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Responsible for teaching and supervising students, conducting research, publishing scholarly work, and contributing to academic and departmental activities. Requires a relevant postgraduate qualification, a PhD, in the respective academic discipline, with strong teaching and academic skills. The role is based in Konza with duties performed on-site.\n\nOverview \n\nThey require professors in each of the research fields listed above. These positions entail providing leadership in the design, development, and implementation of teaching and learning programmes in the Institute, developing and implementing the Institute’s research strategies within one’s area of specialization; mobilizing resources; mentoring academic staff and students; establishing academic industry collaborations; championing dissemination of research outputs and outcomes; and collaborating with stakeholders and industry in technology transfer and commercialization of innovation.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nThe holders of the positions shall be responsible for:\n\nEstablishing and leading research partnerships, collaborations, and linkages in an area of specialization nationally, regionally, and internationally; initiating and leading external bids for research funding and consultancies in an area of specialization;\n\nExercising sapiential authority, intellectual, and educational leadership;\n\nPromoting the development of innovative approaches to course design and delivery and ensuring compliance with the Institute’s quality framework, educational standards, and regulations;\n\nIdentifying learning needs of students and designing appropriate learning outcomes, assessing students’ learning activities, examining, and providing feedback; v. Providing academic leadership by promoting a vibrant and productive academic environment;\n\nDeveloping laboratory manuals in line with the approved curricula in a thematic area;\n\nSupervising students’ thesis, dissertations, internships, and attachments, where applicable;\n\nMentoring teaching and research staff and students in the area of specialization; ix. Championing dissemination of research outputs and outcomes in areas of research interest;\n\nCollaborating with stakeholders and industry in technology transfer and commercialization of innovation; and\n\nAny other duties as assigned by management from time to time.\n\nQualifications\n\nKenya-AIST Grade 3 (Equivalent to Grade 15 of public Universities) A candidate shall have:\n\nAn earned PhD qualification in a relevant field from a recognized and accredited university;\n\nAt least five (5) years teaching experience as an Associate Professor or nine (9) years of research experience as a Research Faculty or equivalent;\n\nA minimum of sixty (60) publications since attaining Associate Professorship or equivalent, of which at least forty (40) should be in refereed scholarly journals;\n\nSupervised a minimum of ten (10) doctoral students to completion, and at least five (5) at master’s degree level;\n\nEvidence of registered patents and commercialized innovations in an area of research is an added advantage;\n\nMembership to a professional body where applicable; vii. Demonstrable knowledge of current information communication technologies;\n\nFulfil the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya.\n\nHow to Apply\n\n Interested applicants should submit a Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Statements of Research Interests and Teaching Philosophy, Names and addresses of TWO (2) Professional Referees, and Copies of Academic and Professional Certificates, National Identity Card or Passport and other relevant supporting documents electronically through this email: \n\n Successful candidates will be required to provide if applicable, clearance from \n\nKenya Revenue Authority, \n\nHigher Education Loans Board, \n\nEthics and Anti-Corruption Commission, and\n\n a Certificate of Good Conduct from Criminal Investigation Department.\n\nDeadline: The advertised positions shall remain open until they are filled","description_format":"text","description_chars":4042,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Civil & Structural Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T00:43:52Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":71,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.793,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["seen:13","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T23:55:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":36070,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3898819},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3898819"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fkenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fkenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fkenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/kenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fkenya-aist-professors-structural-engineering"}]}