Bursar at the Polytechnic, Ibadan

The Polytechnic, Ibadan was established in the year 1971 to produce man-power particularly in the field of technology who would not only be technically knowledgeable, but also capable of a degree of supervisory management in Commerce, Industry and Business, The institution is one of the foremost pioneer Technological Institutions in the country and is currently ranked by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) as the best State Polytechnic and the fourth best among Federal, State and Private Polytechnics in Nigeria.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the vacant position below:

Job Title: Bursar

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Details

• The Bursar is the Chief Financial Officer of The Polytechnic and directly responsible to the Rector.
• He/she is therefore responsible for the smooth operation of the Bursary department, and should plan, organize, direct and coordinate the operations of the financial system of the Institution.

Requirements
The candidate for the post must have:

• Possess a good honours degree or equivalent qualification in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related discipline from a recognised institution, and a postgraduate degree at Masters Level in any relevant discipline;
• Be a registered and active member of any of the following professional bodies: ICAN, ICMA, CPA, ACCA,ANAN;
• Be ICT compliant and conversant with current trends in Financial Reporting’. IFRS, IPSAS;
• Have a minimum of fifteen (15) years cognate post qualification experience In a tertiary Institution or relevant organization with at least three (3) years experience as Chief Accountant or Its equivalent;
• Be a person of integrity and transparency an matters of financial management with proven record and evidence of excellent managerial ability.

Conditions of Service

• All appointments will be for a term of five years and not renewabla Salary and other conditions of service shall be as approved for each position by Government and as may be approved by the Institution’s Governing Council from time to time.
• Candidates must not be more than 60 years of age at the time of assumption of duty in February 2019.

Application Closing Date
24th January, 2019.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward 25 copies of their Applications with detailed CV in the following order:

• Full Name
• Marital Status
• Number and age of Children
• Date and Placed Birth
• Nationality
• Current Postal/E-mail Address/Phone Number
• Permanent Home address
• Educational Institutions attended with Dates
• Academic and Professional Qualifications and Distinctions Obtained with Dates
• Membership of professional Associations/Bodies
• Working Experience (In chronological sequence)
• Present Employment - Status and Salary
• Extra Curricular Activities
• Publications
• Major Technological Innovations/inventions or Projects Completed
• Names and Addresses of three Professional, Academic and Character Referees
• Date Available to resume duty If appointed

All applications and Referees Reports should be submitted under confidential cover (Position sought after must be indicated at the top left hand corner of the envelope) and addressed to:
The Registrar & Secretary to the Governing Council,
The Polytechnic, Ibadan,
P.M.B 22, U.I Post Office,
Ibadan - Oyo State

Soft copies of the application and accompanying documents including Referee's reports should be mailed in PDF format to: [email protected] the subject line should read "Application for the post of Bursar"

Supporting Documents
In addition to relevant documents, every candidate is to submit his/her vision/mission statement to include the following among others:

• Improved structure of the current Bursary Department, Information Communication Technology (ICT) driven financial management and feasible financial and economic Investments for the Institution.

Referees’ Reports

• Each Referee must forward a confidential report on the candidate’s character, academic, professional and administrative or managerial competences in a properly sealed envelope.