Job Description
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of the University, Chairman of Senate and several other statutory and a.d hoc Committees.
Qualifications
A Candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor is expected to possess a good University education from a recognized University and should be someone with a proven experience and successful manager of human and material resources.
Specifically, the candidate is expected to:
Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of a professor with ability to provide academic leadership; the candidate must have been in an academic environment at the tertiary level for at least 12 years of unbroken service.
Be a scholar who is well-rooted in the finest academic tradition;
The applicant must be a Professor with Ph.D.;
The applicant must have presented Inaugural Lecture
Have a high reputation and should be able to command, by virtue of his/her academic track record, respect at national and international gatherings of colleagues;
Provide administrative leadership to a well-informed and articulate community of lecturers and administrative personnel;
Possess the disposition and ability to sustain harmony between the Administration, staff, students on the one hand and the host communities on the other;
Be a person who is creative and innovative, with initiative and vision for sustaining the accelerated; pace of development of the University even under financial and other challenging constraints;
Be a person of proven probity and integrity, with exemplary leadership qualities;
Must be vast in ICT to be able to lead a 21 Century University;
Must submit statement of vision and mission for the University of not less than 500 words;
Be someone who appreciates, respects and promotes hard work and merit without fear or favour;
Be someone who is not under financial or criminal investigation;
Be not more than 60 years on assumption of duty;
Enjoys excellent physical and mental health.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of Vice-Chancellor in Federal and State Universities or as the Governing Council of the University may determine from time to time.
Interested and qualified candidates should send the following:All applications shall be submitted under confidential cover and addressed to: The Registrar & Secretary to Council,Niger Delta University,Wilberforce Island,Bayelsa State.
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