research in all levels of higher education and to instruct and supervise and guide masters, doctoral and postdoctoral students, and expected to provide academic leadership at all levels. Specifically, the Professor will:

a) Teach masters and doctoral students and ensure adherence to and compliance with current advances in both research and pedagogy, including appropriate textbooks and other literature sources

b) Compile teaching, study tools and other instructional materials, select appropriate textbooks and other literature sources, support teaching assistants and laboratory and/or field work

c) Review, evaluate and provide advisory services on research proposal presented for either thesis or funding by students and other staff

d) Mobilize resources for research , teaching, (product/business) development, networking, outreach, dissemination of research findings, community service, internships and placements

e) Engage in relevant cutting edge research along with students and other academic and technical staff, and pro-actively participate in research teams to ensure quality and upgrading of knowledge, skills and competences.

f) Provide advisory services and leadership in publishing research outputs by students and staff in reputable journals and periodicals that enhances the visibility and recognition of PAU as an institution of research excellence in the various thematic research fields

g) Provide advice and leadership on consultancy services nationally regionally and internationally

h) Establish and maintain professional, academic and research networks nationally, regionally and internationally for the benefit of PAU community and stakeholders

i) Actively involve in the participation and organization of conferences, workshops seminars, exhibitions, fairs, symposia, public lectures at all levels possible.

j) Serve in various committees within the institute and programs and also provide services to the "academic community," such as organizing conferences, editing and refereeing for journals,

Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer

An Associate Professor and a Senior Lecturer are academic staff members recognized in their specialty to conduct studies and research in all levels of higher education and are entitled to instruct and supervise and guide masters and doctoral students. Their roles shall include the following

a) Teach masters and doctoral students and ensure adherence to and compliance with current advances in both research and pedagogy, including appropriate textbooks and other literature sources

b) Compile teaching, study tools and other instructional materials, select appropriate textbooks and other literature sources, support teaching assistants and laboratory and/or field work

c) Review, evaluate and provide advisory services on research proposal presented for either thesis or funding by students

d) Mobilize resources for research , teaching, (product/business) development, networking, outreach, dissemination of research findings community service, internships and placements

e) Engage in relevant cutting edge research along with students and other academic and technical staff

f) Provide advisory services in publishing research outputs by students in reputable journals and periodicals that enhances the visibility and recognition of PAU as an institution of research excellence in the various thematic research fields

g) Establish and maintain professional, academic and research networks nationally, regionally and internationally for the benefit of PAU community and stakeholders

h) Actively involve in the participation and organization of conferences, workshops seminars, exhibitions, fairs, symposia, public lectures at all levels possible.

i) Serve in various committees within the institute and programs and also provide services to the "academic community

 

4. QUALIFICATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

 

Chair

a) PhD

b) Full Professorship or its equivalent

c) 10 years of successful academic working experiences (teaching and post doc research)

d) 20 publications in refereed journals

e) Demonstrated research management and fundraising competences

f) Experience in administrative & Higher Education management

g) Institutional and program development

h) Excellent English/French language proficiency

 

Professor

a. PhD

b. Full professorship or its equivalent

c. 8 years of successful academic working experiences (teaching and post doc research)

d. Demonstrated ability to supervise Doctoral Students

e. 5 publications in refereed Journals

f. Recent success in applying for research grants

g. Excellent English/French language proficiency

 

Associate Professor

a) PhD

b) 6 years academic working experience (teaching and post doc research)

c) Demonstrated ability to supervise Masters and Doctoral Students

d) 10 Publications in refereed Journals

e) Recent success in applying for research grants

f) Excellent English/French language proficiency

 

Senior Lecturer

a) PhD

b) 5 years academic working experience (teaching and post doc research)

c) Demonstrated ability to supervise Masters Students

d) 5 publications in refereed Journals

e) Experience in Research grant proposal writing

f) Excellent English/French language proficiency

 

Professional Practitioner

a) PhD or Master’s Degree

b) 5 years of working experience in public, private or industry

c) 2 years Teaching experience

d) Excellent English/French language proficiency

5. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:

Proficiency in English and/or French languages, knowledge of both languages would be an added advantage.

6. TENURE OF APPOINTMENT:

The appointment will be made on a fixed term contract for a period of three (3) years Thereafter, the contract may be renewed for another two (2) years.

7. REMUNERATION:

The salary to the position is an annual lump-sum as per the below:

Professor and Chair: US$ 95,376

Professor: US$ 81,560

Associate Professor: US$73,344 Senior

Lecturer: US$ 66,600

The above mentioned salaries are inclusive of all allowances

Applications must be made through the AUC E-recruitment Website http://www.aucareers.org not later than 10th October 2015.

Directorate of Administration and Human Resource Management African Union Commission Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Institutes/Field Area of Specialization/ Required positions/Quantity

 

PAUGHSS

 

Master of arts in conference interpreting

Assistant professor in Conference Interpreting (with French A English B-Spanish C as languages) 1

Professor in Conference Interpreting (with French A-English BArabic C as working languages) 1

Assistant professor in Conference Interpreting (with French A English B-Portuguese C as working languages) 1

Associate professor in Conference Interpreting (with Kiswahili AEnglish B-French C as languages) 1

Assistant professor Conference Interpreting (with English A French B languages and mastery of media interpreting) 1

 

Master of Arts in Translation

Assistant professor in Translation (with French A-English B Spanish C as languages) 1

Professor in Translation (with Kiswahili A-English B-French C as languages) 1

Associate Professor Translation (with English A-French B as languages) 1

Assistant Professor in Translation (with French A-English B as languages) 1

 

 

Now available for viewing and download: the 4th IATIS Conference - Belfast 2012 Photo Album, kindly brought to you by Dr Viviana Gaballo, University of Macerata, Italy.

The European Society for Translation Studies has selected the Colombian scholar David Orrego-Carmona as the winner of its 2012 Summer School Scholarship.

IPCITI 2012
-- 8th International Postgraduate Conference in Translating and Interpreting
8-10 November 2012. 
Centre for Translation and Textual Studies School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies Dublin City University, Ireland. 

Call for Abstracts
We are pleased to call for abstracts for the 8th International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI), to be hosted by the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland, from November 8th to 10th 2012.

“Retranslating children’s literature”

International Conference

February 8th and 9th, 2013

University of Rouen, France

Organized by ERIAC, University of Rouen, with the support of Institut International Charles Perrault, Eaubonne

If the practice of retranslating texts has long characterized literature, it appears that children’s literature has become the object of a growing number of retranslations which obviously consecrate its legitimacy and the renewed interest triggered by various books (from the novel to the picture book) in different countries. These many revivals are proof enough that children’s literature goes through the same process of selection and canonization as mainstream literature, whatever forms of retranslations we may take into consideration –whether we think of “retranslation” as the second translation of an original text into a foreign language, or as a new translation based on another translation instead of the source text, or as a back-translation from a translated text into the native language of the source text.

The Third International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture (LTC3) invites submissions from researchers of divergent cultural and language backgrounds from different disciplines and across jurisdictions. The themes include but are not limited to the following strands:

Remit

The main tasks of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee are to facilitate the efficient organisation of regional workshops in the areas of translation and intercultural studies around the world, and to help ensure that the workshops become an important vehicle in achieving the Association’s aims, particularly with regard to its aspirations to be inclusive, multi-disciplinary, and respectful of different traditions.

Specifically, the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee will:

• invite applications and review proposals to host regional workshops
• present the options and, if required, make a recommendation to the Executive Council of IATIS on the selection of the regional workshop venue
• establish target timetables for the selected venues, notification of workshops, calls for papers, publication of volumes following on from regional workshops, etc.
• assist with developing appropriate theme/s for the workshop, writing and sending out calls for papers, reviewing abstracts and offer other related academic support
• ensure that relevant IATIS infrastructure (mailing lists, archived workshop programmes, web forms, etc) is made available to workshops organizing committees
• encourage regional workshop organizers to reach out to researchers from a range of scholarly backgrounds.

The Committee reports to the Executive Council.

 

Composition

 

 

BRIGID MAHER, Chair of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee

La Trobe University

Melbourne

Australia

B[dot]Maher[at]latrobe[dot]edu[dot]au

 

Dr Brigid Maher is a literary translator and Senior Lecturer in Italian at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of Recreation and Style: Translating Humorous Literature in Italian and English (Amsterdam: John Benjamins) and of numerous articles and book chapters on literary translation and Italian literature. She has translated novels by Milena Agus, Nicola Lagioia, Salvatore Striano, Massimo Donati and Bianca Pitzorno. Brigid’s research interests include the translation of humour, irony and satire; the translation and circulation of crime fiction; and transnational writing.

 

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KHALED AL-SHEHARI, Member of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee

Qatar University, Qatar

kshehari[at]qu[dot]edu[dot]qa 

 

Khaled Al-Shehari is assistant professor of translation studies at Qatar University in Qatar. He completed an MSc (1998) and a PhD (2001) in Translation Studies at UMIST (now the University of Manchester). He previously worked at Durham University, UK (2007-2015). Dr Al-Shehari is currently involved in research projects studying and exploring various issues in interpreting, e.g. risks (and management of) taken by interpreters at press conferences. He is also working on a project aiming at the exploration and development new dynamic approaches to the teaching of translation, focusing on the use of Wikipedia in teaching translation.

 

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SHARON DEANE-COX, Member of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom

sharon[dot]deane-cox[at]strath[dot]ac[dot]uk

 

Sharon Deane-Cox is Senior Lecturer in Translation & Interpreting, and Director of Postgraduate Teaching in the School of Humanities, University of Strathclyde, UK. Sharon is also assistant editor of Translation Studies, a member of the Young Academy of Scotland, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has published a monograph on Retranslation (Bloomsbury, 2014), while more recent research and publication projects have focused on the translation of Holocaust memory, Scottish heritage translation, and interpreter history. In addition, she is co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Translation and Memory.

 

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LEO TAK-HUNG CHAN, Member of the IATIS Regional Workshops Comittee

Guangxi University

Hong Kong

chanleo[at]ln[dot]edu[dot]hk

Leo Tak-hung CHAN is currently Junwu Distinguished Professor at Guangxi University, China, after serving as Head of the Department of Translation at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, for ten years. His scholarly books include: Western Theory in East Asian Contexts: Translation and Transtextual Rewriting (Bloomsbury, 2020), Readers, Reading and Reception of Translated Fiction in Chinese (St. Jerome, 2010), Twentieth-Century Chinese Translation Theory: Modes, Issues and Debates (John Benjamins, 2004), and One into Many: Translation and the Dissemination of Classical Chinese Literature (Rodopi, 2003). He has research interests in reception issues, Sino-Japanese translation history, adaptation studies, and translation in the globalized era.

 

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ABDEL-WAHAB KHALIFA, Member of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee

Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom

a.khalifa[at]qub[dot]ac[dot]uk   

Abdel-Wahab Khalifa is a Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at Cardiff University. Prior to joining Cardiff, he lectured at universities in Egypt, Austria and the UK, and has also been working as a professional translator and interpreter for over ten years. He is the recipient of the 2019–2020 Harry Ransom Fellowship in the Humanities, a member of the Executive Board of the Association for Translation Studies in Africa, and serves on the Editorial Board of The Translator journal. His recent publications include Translation of Arabic Literature in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2010–2020 (co-author, 2021); ‘The Hidden Violence of Retranslation: Mahfouz’s Awlād Ḥāratinā in English’ (2020); and The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Translation (co-editor, 2019).

 

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MARÍA LAURA SPOTURNO, Member of the IATIS Regional Workshops Committee

Universidad Nacional de La Plata / IdIHCS, CONICET

Argentina

lauraspoturno[at]gmail[dot]com

María Laura Spoturno is Associate Professor of Literary Translation and US American Literature at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) and a Researcher with the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas in Argentina. She is the principal investigator of “Traducción, subjetividad y género. Responsabilidad ética y social en prácticas de traducción e interpretación” (UNLP, 2022-2025). She has edited the book Escrituras de minorías, heterogeneidad y traducción (FaHCE, UNLP, 2018) and Wind and Wood…, a collaborative translation of Seymour Mayne’s poetry in four languages (Malisia, 2018). Her most recent articles focus on the study of subjectivity and (self) (re) translation practices, the relation between translation, gender and feminisms, self-translation and exile.

Moncton (New Brunswick, Canada)
1, 2, 3 November 2012

Translation and interpretation activities in a context of official multilingualism (where are least two languages are official languages) are the reality of many of the world’s countries, but rarely are translation practitioners and translation studies scholars brought together to exchange stories about their shared political, institutional, social, legal and cultural experiences. While the topic of translation in multilingual and multicultural contexts has generated considerable intellectual interest of late, conferences and publications have not limited discussions to contexts of official and institutional multilingualism.

A press release from the International Federation of Translators (FIT) announces the theme for the 2012 celebration of International Translation Day (ITD): "Translation as Intercultural Communication". Here is an excerpt: