Vice-Chancellor at University of Port Harcourt

Job Description

• The post of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt will become vacant in July 2015. In keeping with the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree No. 11 of 1993 as amended by Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act No 1 of 2007 the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt wishes to initiate the process of filling the vacancy. Interested applicants are kindly requested to note the following information about the University:

Requirements

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of the University and the Chairman of many statutory bodies. He is also a member of the Governing Council, responsible to council in matters of Policy implementation in the areas of finance, property/facilities, general administration and good governance of the University.
• The candidate for the post of Vice- Chancellor is required to possess a good University education and should be a proven, experienced and successful manager of human and material resources.

Specifically, the candidate shall be expected to:

• Be not more than 65 years as at the date of assumption of duty.
• Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of Professor with ability to provide academic leadership. The candidate must have been in the academic environment at the tertiary level for, at least, fifteen years, not less than ten of which must be as Professor.
• Be a scholar who is well-rooted in the finest academic tradition.
• Have a high reputation and be able to command the respect of national and international academic communities through his/her trackrecord.
• Provide administrative leadership to a well-informed and articulated local academic community.
• Possess the ability to sustain harmony between administration, staff and students on the one hand and between the University and the host communities on the other.
• Be a person with initiative and vision for sustaining the accelerated pace of development of the University even under financial and other challenging constraints.
• Be a person with good grasp of information and communication technology skills and appreciates its significance in the contemporary knowledge industry.
• Be a person of probity and integrity.
• Be someone who appreciates, respects and promotes merit without fear or favour even under pressure.
• Enjoy excellent physical and mental health.

Conditions of Service

• The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of a Vice-Chancellor in all Federal Universities in Nigeria and as may be determined from time to time by Government/the Governing Council of the University.