Academic Faculty Position — Land Reclamation and Irrigated Farming

About the position

This vacancy is open to candidates across the full academic ladder — from Senior lecture to Professor level (or equivalent). Applicants are required to indicate a preferred title. The final position level will be confirmed by the University's Selection Committee based on the candidate's qualifications, publications, and experience.

Responsibilities

• Teaching courses in land reclamation, irrigated farming, and water-use management in the agricultural sector at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Developing and regularly updating course syllabi and instructional materials in line with the objectives and requirements of the educational programs in irrigated farming.
• Updating course content to reflect current approaches to smart irrigation, digital agriculture, WA+, GIS, ESG in water use, and climate-adapted farming.
• Supervising coursework, capstone and master's projects, as well as student projects, on the digital management of irrigation and improving water-use efficiency.
• Participating in the university's research and/or applied projects in land reclamation, precision irrigation, and agricultural water use.

Requirements

Education Requirements

• Possession of a PhD degree or an equivalent degree in land reclamation, agronomy, water management, agricultural engineering, or a related field.
• Ability to translate these competencies into high‑quality teaching and student supervision at all levels of higher education

Experience Requirements

• Academic and teaching experience consistent with the requirements for the position of Professor / Associate Professor established by the university's internal regulations and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in force.

Language Requirements

• For teaching in the state and/or Russian language: fluency in the state and/or Russian language sufficient to conduct classes, engage in scholarly communication, and handle business correspondence.
• For teaching in English: a confirmed level of English proficiency sufficient to conduct classes and carry out academic duties.

Key competencies

Core Professional Competencies

• An understanding of the fundamentals of land reclamation and irrigated farming.
• Knowledge of irrigation technologies and the assessment of water-use efficiency.
• Teaching skills in agricultural water-use management.

Additional Competencies

• Smart irrigation, IoT, and irrigation automation.
• Digital agriculture and agro-monitoring.
• Water Accounting Plus (WA+).
• GIS and remote sensing.
• ESG in water use and climate-smart agriculture.

Selection process

selection process includes interview, presentation of the teaching course and research work to be conducted

Documents

• a CV including a list of publications;
• a motivation letter (maximum 1 page) describing research and teaching interests;
• copies of diplomas and degree certificates;
• where applicable, a list of research projects and grants, as well as information on supervision of master's and PhD students.