Vice-Chancellor at First Technical University (TechU), Ibadan

The First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, was established by the Oyo State Government as Nigeria’s Premier Technical University and licensed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) as the 38th State University and 125th university in the Nigerian University System in December, 2012. In the four years of commencement of academic activities, the University has mounted 31 academic programmes in four faculties: Basic Medical and Health Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Environmental Sciences and Management, Natural and Applied Sciences, to train students that are theoretically sound and excellent in hands-on experience, entrepreneurial skills and orientation to provide technology-driven solutions to problems in the society and thereby generate employment. Through this, the University is bridging the youth employability gap by producing graduates that are trained to create tomorrow today through their capacity to innovate.

The University thus strives to cultivate a cadre of technical professionals with requisite entrepreneurial skills and capability for creating jobs and employment. Though wholly owned by the Oyo State Government, Tech-U stands as Nigeria’s first self-sustaining public university, on the strength of the unique public-private-partnership (PPP) model it runs.

The Governing Council of the University hereby invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the post below:

Job Title: Vice-Chancellor

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Summary

• The post of the Vice-Chancellor of the First Technical University (TechU), Ibadan, will become vacant on 9th May, 2022 when the tenure of the incumbent and pioneer Vice Chancellor ends.
• In accordance with the provisions of the First Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State (Amendment) Law, 2018.

The Candidate

• The ideal candidate for the post of the Vice-Chancellor, First Technical University, Ibadan should possess a good university education with track records of management of human and material resources.

The candidate is also expected to:

• Be a distinguished scholar of the rank of Professor, with a minimum of seven (7) years experience on that level and demonstrable ability to provide academic and administrative leadership for a Technical University
• Be a person of impeccable character and integrity
• Be not more than sixty-five (65) years old as at the date of possible assumption of duty on 9th May, 2022
• Have a track record that is nationally and internationally acknowledged by the academic communities through collaborations, grantsmanship and peer-reviewed scientific publications
• Promote and manage healthy interactions among staff, students, alumni and other stakeholders in the University
• Enjoy excellent physical and mental health
• Have a dear vision for the development of the University
• Be able to attract resources for the much-needed accelerated development of the University.

Terms and Conditions of Service Applicable to the Post

• The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a single term of five (5) years and upon such terms as shall, subject to the Law and the Statutes of the University, be determined by the Governing Council.
• The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of Vice-Chancellor in Nigerian public universities and as may be determined from time to time by the Governing Council of the First Technical University as appropriate.

Application Closing Date
17th January, 2022.