Professor / Associate Professor (Pharmacology and Therapeutics)

About the role

Position: Professor / Associate Professor (Pharmacology and Therapeutics); Job type: Full Time; Category: Academic; Location/Branch: University of Namibia / Hage Geingob Campus; Closing Date: 02 October 2026; Published On: 17 September 2026.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic leadership as a senior academic at the University of Namibia across departments and faculties, more specifically under the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the School of Pharmacy.
• Undertake research, postgraduate supervision and examination.
• Promote professional development.
• Undertake community engagement as well as supporting the performance and development of the School and the Faculty.

Requirements

• PhD in the areas of Pharmacology and therapeutics with relevant research, publications and industrial experience.
• Primary qualification registrable with the Health Professions Council of Namibia.
• Experience with experimentation involving animal models, cell/tissue culture, in silico techniques (added advantage).

Qualifications

Associate Professor:

• Served as Senior Lecturer for three (3) years.
• Satisfactory contribution in teaching, research and publication and service to the academic and wider community.
• A cumulative and sustained record of seventeen (17) publications of which seven (7) must be refereed scholarly research outputs and must have been published since attaining the grade of Senior Lecturer.
• Of these, at least three (3) of the publications must be refereed journal articles.

Full Professor:

• Served as Associate Professor for three (3) years.
• Satisfactory contribution in teaching, research and publication and service to the academic and wider community.
• A cumulative and sustained record of twenty-five (25) publications of which seven (7) must be refereed scholarly research outputs and must have been published since attaining the grade of Associate Professor.
• Of these, at least six (6) of the publications must be refereed journal articles.