Vice-Chancellor at Federal University of Education, Pankshin

Federal University of Education, Pankshin, Plateau is a federal institution in Nigeria with the mandate to Produce Higher Quality NCE and Graduate Teachers of International Standard and to be a Centre of Excellence in Research in Education. It was in 1974 as a Federal Advanced Teachers College (FATC) at a temporary site in Mararaba Pushit, some 17 kilometres to Pankshin town.

The Governing Council of the University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Vice-Chancellor

Location: Plateau

Duties

• The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institution and Member of the University Governing Council.
• He shall exercise general supervision over the University and shall have general responsibility to Council for maintaining and promoting efficiency and order in the University.
• It shall be the duty of the Vice- Chancellor to ensure that the provisions of the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University are upheld.
• He shall also exercise such powers as may be expedient within the law.

Qualifications and Experience

• The candidate for the post of the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Education Pankshin must possess a good University Education from a recognized University. A PhD in a course run in the University is an added advantage and should be of impeccable integrity, a good manager of human and material resources.

Specifically, the candidate shall be expected to:

• Be a highly distinguished Scholar of the rank of Professor of not less than five (5) years' experience and be licensed by the TRCN.
• The candidate should have had a wide administrative and managerial experience and be capable of giving dynamic leadership to the University of Education.
• Be one with high scholastic and academic credentials who must have outstanding accomplishments in academic and public life.
• The candidate must also have a subsisting teaching and research position in a university
• Command both national and international respect
• Be a person who will not foster any personal, racial, ethnic, political, religious or other sectional interests
• Exhibit entrepreneurial drive and ability to attract funds and endowment and to mobilize other resources for the development of the University
• Be free from any form of financial encumbrances
• Be of good physical and mental health
• Be not more than sixty-five (65) years of age at the time of assumption of Office
• Provide evidence of Academic and administrative leadership, professional standing / honors, proficiency in ICT (packages and capabilities), societal linkages, funds / research grants attracted and report of medical fitness (from Government Hospital)
• Candidate shall show evidence of Post graduate teaching/Supervision.

Condition of Service

• The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a single term of five (5) years only on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the letter of appointment.
• The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of the Vice-Chancellor in all Nigerian Federal Universities of Education and as may be determined by the Government / Governing Council of the University as appropriate.

Application Closing Date
17th September, 2025.