The Technical University Ibadan (Tech-U)  founded on the principle of unique innovation, research collaboration, exceptional service, integrity, excellence, and the uplifting of human condition. 

POSITION : Vice Chancellor

Vision

• Our vision is Global, and we aim to be a world-class institution that is fully grounded in entrepreneurial practices, unique innovation, sustainability science, and commitment to International best practices.

Mission

• Our mission is to cultivate a cadre of technical professionals, with requisite entrepreneurial skills, capable of creating jobs and employment. This will be done by imparting.sound theoretical knowledge, and practical skills in various trades and disciplines to students, In this regard, our focus Is to provide the training and learning environment that produce exceptional graduates who are socially conscious and technically competent.
• Tech-U is committed to offering degree programs of international standard through collaboration with international institutions, among others, while appreciating the need for a phased development to reach the desired goal through such international partnership.

Description

• The Technical University, Ibadan (Tech-U) Implementation Committee, on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the University, seeks an exemplary Vice- Chancellor, who can embrace Tech-U’s vision, mission and objectives, articulate its developmental vision, effectively manage its assets, and execute the requirements of the position vigorously and successfully.
• The Committee seeks a Vice Chancellor who will ensure that Tech-U is well-positioned to anticipate and address the challenges and opportunities intrinsic in an evolving higher education landscape a global economy.
• The Vice Chancellor will be expected to work closely with the Implementation Committee and the University Council, to aid it strategically, to help recruit new prominent members and to support their volunteer role as philanthropists and ambassadors for the university.
• The Vice Chancellor would partner with the Implementation Committee and the University Council and engage their self-evident strengths on behalf of the university.
• He/She must embrace and be committed to research and pedagogical innovations. In the next decade, virtually all universities will experiment with new forms of pedagogy, many driven by software innovations.
• Adaptive learning software will help students and faculty to map students’ skills and knowledge and will guide students through knowledge acquisition and onto sophisticated problem solving.
• Tech-U must advance and accelerate teaching and research innovations, experiment, Invent, and join in an array of local and international partnerships that will almost certainly transform the research enterprises, teaching and learning.
• Tech-U is unique among universities in Nigeria primarily because it is taking off with significant international footprint by its partnership with American tertiary institutions. And as such, the Vice Chancellor must have a working faculty and faculty and administrative experience of the American tertiary education system.

Qualifications
The qualities and experience required in the Vice Chancellor of The Technical University, Ibadan. Tech-U seeks an exceptional leader whose personal commitment to the mission and whose intellectual vision and proven experience inspire all of the members of the community. The Implementation Committee understands that no single candidate will have all the ideal qualifications but seeks candidates with the following experience and abilities:

• A proven Leader:
  • A record of imaginative and tangible success that will inspire and earn the confidence of all of Tech-U’s constituents
• A commitment to Tech-U’s Mission:
  • A powerful appreciation for and commitment to the service, teaching, research, and academic programmes that are essential to the Tech-U identity
• Academic Credibility:
  • A commitment to exceptional scholarly inquiry and faculty values.
  • A gift for recruiting strong faculty inspiring productivity and creating excitement about intellectual inquiry Candidate must be of Academic rank Full Professor
• An Excellent Communicator:
  • The ability to energize and inspire students, faculty, staff, parents, trustees and external stakeholders and to persuade audiences locally, nationally, and internationally to believe in Tech-U’s future.
• An Experienced Manager:
  • The ability to build strong management teams and execute ambitious, and fiscally responsible plans and make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions.
• An Understanding of Fiscal and Budgetary Structures and Incentives:
  • Experience with the budgetary and administrative structures that are necessary to build an entrepreneurial culture and that will accurately allocate resources and encourage innovation.
• A Collaborative Leadership Style:
  • A fair collaborative and transparent leadership style that will succeed in an environment of shared governance.
• A Commitment to Professional and Entrepreneurial Education:
  • An appreciation for the role of education as an essential element in the modern academy and relevant experience in strengthening both professional and entrepreneurial programs.
• The Skill of a Parliamentarian:
  • The grace, diplomacy and resolve to bring Tech-U’s constituencies to a respectful consensus.
• Lead Tech-U Philanthropy:
  • The capacity to represent Tech-U compellingly to donors and to lead a development campaign; the ability to energize the faculty, staff, students, and to support and promote the interest of the entire institution.
• A commitment to International Partnerships:
  • The ability and willingness to provide leadership in offering degree programs of international standard through collaboration, among others, with international institutions, while appreciating the need for a phased development to reach the desired goal of evolving into an institution of global distinctions in scholarly research, teaching, and learning.
• Excellent and physical and mental health
• Familiarity with content of Higher Education in Nigeria, United States of America, indeed, global system of Education
• Show evidence of social responsibility and involvement in Community development

How To Apply
Candidates are requested to submit two page statement, Resume which should including names and addresses of three (3) referees with cover letter and sent electronically to:thetechnicaluniversity@oyostate.gov.ng and hard copy to :
Room 012,
Office of The Governor,
State Government Secretariat,
Agodi, Ibadan,
Oyo State.