Vice-Chancellor at Niger Delta University

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of the University, Chairman of Senate and several other statutory and ad-hoc Committees.

Qualifications of the Job

• A Candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor is expected to possess good University Degrees up to Ph.D from a recognized University(ies) and should be someone with a proven experience and successful management of human and material resources.

Specifically, the candidate is expected to:

• Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of professor with capacity to provide academic leadership and must have been in a tertiary academic environment for at least twelve (12) years of unbroken service.
• 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 academic fora
• Provide administrative leadership to an informed and articulate community of academic and administrative personnel;
• Have the demonstrable disposition and capacity to sustain harmony between the Administration, staff and students on one hand and the host communities on the other;
• Be a person with demonstrable passion and
• Commitment to the values encapsulated in the motto of the University, viz: Creativity, Excellence and Service; (vii) be someone with demonstrable knowledge of the University's pace of development and possessing the required commitment and initiatives to accelerate same, even with the prevalent financial and sundry constraints;
• Be well versed in ICT to enable leadership of a 21" Century University;
• Submit statement of vision and mission for the University of not less than 500 words;
• Be someone who is not under financial and criminal investigation or prosecution;
• Be not more than Sixty-Five (65) years on assumption of office; and
• Be in good 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 in Nigeria or as the Governing Council of the University may determine from time to time.

Note

• It is the responsibility of the candidate to request his / her referees to forward direct to the Registrar, a confidential report in a properly sealed envelope marked "Referee Report" with the name of the candidate at the top left hand corner of the envelope
• In the case of a candidate identified and nominated by the Search Committee, the application must be accompanied by a letter of consent duly signed by the candidate.
• The sealed envelopes containing the nominations should be marked "Vice- Chancellor" at the top left hand corner and forwarded in time to reach the Registrar.