Vice-Chancellor at The Nasarawa State University, Keffi

The Job

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive and Academic Officer of the University, ex-officio Chairman of the Senate and Member of the Governing Council of the University. Among other functions, the Vice-Chancellor shall:
• Be competent at all times to advise the Council on any matter affecting the policy, finance and administration of the University.
• Be generally responsible to the Council for maintaining the efficiency and good order of the University and for ensuring the proper enforcement of Laws and Regulations;
• Ensure sound academic policies of the University at all times
• Be responsible for general discipline in the University
• Regulate the admission of the students in accordance with the approved guidelines and procedures.

Qualities and Qualifications of the Candidate
The applicant must:

• Be a distinguished Professor of not less than Five (5) years Post-Professorial appointment with demonstrated ability to provide exemplary academic leadership and proven management capability.
• Be a scholar of outstanding national and international repute with a Ph.D in his/her discipline;
• Be a person of strong character and ability to give courageous and effective leadership;
• Be a person capable of inspiring the advancement of learning and reaching out to all persons without discrimination;
• Be of high integrity and strong moral character to inspire and maintain discipline among staff and students;
• Have irrevocable commitment to best practices in corporate governance with particular emphasis on accountability, transparency and probity;
• Demonstrate commitment to the cardinal values of merit, consistency and fairness as operating principles and can apply these across board.
• Be able to attract research grants and complementary funds from local and international agencies, and further uplift the academic status and Infrastructural Development of the University;
• Be a person who is not likely to foster personal, ethnic, political, religious or other sectional interest;
• Must have a good understanding of the Vision and Mission of the University;
• Should be in a position to ensure the enforcement of University Laws and Regulations;
• He/She must have a subsisting teaching and research position in the University.
• Must be of sound health and pleasant disposition; and
• Must not be above 65 years of age as at the date of assumption of duty.
• Be capable of supervising the overall growth and development of the University.

Conditions of Service
The salary and conditions of service are as applicable to the post of the Vice-Chancellor in Nigerian Universities.