Ojukwu Varsity Council Declares Office Of Vice Chancellor Vacant, Invites Applications
The Governing Council of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State has declared the position of Vice-Chancellor of the
institution vacant.
The Governing Council also invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of VC-COOU with effect from Jan. 2 for a period of eight weeks.
The announcement which was signed by Chris U. Obi, the Registrar and Secretary of Council said applicants should be professors with cognate experience in university leadership, teaching, research.
“The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a single, non-renewable tenure of not more than five years subject to good behaviour,” it said.
The Council said the applicants for VC-COOU should possess a minimum of least 15 years of experience in teaching, research, service and/or leadership in the university system within or outside Nigeria with demonstrable qualities of academic and moral leadership.
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The Council said applicants shall exclude those who would be 65 years old at the date of appointment and shall also possess a doctorate degree in a field of study tenable in the university.
“The candidate shall provide evidence of successful supervision of postgraduate students especially at the Ph.D.
level;
“The candidate shall be physically and mentally fit to undertake the duties required of a Vice-Chancellor and other assigned functions as directed by the University Governing Council.
“They should accompany their applications with a written essay spelling out his or her vision and ambitions for the University, including an indicative sequencing or implementation framework for the ideas in not more than 750 words.
“The referees shall include at least one male: one female including a non-Nigerian conversant with the work, ideas, values and abilities of the candidate.
“The reference shall include an explicit certification that the candidate has had no hand in the preparation of the confidential report to be forwarded directly to the Registrar,” it said.
The Council assured that the vacancy was open to all persons irrespective of sex, race, ethnicity, place of origin, religion, political affiliation, nationality or class.
The council called on the general public to refer to Vanguard newspapers of Thursday, Jan. 2 for more details.
