Registrar at University of Abuja

Job Description
The Registrar is the Chief Administrative Officer of the University and shall be responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day administrative work of the University. The Registrar by virtue of his office is Secretary to the Council, the Senate, Congregation and Convocation. The duties of the Registrar also include:

•     Keeping in safe custody all records of the University;
•     Arranging for the conduct of examinations;
•     Serving as Secretary to and be responsible for executive action arising from decisions of the Governing Council, the Senate, and such other bodies as the Statutes may prescribe or Vice-Chancellor may direct;
•     Serving as member on various academic and administrative committees as may be prescribed by law or the relevant University authorities;
•     Assisting the Vice-Chancellor in the general administration of the University.

Qualifications

•     Candidates must have good honours degree in the Liberal Arts, Humanities or related discipline with at least twenty (20) years administrative experience, ten (10) years of which must be unbroken service in the university system.
•     In addition, candidates must have served in an administrative capacity, not below the rank of Deputy Registrar, for a minimum of eight (8) years.
•     Possession of relevant postgraduate degree/diploma and registration with suitable professional bodies would be an added advantage.
•     Suitably qualified candidates are expected to be knowledgeable about the operation of the University system, and competent to advise and take executive action on matters of planning, design and management in realization of the cardinal objectives of the University.

Conditions of Service
The appointment will be for one term of five (5) years only, while salary and allowances shall be as applicable to the post of Registrar in Nigerian Federal Universities, as may be determined by the Federal Government and Council from time to time. The candidate shall not be more than fifty-nine (59) years at the time of application.