Innovation Unit Posts Available At Gwanda State University

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Innovation Unit Posts Available At Gwanda State University

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Innovation Unit Posts Available At Gwanda State University

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following post:

Gwanda State University is an equal opportunities employer. Female candidates and differently abled people are encouraged to apply.

1. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION (1 POST)

The Director of Research, Innovation and Industrialisation is responsible for the following;
• Initiating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies, systems and procedures dealing with university research, innovation and industrialization.
• Providing leadership, oversight and direction to faculties and departments in all research, innovation and industrialisation matters.
• Superintending over the establishment and operations of innovation hubs and industrial parks.
• Developing performance benchmarks and quality monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the institution’s innovation hubs and industrial parks.
• Developing mechanisms for promoting innovation and production of goods and services. Facilitating and coordinating collaborations with industry leading to the setting up of industrial hubs and parks.
• Putting in place mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property.
• Developing a research, innovation and industrialisation culture and agenda for Gwanda State University.
• Developing a mentoring programme for emerging researchers and innovators.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate must be a prominent academic with a proven track record of scholarship, research, publications, collaborations, networking and resource mobilization. He/she must have;

• An earned PhD from a recognized University or institution with specialisation in Animal and Veterinary Sciences/ Irrigation Engineering and Management/Mining Engineering/ Environmental Engineering/Ecosystems Restoration.
• At least five (5) years post qualification experience in a Research, Innovation or Industrialisation environment.
• Should have at least twelve (12) publications or equivalent such as patents/industrial designs.

2. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LEAD: ENGINEERING (1 POST)

Qualifications and Experience

• Applicants should have a BSc Degree in Engineering and an MSc Degree in Engineering.
• Applicants should have experience in developing innovative products and a proven track record in multidisciplinary research, collaboration, and/or management of partnerships.
• The ideal candidate should have experience in interacting with students and/or teaching and learning.
• Should have a minimum of eight (8) publications or equivalent such as patents/industrial designs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Processing of innovation, as well as originating new ideas.
• Scouting and recognizing innovative ideas generated by other people, both within the university and external partners (entrepreneurs, industry) to identify Gwanda State University’s intellectual property (IP) with potential for commercial exploitation.
• Identifying strategies, business opportunities, and new technologies and developing new capabilities and architectures with partners and new business models to serve those opportunities.
• Draft and negotiate engineering related licences, collaboration agreements, inter-institutional agreements, and other contracts related to the commercial development of intellectual property with both commercial partners and collaborating institutions.

3. RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LEAD: AGRICULTURE (1 POST)
Qualifications and Experience
• The ideal candidate should have a minimum of BSc Degree in Biology/ Biotechnology/Crop Science/Animal Science/Food Science and an MSc Degree in Biology/Biotechnology/Crop Science/Animal Science/Food Science.
• The candidate should have a proven track record in multidisciplinary research, collaboration, and/or management of partnerships.
• The ideal candidate should have experience in interacting with students and/or teaching and learning.
• Should have a minimum of eight (8) publications or equivalent such as patents/industrial designs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Processing of innovation, as well as originating new ideas.
• Scouting and recognizing innovative ideas generated by other people, both within the university and external partners (entrepreneurs, industry) to identify Gwanda State University’s intellectual property (IP) with potential for commercial exploitation.
• Identifying strategies, business opportunities, and new technologies and developing new capabilities and architectures with partners and new business models to serve those opportunities.
• Draft and negotiate agricultural related licences, collaboration agreements, inter-institutional agreements, and other contracts related to the commercial development of intellectual property with both commercial partners and collaborating institutions.

Conditions of Service

Medical Aid, Leave and Pension Benefits are offered. The information on salary and other benefits will be made available to the short-listed candidates.

Applications

Soft copies in a single continuous PDF file of each of the following: application letter, certified copies of educational and professional certificates, national identity card, birth certificate and curriculum vitae giving full personal particulars including full name, place and date of birth, qualifications and previous employment and experience, present salary, date of availability, telephone number, email address, names and addresses of three referees including email addresses should be sent to deputy.registrar@gsu.ac.zw or hand delivered to:

Acting Senior Assistant Registrar
Human Resources Section
Gwanda State University
Epoch Mine Campus
P O Box 30
Filabusi

The closing date for the receipt of applications is Friday, 30 June 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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