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University of Portharcourt (UNIPORT) Job Vacancy and Recruitment for the Vacant Position of a Vice Chancellor [Internal and External Advertisement] - January, 2020.
The post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of PortHarcourt will become vacant in July 2020.Pursuant to the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Decree No. 11 of 1993 as amended by the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act No. 1 of 2007, the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt Invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacancy.
THE UNIVERSITY
The University of Port Harcourt was established M 1975 as a College of the University of Lagos and gained full autonomous statue In 1977. The University is a Centre of Academic Excellence with a mandate to provide qualitative and research oriented education in the Niger Delta region and Nigeria aflame."Unique UniPort," as Inc Institution is popularly known by the alumni, staff and students, was accredited by the National Universities Commission NUC) on a campus status with academic. residential, social and cultural facilities to support a growing community of scholars and administrators.
The University has over the years exposed suitably qualified persons to a specialized body of knowledge that empowers them to make meaningful contribution towards personal development and the advancement of the society.
The University is located about 15 kilometers, northwest of the Central Business District of Port Harcourt City, Nigeria'a second largest seaport and the hub of the Petroleum and Can Industry, and has pursued its vision. mission and to mandate with tenacity and excellence over the years.
It offer the best in conventional liberal and equal-importunity education in the Arts, Engineering, Social Sciences and Science with several breakthroughs that keel been patented and capitalized in our robust Technology Park.
The University has a long list of achievements to her credit and Is striving even harder to become the first choice destination for the best brains In the finest academic tradition.
The University is proud of her record is quality research, learning and public service in line with its core mandate of developing requisite manpower that would help to accelerate nation building. In research, The University gained global attention with its ground-breaking discovery of Ciklavit, a dietary supplement for the effective management of sickle cell anemia which has since been patented by pharmaceutical giant Nimeth. The Department of Petroleum Engineering also developed globally rated software known as OPTIWELL which currently cuts by half the time and cost of drilling oil by the Sbell Petroleum Development Company. The Black Anatomical Model developed by researchers from the Department of Human Anatomy has notched up awards at the NUC Research Fair and numerous fora. With over three hundred (300) Professors and talented students, Unique UniPort is a bustling Centre of Excellence in any branches of knowledge and public service. Its robust Brain Gain initiative has been attracting globally-rated scholars who join forces with academies here to internationalize our academic content at home.
The University of Port Harcourt has a College of Health Sciences (CHS), twelve (12) Faculties namely: Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Education. Engineering. Management Sciences, Agriculture, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Basic Medical Selene., Clinical Science., Dentistry and Law; a School of Graduate Studies (SGS); School of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT); College of Continuing Education (CCE); Eleven (11) Institutes; Thirty-three (33) Centres/Units, including two (2) World Bank Africa Centres of Excellence, namely: Centre of Excellence In Oilfield Chemicals Research (CEFOR) and Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (PUTOR); including the University of PortHarcourt Business School. The University currently has a student population of over 30,000.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chief Executive, Financial and Academic Officer of University and the Chairman of meaty statutory bodies. He/She is also a member of the Governing Council, responsible to Council on matters of policy implementation In the areas of finance, properly/facilities, general administration and good governance of the University.The right candidate for the post of Vice-Chancellor is required to possess a good University education and should be a proven, experienced and successful Manager of human slid material resources, with excellent oral and written communication skills, Including interpersonal relations and team spirit.
Specifically, the candidate shall be expected to:
(a) Be not more than 65 years as at the date of assumption as Vice Chancellor;
(b) Be a highly distinguished academic of the rank of Professor, with ability to provide quality academic and administrative leadership.
(c) Be a scholar who is well.grounded in the finest academic tradition;
(d) Have a high reputation and be able to command the respect of national and international academic communities through his/her hack record;
(e) Provide administrative leadership to a well informed and articulate local academic community;
(f) Possess the ability to sustain harmony between Council, Administration, Staff and Students on the one hand, and between the University and the host communities on the other hand;
(g) Be a very resourceful personality with initiative, vision and drive for sustaining the accelerated pace of development of the University, eves under financial and other challenging constraints;
(h) Bea person with good grasp of Information and communication technology skills, and who appreciates its significance in the contemporary knowledge ecosystem.
(i) Be a person of high probity and personal integrity;
(j) Be someone who appreciate, respects and promotes merit without fear or favour even under pressure; and
(k) Enjoy excellent physical and mental health, and be prepared to work under considerable pressure.
CONDITION OF SERVICE
The remuneration and other conditions of service are as applicable to the post of the Vice-Chancellor all Federal Universities in Nigeria and as may be determined by the Federal Government/the Governing Council of the University of Portharcourt from time to time.METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested candidates who meet the conditions for the post as indicated herewith are required to apply and comply wills the following instructions:(a) Each application should be made in 30 copies, including detailed Curriculum Vitae duly signed and dated by the candidate;
(b) Each Curriculum Vitae must include the Nantes and Addresses of three Referee. Each applicant should request each of his/her Referees to forward direct to the Registrar and Secretary to Council, a "Confidential Report" in properly sealed envelope marked: "Referee Report" with the name of the candidate at the top left hand corner of the envelope by Courier Mail to the address below;
(c) All applications should he under confidential cover and addressed to:
The Registrar and Secretary to Council
University of Port Harcourt
P.M.B 5323
Choba
Port Harcourt
Rivers State
(d) In the case of a candidate identified and nominated by the "Search Team", each application must be accompanied by a letter of consent duly signed by the candidate and posted via courier mail to the Registrar and Secretary to Council, University of Port Harcourt.
(e) The sealed envelopes containing the applications/nominations should be marked "Vice-Chancellor" at the lop left hand corner and forwarded hi time to reach the Registrar and Secretary to Council, by Courier Mail, not later than Six weeks from the date of this publication.
Note that only shortlisted Candidates will be invited to an Interview under the auspices of the Governing Council of the University.
CLOSING DATE
The closing date for submission of applications is on Friday 21st February, 2020.
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