MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following posts:
The duties and responsibilities of a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor and Professor are grouped into 5 main categories which are:
(a) Teaching – the incumbent is expected to teach or deliver lectures in accordance to the Department and or Faculty guidelines and standards.
(b) University Service and Community engagement – the incumbent should participate in all Department, Faculty/School and University activities such as attending meetings, training workshops, conferences and seminars, among others.
(c) Research – the incumbent is expected to engage in active research in his/her area of specialization which benefits both the students and the University.
(d) Innovations – leading to tangible products and services
(e) Industrialization –through commercialization of products
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCES, ZVISHAVANE CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor (Full-Time 1 post)
Post A: Fluid, Heat and Mass Transfer
Qualifications
- First degree in Mechanical/Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering/Automotive Engineering with at least a 2.1 pass
- MSc/MEng/MTech qualification in Mechanical/Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,
- A PhD is an added advantage.
- Relevant industrial, teaching and research experience.
Duties & Responsibilities
The candidate should be able to teach at least three (3) of the following modules:
- Thermodynamics
- Heat and Mass Transfer
- Advanced Heat and Mass transfer
- Stress Analysis and Finite methods
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Thermoflow
- The candidate must be capable of supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate students’ research work, assess students on Work Related Learning.
NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants must submit an application letter, certified copies of certificates, transcripts, national identification and Curriculum Vitae giving full personal particulars including full names, date of birth, qualifications, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact details, names and addresses of three referees addressed to the Deputy Registrar – Human Resource.
The application pack should be sent as a single merged pdf file to email address: academicrecruitment@staff.msu.ac.zw. The subject line should be labelled with the post being applied for.
Closing date for applications is 18 February 2026. Note that only short-listed candidates will be communicated to.
NB: Candidates who hold international qualifications are required to provide a ZIMCHE qualifications assessment report.
To apply for this job email your details to academicrecruitment@staff.msu.ac.zw