Bursar at Delta State Polytechnic

Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Bursar

Location: Delta

Job Description

• The Bursar is a Principal Officer responsible to the Rector for the financial administration of the Polytechnic.

The Person

• Applicants for the Post of Polytechnic Bursar must have, in the past, exhibited considerable degree of competence, responsiveness, demonstrate integrity and transparency on matters of Bursary/Financial Administration and Management. Applicants must be in good health and able to endure the rigours of duties of the Bursar.
• Also, candidates must possess the following qualities: vision, proven academic distinction, managerial ability, integrity and transparency in private and public life. In addition, candidates should have the ability to develop linkages with the external communities to support the emerging needs of the Polytechnic, command respect and arouse cooperation and loyalty to staff and students of the Polytechnic.
• Candidates are to write, in not more than five hundred (500) words, their vision for the Polytechnic Bursary/Financial Development and Management for the next five years.
• Prospective candidates must show innovative approaches to the running of an ICT-driven Bursary, working at the highest level of efficiency to promote and sustain a vibrant Bursary and eliminate time wasting, bureaucracy, bottlenecks and fraud.

Qualifications and Experience

• The candidates must possess minimum of a good honours degree in Accountancy/Finance or its equivalent from a recognized institution of higher learning plus a professional Accountancy qualification with at least eighteen (18) years post-qualification experience in institutions of higher learning plus registration with a recognised professional Accounting body.
• Candidates must have experience in a tertiary institution and must be computer literate.

Conditions of Service

• The successful candidate shall hold office for a single term of five (5) years only (single tenure) on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the letter of appointment.
• The remuneration is as applicable to the post of a Bursar of Polytechnics in Delta State.
• Candidates who do not have the required five (5) years for a full term before retirement need not apply.

Application Closing Date
9th May, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit twenty4ive (25) copies of their applications and Curriculum Vitae (CV) which will include the following information:

• Full name (Surname first) Date and place of birth
• Sex
• Marital status
• Number of Children (Date of Birth)
• Nationality
• State of Origin
• Local Government Area of Origin
• Permanent Home Address
• Contact and Current Address
• Institutions attended and qualifications obtained with dates
• Details of Previous and Present Appointments
• Extra-curricular Activities
• Names and Addresses of three (3) Referees

Each applicant must have three (3) referees who should be requested by the applicant to forward their referees report under confidential cover by courier service directly to the Rector as stated in the address below:
The Rector,
Delta State Polytechnic,
P.M.B. 1030,
Ogwashi-Uku,
Delta State.

Note

• Applications should be submitted by Courier Services under confidential cover in sealed envelopes marked “Post Of Bursar”.
• Only the applications of short-listed candidates will be acknowledged, please.