APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED PERSONS FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED POST

*NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Please note that the duties and responsibilities of an academic member of staff at Midlands State University 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) Industrialisation – through commercialisation of products

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC BUSINESS, MUSICOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor (1 Post)

The candidate should have at least a master’s degree in music technology from a recognized university, a PhD will be an added advantage. The prospective candidate should possess:

Competences in the practices of record industry and sound reinforcement systems.

Ability to manage and operate live sound equipment for both digital and analogue

Ability to use a wide variety of software packages for music production,

Practical and theoretical understanding of the performative technologies,

Ability to record all sound on set or on location, do post-production- balancing, mixing, editing and enhancing recorded audio, and merging audio with video

Understanding of music business operations in the music industry