Vice-Chancellor at University of Port Harcourt

Role Description 

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of the University and the Chairman of many statutory bodies.
• He/she is also a member of the Governing Council, responsible to Council on matters of policy implementation in the areas of finance, property/facilities, general administration and good governance of the University.

Requirements

• The right candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor is required to possess a good University education and should be a proven, experienced and successful Manager of human and material resources, with excellent oral and written communication skills, including interpersonal relations and team spirit.

Specifically, the candidate shall be expected to:

• Be not more than 64 years as at the date of application for the position of Vice-Chancellor.
• Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of Professor, with ability to provide quality academic and administrative leadership.
• The Candidate must have been in the academic environment at the tertiary level for at least, fifteen (15) years not less than ten (10) of which must be as Professor.
• Be a scholar who is well-grounded in the finest academic tradition.
• Have a high reputation and be able to command the respect of national and international academic communities through his/her track record.
• Provide administrative leadership to a well-informed and articulate local academic community.
• Possess the ability to sustain harmony between Council, Administration, Staff and Students on the one hand, and between the University and the host communities on the other hand.
• Be a very resourceful personality with initiative, vision and drive for sustaining the accelerated pace of development of the University, even under financial and other challenging constraints.
• Be a person with a good grasp of information and communication technology skills, and who appreciates its significance in the contemporary knowledge ecosystem.
• Be a person of high probity and personal integrity.
• Be someone who appreciates, respects and promotes merit without fear or favour, even under pressure.
• Enjoy excellent physical and mental health, and be prepared to work under considerable pressure.

Conditions of Service

• The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of a Vice-Chancellor in all Federal Universities in Nigeria and as may be determined by the Federal Government the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt from time to time.