DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AT GREENLAND UNIVERSITY | ICT JOBS IN TARABA

About Company:

Greenland University, Jalingo is the first private university established in Taraba State, Nigeria. Founded by the former Acting Governor of Taraba State, Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi, the institution operates under the motto "Knowledge for Self-Reliance"

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly accomplished, visionary, and technically distinguished Director of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to serve as the chief technological architect of our institution in Jalingo. As a senior administrative leader, the Director of ICT is responsible for the strategic planning, development, deployment, and security of the university's entire digital infrastructure. This role demands a seasoned technology executive who will drive digital transformation across academic, research, and administrative frameworks, ensuring the institution remains at the cutting edge of global technological advancements.

Requirements:

Strategic IT Leadership & Digital Transformation

• Technological Vision: Formulate and execute a comprehensive ICT master plan that aligns the university's technological infrastructure with its core academic, research, and administrative goals.

• Infrastructure Architecture: Oversee the design, installation, optimization, and maintenance of the institution's campus-wide networks, data centers, fiber-optic backbones, and cloud infrastructures.

• Digital Learning Integration: Partner with academic faculties to deploy, manage, and scale modern Learning Management Systems (LMS), digital libraries, e-learning architectures, and smart classroom technologies.

Enterprise Systems & Operational Oversight

• University ERP Management: Lead the implementation and continuous optimization of integrated University Management Information Systems (UMIS) covering student portals, admissions, transcript processing, human resources, and bursary modules.

• Cybersecurity & Data Governance: Architect and enforce rigorous institutional data privacy policies, disaster recovery protocols, and cybersecurity frameworks to safeguard sensitive institutional and student records.

• Budgetary Control: Formulate and manage the annual ICT capital and recurrent budgets, ensuring cost-effective procurement of high-grade hardware, enterprise software licensing, and technical services.

Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Departmental Direction: Lead, mentor, and evaluate a multidisciplinary team of network engineers, software developers, system administrators, and IT support specialists.

• Vendor & Service Management: Negotiate and manage high-value contracts with telecommunication providers, software vendors, and hardware manufacturers to guarantee maximum bandwidth, uptime, and service-level agreement (SLA) compliance

Qualifications and Skills:

Education & Academic Credentials

• Minimum Requirement: Possession of a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a strictly related quantitative computing discipline from a recognized university.

• Added Advantage: A Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in a relevant computing or information systems discipline is highly desirable and will be given significant weight during selection.

• Professional Certifications: Active senior-level professional certifications (e.g., ITIL, PMP, CISM, CISSP, CCIE, or equivalent) are highly advantageous.

Experience & Competencies

• Track Record: Minimum of ten (10) years of verifiable, practical experience in IT enterprise management, complex network engineering, or large-scale systems deployment.

• Leadership Depth: Proven experience leading a major IT department, ideally within a university bursary/system, corporate enterprise, or a large public sector organization.

• Systems Fluency: Deep technical comprehension of server administration, database architectures, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, and broadband network engineering.

• Character & Communication: Unblemished professional integrity, high strategic capability, and the ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to non-technical university stakeholders, including the Vice-Chancellor and Governing Council.

Salary

Application Closing Date: Not specified

Application Instructions:

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application Documents to: recruitment@glu.edu.ng using the Job Position as the subject of the email.

Application Documents
Applicants must submit:

• Detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Personal details (DOB, origin, contact info, etc.)
• Academic & professional qualifications
• List of publications (where applicable)
• Statement of Vision (max 1,000 words)
• Three (3) referees. 
• Referees must send confidential reports directly on behalf of the candidate.

Important Information and Notice

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Candidates must demonstrate alignment with global best practices.