Vice-Chancellor at Tai Solarin University of Education

The Job

• A candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor shall exhibit clear qualities of academic leadership.
• The candidate shall possess the ability to foster and maintain effective working relationship with the University community (staff and students), the Alumni Association and the general public (national arid international).
• The candidate shall show evidence of high-level managerial and executive capacity in the administration of a higher educational institution.

Eligibility

• The candidate shall possess NUC recognised Ph.D degree or its equivalent. In addition, he/she shall be a Professor of not less than seven years standing.
• The person to be appointed shall not be more than sixty-five (65) years old on or before resumption of duty.
• The candidate shall have a sound university education and a distinction in the academic discipline. The person’s academic standing and reputation shall be sufficiently high to command national and international respect particularly in the academic world, such that it would enhance good reputation already established for the University.
• The candidate shall have considerable administrative experience and qualities of a good manager of human and material resources.
• The candidate shall be capable of giving dynamic leadership to the University and command respect and loyalty of both staff and students.
• The candidate shall be a person of courage who can take decisions on the merit of facts and principles and not on the basis of pressure from individuals or groups. He/she shall also be a person of unassailable integrity.
• The candidate shall be a person who is not likely to pursue racial, ethnic, political, religious or other sectional interest.
• The candidate shall be committed to the ideals of a university as a citadel of learning, not only in the context of national, social relevant and of international scholastic excellence but also in the context of the university’s philosophy of a “Developmental University”.
• The candidate shall possess such personality as can attract funding from both local and international communities to supplement government subventions.

Tenure
The tenure of office of the Vice Chancellor shall be for a single term of five (5) years only.

Conditions of Service
The remuneration and other conditions of service shall be as approved by the Governing Council but comparable to those applicable to the post of Vice Chancellors of other public universities in Nigeria.