UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA

University for National Unity

The U of A of Nigeria!
(Office of the Vice-Chancellor)
CENTRE FOR SIWES, STUDENT MENTORING & EMPLOYMENT (CSSME)

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SCHEME (SES) - INTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The SES Board is inviting interested and eligible students to submit applications for paid and
voluntary work placement into various positions across Units/ Departments/Faculties in the
University.

PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS:
Interested applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria itemized below in addition to specific
requirements by Units/ Departments/Faculties, where work placements are available:
Eligibility Criteria
i. Students must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point (CGPA) of 3.50 with no
outstanding or carry over courses.
ii. First year students are not eligible but would become eligible only after the second
semester of their first year when their cumulative grade points are known.
iii. Students must be of good behaviour and character.
iv. Generally, interested students must in addition to a minimum CGPA of 3.50 possess the
following attributes as added advantage:
- Have good command of English both spoken and written.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must be innovative and computer literate
- Must possess IT skills relevant to positions being sought.
-Be able to handle social media.
- Can help build online brands where necessary and applicable.
- Good communication skills.
- Good customer service relationship.
- Should show ability to be calm in complex situations.
- Show leadership skills in managing multiple teams.
- Possess a team spirit
- Be emotionally and physically strong
-Be able to prioritize tasks to give timely deliverable services.
-Be available and ready to participate in the Student Mentoring Scheme (SMS).

v. Students must submit a copy of their latest semester result with CGPA stated and
stamped by their various Heads of Departments.
AVAILABLE WORK PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Interested students must read the eligibility criteria and the Table below before making their applications. Note that candidates must in addition to
the eligibility criteria above meet specific requirements for any of the position being sought as outlined in Table 1.

Table 1: Available positions in various Units/ Departments/ Faculties.

S/N DEPARTMENT/UNIT FACULTY POSITION JOB QUALIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS LOCATION NUMBER

DESCRIPTION REQUESTED
1 Knowledge of PC operations, Sixty five (65)
windows, MS Office, browsers, IT
Computer To take care skills, to support administrative
Laboratory of computer services, use of internet search All Faculties and some
ITMS Assistants laboratories engines Centre’s
Technical A good knowledge of power point Five (5)
Assistants , Setting up a projector, control
and set up of a virtual meeting
(e.g. Zoom), use of internet,
knowledge of computer hardware
components , computer
maintenance and installation
2 Deans Office Agriculture Office Despatch and Faculty of Agriculture Five (5)
Assistant Cleaning of
Offices
3 Deputy Bursar (Final Office 300 level student Final Accounts One (1)
accounts) Assistant
4 Centre for Gender Office Office Typing, Computer Operations, Centre for Gender Two (2) Public
Security Studies and Administrators Administration Word Processing, Computer Security Studies and Administration
Youth Advancement and and Applications, Troubleshooting Youth Advancement students
Researchers Management systems and research Two (2)
Word Computer
Processing Science
Research students
Total = 4
5 Agric Extension and Agriculture Office  Preferably a student in the Faculty of Agriculture Three (3)
Rural Sociology Assistants Department and/or Faculty.
 Secretariat  Sound English Command.
Assistants  Typing Skill
 Computer Literacy
6 Guidance and Education Cleaner Cleaning of Faculty of Education One (1)
Counselling Staff Offices
7 HOD office, Agriculture Office Assist in the Any eligible undergraduate HOD Office Five (5)
Agricultural Assistant office duties,
Economics such as,
cleaning ,
delivery of
mails and
other relevant
duties
8 Deans Office Social Admin All in the area All should be in any area of social The Deans Office. Five (5)
Science Assistant of science
administration
9 Geography and Management 2 Laboratory Computer Literate GIS Lab, Mini Campus Two (2)
Environmental Science Attendants
Management (GIS)
2 Physical Physical Geographer Physical Geography Two (2)
Geography Laboratory, mini campus Total = 4
Lab
Attendants
10 Animal Science Agriculture 4 Laboratory Laboratory Duties Departmental Laboratory Four (4)
Assistants.
2 Library Book, Journal management. HOD/Faculty Two (2)
Assistants. Office Management
2 Office Secretary Duties HOD office Two (2)
Assistants.
2 Secretary Secretary Office Two (2)
Assistants. Total = 10
11 Physiology and Veterinary 2 Physiology Undergraduate DVM (2-5) Faculty of Veterinary Two (2)
Biochemistry Medicine Lab Medicine Building
Attendants. Undergraduate DVM (2-5)
2
Biochemistry Two (2)
Undergraduate DVM (2-5)
 Lab
Attendants One (1)
1 Undergraduate DVM (2-5)
Departmental
Office One (1)
Attendants
1 Laboratory Total =6
Animal
Caretaker

12 Agricultural Agriculture 1 Clerical From the Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture Three (3)
Extension and Rural Assistant
Sociology 2 Faculty of
Agric
Assistants
13 Statistics Science Four Lab To maintain Statistics lab and HOD Four (4)
assistants statistical Office
laboratory
systems
14 Bursary /Payroll 2 Clerical Good knowledge of computer Main Campus Three (3)
Assistants preferably in Excel and Ms Word

1 Cleaning
Assistant
15 Health 4 Laboratory Microbiology or Biological Main Campus Clinic Four (4)
Services/Laboratory Assistants Sciences
16 Public Private 1 Typist Computer Computer Science First bank Building, main Two (2)
Partnership (PPP) 1 Secretariat Work campus, UofA
Unit assistant Record Public Administration/Business
Keeping Administration
17 University Health Lab Assistants Either 300/400 level Microbiology Main Campus Two (2)
Services or Biological Science students
18 Accounting Two cleaners Cleaning of From Accounting Department Accounting Department, Two (2)
Department offices main campus
19 Philosophy Cleaner Cleaning of Department of One (1)
Offices Philosophy
20 Transport Unit Traffic Control Traffic Control Technical and Analytical Skills Mini/Main Campus Twenty (20)
and Clerical and Clerical
Assistants Duties
21 School of Advanced, Remedial and Remedial and English, Mathematics, Biology, Mini Campus Ten (10) for
Basic and Remedial IJMB Tutors IJMB Tutorials Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Remedial
Studies CRS, Government, Geography, Tutorial
Chemistry, Sociology, Arabic,
Physics, Business Admin, Twenty-four
Economics, Accounting (24) for IJMB
Tutorial

Total = 34
22 Physics Science SIWES Sound in Ms word and Ms Excel Main Campus One (1)
Assistant
23 Engineering Engineering Office Eligible students must be Deans Office One (1)1
Assistant computer literate
24 Works and Services Work Clerks Electrical, Civil and Mechanical Main Campus Three (3)
Engineering Students
25 Veterinary Veterinary Laboratory Preferably eligible students from Departmental Laboratory Two (2)
Parasitology and Medicine Assistants the faculty.
Entomology

Staff- Office Office of the Seven (7)

Attendants Eligible students must be Departmental staff
computer literate.
26 Mathematics Science Laboratory Science based University Mathematics Laboratory Two (2)
Assistants students
MODE OF APPLICATION
Candidates must submit applications stating the position they are applying for, matriculation number,
Department/Faculty, Curriculum Vitae (CV) with two referees, one of which must be the Head of Department
of the candidate, hard or scanned copies of their most recent semester results and any other relevant
credentials and addressed to:
The Director, Centre for SIWES, Student Mentoring and Employment
University of Abuja,
Main Campus,
Airport Road,
Abuja, FCT
Hard copies of applications and supporting documents can be submitted to the CSSME BOX 006.

CLOSING DATE

Applications open from Tuesday 20th July, 2021 and will close Wednesday 30th
July, 2021. No application will be received for this call after this deadline.
THIS ADVERT IS STRICTLY FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA.

Best wishes!

Dr Grace Oyiza Anibasa

Director, CSSME