Vice-Chancellor at Niger Delta University

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.