Provost at Delta State School of Maritime Technology

Position and Duties

• This is the Chief Executive of the school and shall be responsible for the day to day administration of the affairs of the school.
• Candidates will be expected to provide academic and professional leadership in the execution of the guidelines laid down by the governing bodies
• Other duties as specified in the law establishing the school.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates should be persons of academic eminence of not below the status of Chief Lecturer in a polytechnic or Senior Lecturer in a university; must be a chief lecturer of at least five (5) years experience.
• Candidates should be holders of Doctorate from any NUC recognized/approved institution in a field relevant to at least one program in the school with at least fifteen (15) years teaching and applied research/industrial work experience or holders of master’s degree in an NUC recognized institution in a field relevant to seventeen (17) years teaching/applied research/industrial work experience.
• Candidates should be of exemplary character in honesty moral rectitude and unassailable integrity
• In addition to either a doctorate or master’s degree with the relevant experience, candidates should have:
• Demonstrable ability to move the institution forward
• Registration with a recognized professional body and must have experience in running a tertiary institution
• Demonstrable ability to offer strong academic and administrative leadership initiative and creativity in policy implementation positive managerial attributes and good public relations
• Demonstrable high level of integrity and honesty
• Demonstrable ability to initiate and supervise applied research
• Candidates must have a sound and clear vision and mission for the institution for the five (5) years of School Registrar

Terms of Appointment
The appointment of the provost is for a single tenure of five (5) years only.