The expansion of Higher Educational institutions in Ethiopia can contribute a lot to the nationalrncapacity building and sustainable development of the country. However, to achieve thesernmissions special emphasis has to be given towards quality of education. Adequately qualifiedrnand satisfied instructors constitute the backbone of leaching and learning process in general andrnespecially in addressing education program that target foward the problem of the country.rnHowever, in many higher education institutions an exodus of instructors and lack of goodrnadministrators have exacerbated the current problem of impeding an effective and efficientrneducation delivery to the students.rnin the light of this, this study is aimed at assessing factors that determine Job Satisfaction ofrninstructors in newly Established Higher Educational institutions: The cases of Dire-Dawa andrnJigjiga Universities and consequently, to suggest solutions to overcome those problemsrnevidenced in the areas of Academic Management in both universities. Accordingly, the researchrnfocused on describing instructors ' job satisfaction vis-a-vis their nature of work, workingrnconditions, orientation and training, promotion and career development, performance appraisal,rnsupervision fringe benefits, governance and administration issues. For the purpose of this study.rna sample of 160 instructors has been selected using stratified and simple random sampling fromrnboth instructions. To collect the data the researcher used mainly questionnaire, unstructuredrninterview and observation methodrnthe findings indicate that instructors at Dire-Dawa and Jigjig a Universities expressedrnsatisfaction with their co-workers, followed by the nature of the work. However, in bothrninstitutions with regard to working conditions, training, promotion and career development,rnsupervision, systems of administration and fringe benefits. the instructors seem to be highlyrndissatisfiedrnThus, strategies have to be designed by all concerned slake holders to improve instructors ' jobrnsatisfaction and retain them in their institutions to play their professional role to their country.rnto this effect, it is important to pay urgent attention to improving those factors which lead to jobrndissatisfaction in order to enhance instructors performance.