Evangel University Vacancies for Vice Chancellor, Registrar and Bursar
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for the positions in Evangel University.
Position: Vice Chancellor
Responsibilities:
The Vice Chancellor is the Executive Officer and the Chief Academic officer of the University and Chairman of the Senate. He shall exercise general supervision over the university and shall have general responsibility to the Board of Trustees and Council for maintaining and Promoting the efficiency and good order of the University. It shall be the duty of the Vice Chancellor to see that the provisions of the Law and Statute, Ordinances and Regulations of the university are observed.
Qualification and Experience:
The candidate for the post of Vice Chancellor is required to possess a good University education and should be a proven successful manager of human and material resources. Specifically, the candidate must:
- Be a distinguish Scholar of the Rank of a Professor with the ability to provide academic and administrative leadership for the University.
- Through his/her track record, command the respect of both the national and international academic communities;
- Possess the ability to strengthen relationship among students, staff and other members of the University community, and the general population and community.
- Have a feasible plan for the development of the university, in line with the set vision of the University, and possess the drive and ability to attract funds and strengthen linkages with other Universities-national and international;
- Be in excellent physical and mental health and;
- Be a person of integrity and courage, able to defend and uphold the academic independence of the University.
Position: Registrar The Registrar snail be the Chief Administrative Officer of the University and shall be responsible to the Vice Chancellor for the day to day administration of the University except for financial matters for which the Bursar is responsible. He/She shall be the Head of the Registry. In addition, the Registrar serves as Secretary to the Governing Council, Senate, Congregation and Convocation, Statutory Committees. He/She is responsible for safe custody and update of University records and publications. He/She is also to advice the Vice Chancellor to ensure that the provisions of the Law and Statute, Ordinances and Regulations of the University are observed.
Qualification and Experience: - The candidate for the post of Registrar must possess a good University honours degree, preferably in Humanities or related disciplines and must have at least fifteen (15) years of post-qualification administrative or professional experience.
- He/She must exhibit a considerable degree of competence, responsiveness, demonstrable integrity and transparency on matters of human resource management with an outstanding experience at management level.
- Possession of a higher degree or membership of recognized professional bodies will be an added advantage.
The candidate for the post Registrar should be a person with good leadership qualities who can Inspire and motivate a crop of young administrative officers get the best of them; a person with clear vision for the development of the University and ready to implement the vision of the university focused and innovative; a person who is in excellent physical and mental health; and is ICT compliant.
Position: Bursar Responsibilities: The Bursar is the Chief Financial Officer of the University and is directly responsible to the Vice Chancellor for the management and control of the finances of the University.
- He/She shall advise the vice Chancellor on finance related matters; coordinate the development and update the University financial management plans; coordinate the preparation of periodic income and expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow estimates and consolidation when necessary.
- He/She shall ensure that accurate records are maintained of all local and foreign assets and liabilities held by the University, The duties also includes monitoring monthly income and expenditure and balance sheet variance against the budgets and to ensure that they are rectified; monitoring treasury activities inducting cash flow projections and forecasts for prudence and variance; and negotiating with financial and government institutions with regard to financial matters.
Qualification and Experience: - The applicant must have honours degree in Accounting from a recognized University and must exhibit considerable degree of competence, responsiveness, demonstrable integrity and transparency on matters of financial and human resource management.
- He/She must be ICT compliant and must be conversant with current trends in Financial Reporting-IFRS, IPSAS
- Possession of Higher degree in accounting with adequate post qualification experience will be an added advantage. In addition, applicant is required to write in not more than six hundred (600) words his/her proposal for fund generation and management for the university.
Terms and Conditions of Service: The posts are tenure track. The successful candidates shall hold the office for a term of four (4) years in the first Instance; renewable based on performance assessment for final term of four years. The remuneration and conditions of service are as applicable to the posts in similar Nigerian Universities, with appropriate additional conditions as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees/Governing Council.
Method of Application: Each application should be made in twenty (20) copies and be accompanied by 20 copies of the candidate’s curriculum vitae duly signed and dated. The curriculum vitae should be presented in the following order;
- Names in Full 9Surname first and in Capital letter)
- Post Desired
- Place and Date of Birth, state of Origin and Nationality
- Marital Status/Number and Ages of children
- Current Postal/Contact Address (With Phone No. and e-mail address)
- Permanent Address
- Institutions Attended (with Dates)
- Educational Qualifications (with Dates)
- Professional Qualifications (with Dates)
- Membership of Professional Bodies
- Distinctions and awards (with Dates)
- Statement of Work Experience including full details of former and present posts
- Post-graduate Supervision; (applicable to only Vice Chancellor)
- Major Academic related services to the National outside the University System;
- Important Academic Conferences/Workshops/Courses attended; (applicable to only Vice Chancellor)
- Publications (Thesis, Books/Monographs, Published Articles); (applicable to only Vice Chancellor)
- Technical Reports; (applicable to only Vice Chancellor)
- Present Employment Status, Salary and Employer;
- Extra-Curricular Activities;
- Names and addresses of 3 Referees (one of whom must be in candidate’s field of study);
(b) The application should include the names and addresses of three referees. Each referee should be contacted by the applicant to forward, direct to the Chairman, Board of Trustees a confidential report on the candidate’s character, administrative and managerial abilities in a properly sealed envelope marked post of Vice Chancellor, or Registrar or Bursar as the case may be: Referee’s Report at the top left hand corner of the envelope.
(c) The application must be accompanied by 20 copies of statement of the candidate’s vision for the University in the twenty first century.
(d) All applications and supporting documents shall be submitted under confidential cover and addressed to:
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Evangel University Akaeze, Plot R/B Ozubulu Street, Independent Layout, Enugu, Enugu State The sealed envelope(s) containing the applications or nominations should be marked POST OF VICE CHANCELLOR OR REGISTRAR OR BURSAR as the case may be and forwarded to reach the above address not later than
15th August, 2013. Candidates should please note that only those who are shortlisted will be contacted.Evangel University Akaeze
Km 40 Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, Okpoto, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
www.evangeluniv.edu.ng;
[email protected]