Professor of Forest Botany/Biology/Ecology
Applications are invited for the following position:
Professor of Forest Botany/Biology/Ecology – Re-advertised
The School is spread over Unitech’s two campuses, with the Bulolo campus located 3 hours drive from main campus and surrounded by PNG’s largest Araucaria and pine plantations and PNG’s largest downstream processor of timber. The School offers a four-year Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry at the main Taraka campus and a new Bachelor of Forest Resource Management Degree at the Bulolo University College campus.
Primary Responsibilities
The incumbent will be expected to provide supervisory roles in postgraduate taxonomic research; establish collaborative research and secure funding to support the School od Forestry’s Brass Herbarium; develop a nationally recognized research; and outreach program focused on Forest Botany, Biology, Ecology, Plant Taxonomy, and forest wildlife habitat and management. Potential research areas would include, but are not limited to: plant taxonomy of the Melanesian region, wildlife and conservation. The applicant will be required to teach undergraduate subjects in Forest Botany, Biology, Ecology, Plant Taxonomy and also teach Project and Human Resource Management.
The successful applicant will build upon our current strengths and will help strengthen existing collaborations with other schools and campuses at the University. The successful applicant will be assigned teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, and is expected to contribute proactively to expanding the School’s international networking, in-house educational resources, overall strategic planning, and quality of teaching. He / She will play an active role and contribute to the Benchmarking and Accreditation of the undergraduate courses at our Department to meet international standards.
Qualification & Experience
Doctoral degrees in forestry or acceptably related disciplines from a recognized university is required. Successful candidates will have at least 15 documented papers published in listed, peer reviewed journals and at least 15 years of full-time university teaching experience or equivalent industrial research experience. Evidence of having guided postgraduate students is required. Familiarity with teaching in distance mode and with using learning management systems such as Google Classroom or Moodle will be an added advantage.
We are keen to recruit candidates with background and expertise in Plant Taxonomy; Herbarium Curation; experimental design; and biostatistics (parametric, non-parametric), and forestry-related IT, including GIS.
Conditions of Service
Base Salary Range: Professor – PGK95,366 – PGK116,558 per annum
- International Market Allowance Range: PGK105,320 – PGK162,617 per annum
(Level of appointment depends upon qualification and experience)
The initial contract period is for three years. Benefits include a gratuity of 30% of salary in the first year, 35% in the second year and 40% in the third year (paid on a fortnightly basis), support for approved research, appointment and repatriation fares for yourself and dependents, book & equipment allowance of PGK750.00 per annum, settling-in/out allowance of PGK1,700.00 for single & PGK3,600.00 for accompanied plus PGK200.00 for each of two authorized dependent children (under 19 years) on appointment and repatriation, six weeks paid leave per year, recreation leave fares for yourself, spouse & two authorized dependents after 18 months of service and education fares and assistance towards school fees for authorized dependents are available. Staff members are also permitted to earn from consultancy up to 50% of earnings annually.
Consultancy projects need to be approved by the respective Head of Department and the Vice Chancellor’s office. Furnished accommodation is provided on campus. All earnings in PNG attract income tax, the tax rates are progressive, and the maximum rate is 42%
Application Procedure
Detailed application with curriculum vitae including certified copies of qualifications, names and addresses including email addresses, phone numbers of three (3) current referees including one from past/present employer, if any, should be sent to the address below:
The Executive Director – Human Resources
PNG University of Technology
Private Mail Bag
Lae, 411
Papua New Guinea
Applications must be compiled and sent as one PDF file to recruitment@pnguot.ac.pg with an indication of their earliest availability to take up the appointment.
PLEASE NOTE
- Deadline for all applications is 30th of June, 2025
- Only shortlisted applications will be acknowledged.