Executive Director at the National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN)

The National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) is an Inter-University Centre for Nigerian Language Studies. It is an autonomous institution under the regulation of the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Applications are invited for the position below:

Job Title: Executive Director

Location: Abia

Details

• The Executive Director is the Chief Executive and academic head of the Institute. He/she shall be the Chief exponent of the educational research and cultural missions of the institute and his/her office shall serve as the hub of activities in areas of protocol, external relations, and coordination of various internal organs.
• The Executive Director sees to the thy-to-thy administration of the Institute and shall see that the mandate and goals of the institute are met.
• The Executive Director is directly responsible to the Governing Council for the Management of the human, monetary and material resources of the Institute
• It is the duty of the Executive Director to ensure that the provisions of the Act setting up the institute are observed; and by virtue of his/her office, he or she is a member of Council, Chairman of Academic Board, chairman of the Congregation, and soon.

The Candidate

• The candidate for the post of Executive Director of the Institute should be a distinguished scholar with outstanding academic and administrative records.

Specifically, the candidate:

• Must possess a Doctorate Degree in Linguistics, Nigerian Languages, Communication and Language Arts or any other related discipline;
• Shall be a lull Professor of normally, not less than eight (8) years standing, with ability to provide academic and administrative leadership for the institute.
• The candidates should have substantial experience at professional level, and must have held senior academic and administrative positions. sufficient to prepare him/her for the duties of Executive Director,
• Must possess a clear vision for the actualization of the Institute’s mandate, vision and goals;
• Shall, exhibit entrepreneurial drive and ability to attract extra- statutory- finds and mobilize other resources for the development of the Institute;
• Shall possess personal integrity in the management of funds and be able to deploy financial resources appropriately for the benefit of the institute;
• Shall demonstrate respectable level of ICT literacy;
• Shall enjoy excellent physical and mental health,

Salary
Consolidated as those of Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities

Application Closing Date
19th June, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit 15 copies each of their Applications, Credentials, and detailed Curriculum Vitae duly signed and dated, and are to request  their three referees to send references on them to:
The Registrar and Secretary to Council,
National Institute For Nigerian Languages (NILAN),
P.M.B. 7078, Aba,
Abia State.