Vice-Chancellor at the Niger Delta University (NDU)

The Niger Delta University (NDU), established in 2000, is a Bayelsa State Government funded University which is located in Wilberforce Island (an island of great historic significance) about 30 kilometers from Yenagoa - Bayelsa State capital. The biodiversity of the extensive surrounding landscape opens opportunities for various collaborative research activities.

Since academic activities started in 2001 / 2002 session, we have grown from an intake of 1039 students to a thriving population of more than 20,000 students and 3518 academic and non-academic staff with a main campus and a College of Health Sciences campus in Wilberforce Island and a satellite campus housing the Faculty of Law in the State capital. In NDU, we provide our students with the opportunity to change their lives in a friendly environment. Our academic and non-academic staff are creating a conducive academic environment focusing on the development of the abilities of students. The existing twelve faculties provide diverse opportunities.

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

Job Title: Vice-Chancellor

Location: Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa

Preamble

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of the University, Chairman of Senate and several other statutory and ad-hoc Committees.

Qualifications of the Job

• A Candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor is expected to possess good University Degrees up to Ph.D from a recognized University(ies) and should be someone with a proven experience and successful management of human and material resources.

Specifically, the candidate is expected to:

• Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of professor with capacity to provide academic leadership and must have been in a tertiary academic environment for at least twelve (12) years of unbroken service.
• Have presented Inaugural Lecture;
• Have a high reputation and should be able to command, by virtue of his/her academic track record, respect at national and international academic fora
• Provide administrative leadership to an informed and articulate community of academic and administrative personnel;
• Have the demonstrable disposition and capacity to sustain harmony between the Administration, staff and students on one hand and the host communities on the other;
• Be a person with demonstrable passion and
• Commitment to the values encapsulated in the motto of the University, viz: Creativity, Excellence and Service; (vii) be someone with demonstrable knowledge of the University's pace of development and possessing the required commitment and initiatives to accelerate same, even with the prevalent financial and sundry constraints;
• Be well versed in ICT to enable leadership of a 21" Century University;
• Submit statement of vision and mission for the University of not less than 500 words;
• Be someone who is not under financial and criminal investigation or prosecution;
• Be not more than Sixty-Five (65) years on assumption of office; and
• Be in good physical and mental health.

Conditions Of Service
The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of Vice-Chancellor in Federal and State Universities in Nigeria or as the Governing Council of the University may determine from time to time.

Application Closing Date
Friday; 10th February, 2023.