Job Recruitment at the Federal University, Gashua

Job Title: Registrar

Location: Gashua, Yobe

Description

• In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Universities Act (No. 11) of 1993 as amended by the Universities Miscellaneous Provisions (amended Act of 2012), the University Council of Federal University, Gashua is inviting interested candidates with requisite qualifications and experience to apply for the post of Registrar of the University which is vacant.

The Office

• The Registrar is the Chief Administrative Officer of the University and is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day general administrative work of the University
• He shall be the Secretary of the Governing Council, the Senate, Convocation and Congregation of the University
• With such diverse scope of responsibilities, the Registrar is critical to the overall management of the University
• The successful candidate will be required among other things, to train and give professional leadership to all administrative staff so as to ensure efficient and effective administrative performance.

Qualifications
A candidate for the post must:

• Possess at least a Second-Class Lower Degree in Social Sciences or Humanities from a recognized University;
• Be proficient in IT and be current in deploying it at the level required for efficient job performance;
• Be a member of relevant professional bodies e.g. NIM, IPMN, ANUPA, CIA;
• Possession of higher Degree in relevant subject will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• Candidate must have at least fifteen (15) years post-qualification experience in University administration or twenty (20) years in other institutions of higher learning;
• The applicant must be a Deputy Registrar in a recognized University for at least five (5) years.

Age:

• Candidate must not be older than sixty (60) years at the date of assumption of duty on appointment
• He should also be of sound health.

Attributes:

• The applicant should be an excellent manager of human resources and a team player
• He / she must be of sound judgment, pleasant disposition and proven integrity
• The position requires a person with good leadership qualities and public relations.

Tenure and Conditions of Service

• The appointment is for a single term of five (5) years only
• Salary and other conditions of service including privileges and entitlements shall be as approved for Registrars of Federal Universities by the Federal Government of Nigeria and as may be modified from time to time by competent authorities.

Job Title: Vice-Chancellor

Location: Gashua, Yobe

Responsibilities

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Academic and Executive Officer of the University and Chairman of the Senate and Congregation and Member of the University Governing Council.
• He shall exercise general supervision over the University and shall have general responsibility to Council for maintaining peace, law and order and promoting efficiency in the University.
• It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chancellor to ensure that the provisions of the Law and Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University are observed.
• He shall also exercise such powers as may be necessary or expedient for this purpose.

The Candidate

• The Candidate for the post of the Vice-Chancellor must possess a good University education from a recognized University and should be of impeccable character, a good manager of human and material resources.

Specifically, the Candidate shall be expected to:

• Should have had a continuous unbroken twenty (20) years of teaching and research in the university system;
• Be a highly distinguished Scholar of the rank of Professor of not less than Seven (7) years experience on that rank and demonstrate the ability to provide academic and administrative leadership with a clear vision for the development of the young and budding institution for the realisation of its mission;
• Be proficient in IT and be current in deploying it at the level required for efficient job performance;
• He / she should have had a wide administrative experience and be capable of giving dynamic leadership with a thorough working knowledge of Nigeria’s educational system;
• Be a person who will strengthen the bridges between staff, students and other members of the University community;
• Be one with high scholastic and academic credentials who must have outstanding accomplishment in academic and demonstrate continuous scholarship after his / her promotion to the rank of Professor in terms of continuous production of academic papers, student supervision (especially Masters and PhD), exchanges and collaborations both local, national and international;
• He / she must also have a subsisting teaching or research position in a University
• Have both national and international reputation as a scholar, particularly in Universities both in Nigeria and abroad in such areas as sabbatical, supervision and examination of postgraduate students and international consultancy;
• Be a person who is not likely to foster personal, racial, ethnic, political, religious or other sectional interest;
• Be a person who commands respect at national and international academic circles with academic track record, eg. publications;
• Exhibit a demonstrable entrepreneurial drive and ability to attract the much-needed funds and mobilize other resources for the development of the University;
• Be free from any form of financial embarrassment;
• Be of good physical and mental health;
• Have a wide and deep experience in all facets of university administration with emphasis on academic programmes;
• Be not more than sixty-five (65) years of age on the 10th February, 2021;
• Be morally sound and proven integrity
• Be someone who appreciates and acts on merit and who will resist undue pressure;
• He / She should submit a short statement of his/her vision for the University, not exceeding 1,000 words.

Terms and Conditions of Service Applicable to the Post

• The Vice Chancellor shall hold office for a single term of five (5) years only on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the letter of appointment.
• The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of Vice Chancellor in all Nigerian Federal Universities and as may be determined from time to time by the Government / Governing Council as appropriate.