Bursar at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola (MAUTECH)

Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola formally known Federal University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, was established in 1981 by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide the much needed technologically skilled manpower for the nation. It is one of the Federal Universities recognized by National Universities Commission (NUC) to offer Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in different fields of Science and Technology.

The University’s first set of 108 students graduated in the 1988/89 academics session. The University was merged to University of Maiduguri in the 1984, when it became the Modibbo Adama Campus (MACUM), of University of Maiduguri. However, in 1988, it was de-merged and granted full autonomy with the name reverted to Federal University of Technology, Yola. In 2011, the then President and Commander in-Chief, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR approved the change of the University’s name to Modibbo Adama University of Technology, (MAUTECH) Yola, effective from 1st October 2011.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Bursar

Location: Yola, Adamawa

Job Description

• The Bursar is a Principal Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the University.
• He is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for the day-to-day financial administration and control of the university finances.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidate must possess a minimum of second class lower Degree in Accountancy or related discipline from a recognized university plus NYSC discharge certificate or evidence of exemption.
• Possession of a relevant higher degree will be an added advantage.
• The candidate must, in addition, be registered with a recognized accounting body e.g. ICAN, ANAN, ACCA, ACMA or have any other recognized and acceptable professional accounting qualification.
• The candidate must have at least 15 years cognate working experience and must be holding the position of a Deputy Bursar in a University.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Applications and 20 copies of their current Curriculum Vitae signed by themselves, giving the following information:

• Full names, current postal address, permanent home address;
• Place and Date of Birth
• Nationality
• State of Origin
• Marital Status
• Number and Ages of Children
• Educational Institutions attended with dates
• Qualifications obtained with dates
• Details of previous and current appointments with dates
• Hobbies
• Academic and professional qualifications including distinctions and dates
• Statement of experience including full details of former and present posts and employers;
• List of publications stating Journals/Books in which they were published (if any)
• Other activities outsides current employment
• Names and addresses of three (3) Referees, one (1) of whom must be from the candidate’s present employer
• Proposed date of availability for duty if appointed.

Applications are to be addressed and submitted under confidential cover, in envelopes marked "Application for the Post of Bursar" to:
The Registrar,
Modibbo Adama University of Technology,
P.M.B. 2076, Yola,
Adamawa State, Nigeria.