Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Vacancy Announcement for a PTDF Professional Chair in Petroleum Chemistry

Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto - Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment into the position below tenable in the Department of Pure and Applied
Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto:


Job Title: Petroleum Technology Development Fund Professional Chair in Petroleum Chemistry
Location: Sokoto
Duties

• Develop and teach relevant courses in Petroleum Chemistry as core (compulsory) subject at the undergraduate and graduate levels
• Establish and strengthen academic leadership in the particular area of Petroleum Chemistry and Petroleum Technology in general.
• Carry out other academic and administrative duties as may be assigned as well as provide professional and community services.
• Deliver an annual Petroleum Technology Development Fund lecture on topical issues in Petroleum Chemistry and Technology
• Continuously engage in Applied Research in Petroleum Chemistry as well as initiate and lead research in "Development of Catalysts and Processes for Manufacture of Petrochemicals".

• Candidate must be a Petroleum Chemist or a person appointable to the position of a Professor who can make contributions in areas relevant to Petroleum Technology Development.
• The candidate should have adequate research experience in the research area stated in (3) above.
• Other Usmanu Danfodiyo University requirements (viz number of journal publications, extensive research and academic experience, etc) for appointment to the position of a Professor shall also apply. At least ten (10) years of teaching, research and academic experience in a Nigerian University or any recognized University outside Nigeria.
• The prospective Professor must bi a person with good and proven interpersonal relations that would enable the department benefit from facilities available to the Chair.
• Possess a Ph.D. in any of the following disciplines: (a) Petroleum Chemistry; (b) Petroleum Technology; (c) Chemical Engineering or any relevant field of Chemistry.

• The appointment is for a Professional position in the University, endowed by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund.
• The appointment shall be for a period of Three (3) years in the first instance and renewable for another two (2) years based on performance.
• Salary is for a Professorial rank in Nigerian Universities plus very attractive enhancement incentives.
• Other conditions governing the appointment of staff in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto shall also apply.