Employment opportunity- principal lecturer

About us

Woodlands univeristy college is a private insistitution of higer learning, accredited and registered with the higer education authority (hea), health professions council of zambia (hpcz) and the nursing and midwifery council of zambia (nmcz) and has been in operation since 2022.

Vission

To be a university college of choice, nationwide renowned, providing state of the art programs, delivering ideal learning experiences for students and collaborating with professionals to advance wellbeing of individuals and populations.

Mission

To educate all students to the highest level of academic achievement to enable them to reach and expand their potential and to prepare them to become productive, responsible, ethical, creative and compassionate members of society.

Values

Integrity: we value honesty, being whole and undivided in our dealings. The university pro-motes moral principles and we are committed to doing right things in reliable ways always.

Respect: we believe that human beings are equal participants in a common ethical world and we always endeavour to recognise that each individual is unique and different.

Accountability: we are open to evaluation on our performance which is related to our responsibilities.

Innovation: we are facilitators of transforming ideas into reality and turning new concepts into commercial success.

The institution currently offers diploma in registered nursing, diploma in clinical medicine general and bachelors of science in public health.

The insititution seeks to employ a principal lecturer – nursing

Contract type : full-time

Duties and responsibilities

Supervise and coordinate the training program
Scrutinising applications, preparing merit list and calling them for interviews
Conducting interviews through the set up committee and selecting candidates and informing them
Planning for orientation program for new students and staff
Distributing teaching work load and departments to each lecturers along with teaching material
Carry out correspondence with other departments, agencies and individuals in connection with the program
Formulate teaching timetable and academic master plan
Conduct lectures in appropriate courses
Ensuring adequate supply of audio visual aids, teaching materials as required by the various subjects and departments
Ensuring of adequate furniture, equipment, books and journals as per requirement of the offices and nursing department
Preparing and presenting departmental proposals for new items, costly /capital equipment and requirements
Authorising purchase of departmental requirements and financial expenditures
Ensuring that departmental rules and guidelines of service are observed
Writing annual performance reports of staff and students
Carrying out staff and student appraisals annually
Holding faculty meetings with staff and various committees
Representing the university and the profession on various committees
Working out the philosophy and the objective of the institution

Qualifications

Grade twelve certificate with a minimum of five credits
Bachelors of science of nursing
Master’s degree in nursing or any other related filled will be an added advantage.
Five years’ experience as principal tutor/ lecturer or other related duties.