The expansion of Higher Educational Institutions in Ethiopia can contribute a lot to the nationalrncapacity building and sustainable development o/the country. However, to achieve thesernmissions special emphasis has to be given towards quality of education Adequately qualifiedrnand satisfied instructors constitute the backbone o/teaching and learning process in general andrnespecially in addressing education program that target toward the problem of The county.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 o/this, this study is aimed at assessing factors that determine Job Satisfaction ofrnInstructors in Newly Established Higher Educational institutions: The cases of Dire-Dcwa andrnJigJiga Universities and consequently, to suggest solutions to overcome those problemsrnevidenced in the areas 0/ Academic Management in both universities. Accordingly, the researchrnfocused on describing instructors' job satisfaction vis-it-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 0/160 instructors has been selected using stratified and simple random sampling fromrnboth institutions. To collect the data the researcher used mainly questionnaire, unstructuredrninterview and observation method.rnThe findings indicate that instructors al Dire-Dawa and JigJiga Universities expressedrnsat is/action with their co-workers, followed by the nature o/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 highlyrndissatisfied.rnThus, strategies have to be designed by all concerned stakeholders to improve instructors' jobrnsatisfaction and retain them in their institutions to play their professional role to their country.rnTo this effect, it is important 10 pay urgent attention to improving those factors which lead to jobrndissatisfaction in order to enhance instructors performance.