Director of Works & Maintenance at Modibbo Adama University, Yola

Modibbo Adama University, Yola formally known Federal University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, was established in 1981 by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide the much needed technologically skilled manpower for the nation. It is one of the Federal Universities recognized by National Universities Commission (NUC) to offer Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in different fields of Science and Technology.

The University’s first set of 108 students graduated in the 1988/89 academics session. The University was merged to University of Maiduguri in the 1984, when it became the Modibbo Adama Campus (MACUM), of University of Maiduguri. However, in 1988, it was de-merged and granted full autonomy with the name reverted to Federal University of Technology, Yola. In 2011, the then President and Commander in-Chief, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR approved the change of the University’s name to Modibbo Adama University of Technology, (MAUTECH) Yola, effective from 1st October 2011.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Director of Works & Maintenance

Location: Yola, Adamawa

Responsibilities
Director of Works is responsible to the Vice- Chancellor for the day-to-running of the Directorate. Other functions of the Director, includes:

• Responsibility for the day to day physical/infrastructural facilities management and maintenance in the University.
• Supervision and ensuring quality standards/maintenance and servicing of physical structures in the University.
• Keeping an inventory of all university properties and having responsibility for its maintenance, security and upkeep;
• Carrying out other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Vice-Chancellor.

Qualifications

• Candidate for the post must have a good honours Degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Quantity Surveying or any relevant degree from a recognized institution with a minimum of second class lower division plus NYSC discharge certificate, evidence of exemption or exclusion.
• Possession of a higher degree in relevant field would be an added advantage.
• Be a member of an appropriate professional body with a current practicing license as well as a minimum of fifteen (15) years post qualification working experience and must have attained the rank of a Deputy Director or its equivalent in a University system or tertiary institution.
• Applicant must be proactive, have high integrity and moral character, with excellent communication and interpersonal relations.
• S/he must fully understand the complexity of the university system and command respect and engender loyalty of the university community.
• S/he must enjoy good mental and physical health, be ICT compliant with proficiency in relevant computer applications and be able to provide good professional leadership to the staff of his/ her Directorate.
• Candidate should not be above 60 years at the time of assumption of office.

Conditions of Service

• The successful candidate for the post of Director of Works and Maintenance shall hold office for a period of four (4) years from the effective date of appointment.

Remuneration
The salary and conditions of service are as applicable to the respective offices in Nigerian Federal Universities and as may be determined from time to time by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the University's Governing Council as appropriate.

Application Closing Date
9th September, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their written Applications and twenty (20) copies of their Credentials and current Curriculum Vitae, duly signed, and dated giving the following information:

• Full name, current postal and contact address, permanent home address
• Place and date of birth
• Nationality
• State of origin and LGA
• Marital status
• Number and ages of children (if any)
• Academic qualification obtained with dates, class, institutions and distinctions
• Membership of Academic and professional bodies
• Statement of experience including full details of former and present posts, employers and work schedule
• Other activities outside current employment
• Hobbies
• Referees
• Names and addresses of three (3), one of whom must be conversant with the applicant's current work and the other two (2) should be competent to attest to the candidates' professional / academic standing and character.

Applications should be addressed and submitted under confidential cover, in envelopes marked at the Upper Left-Hand Corner "Post of Director of Works & Maintenance MAU, YOLA" to:
The Registrar,
Modibbo Adama University,
P.M.B. 2076,
Yola, Adamawa State,
Nigeria.

Note

• Shortlisted candidates shall be required to make themselves available for interaction at an appointed date
• Candidates should request their referees to send confidential reports attesting to their integrity and capability for the post applied for direct to the address above; and the envelope be marked "Confidential".
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.