Chief Accountant / Internal Auditor

As we work to build a dynamic learning environment anchored in creativity, competence and modern best practices, we seek passionate professionals eager to contribute to our mission of shaping a skilled and globally competitive workforce. In this vein, applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Chief Accountant / Internal Auditor

Location: Gaya, Kano

Requirements

• Candidates must have at least sixteen years post qualification cognate experience. Membership of relevant professional body is mandatory.

Additional Information:

• Candidates must have evidence of registration with any relevant professional bodies and be computer literate;
• Applicants will be required to produce originals of their certificates and other relevant credentials if invited for interview, photocopies will not be accepted
• Applicants who are applying to join the Public Service for the first time MUST be less than fifty (50) years of age at the time of resumption of duty.

Salary Grade
CONTEDISS 14.

Application Closing Date
6th October, 2026.

Interested and qualified candidates should forward twenty (20) copies of their typed application letters, detailed current Curriculum Vitae (CV) and photocopies of credentials to the undersigned in the following format:

• Birth Certificate/Age Declaration/Age Registration with the National Population Commission (NPC)
• Educational Certificates/Degrees
• NYSC Discharge Certificate/Certificate of Exemption/Exclusion Letter
• Recent Curriculum Vitae, which should not exceed four pages and arranged in this order:
  • Full Names (Surname first and underlined)
  • Date and Place of Birth
  • Permanent Home Address
  • Contact Address with E-mail Address and Telephone Number(s)
  • Local Government of Origin
  • State of Origin
  • Nationality
  • Marital Status
  • Number and Ages of Children (if any)
  • Academic Qualifications Obtained with dates
  • Number of Publications (where applicable)
  • Years of Teaching and Professional Experience (where applicable)
  • Employment Records
  • Computer Training (Evidence enclosed)
  • Membership of a professional Bodies
  • Extra Curricula Activities
  • Names and addresses of three (3) Referees (Employer, Educational and Personal) who are to forward confidential reports directly to the Chairman, Gaya Polytechnic, Implementation Committee, with SUBJECT HEADING BEARING THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT, DEPARTMENT AND POST APPLIED FOR. Such referees should be able to attest to the Candidate's claim to high academic capabilities as well as to the Candidate's notable uprightness.
• Valid Government approved ID (Driver's License, National ID, Biometric Page of International Passport) and Medical Certificate of fitness from Government hospital.
• Two passport-sized photographs.

All applications are to be submitted under confidential cover, marked with the post desired, to:
The Chairman,
Gaya Polytechnic Implementation Committee,
Gaya,
Kano State.

Applications are to reach the Secretariat of the Implementation Committee at:
Entrepreneurship Education Directorate Building,
School of General & Remedial Studies,
Sheik Ja'afar Mahmoud Adam Road,
Kano.

Note

• Applicants must clearly state the position and the Department they are applying for in their application letter
• Please note that late applications will not be entertained, and only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.
• This advertisement cancels and supersedes the earlier circular No.1/2026 with reference HCS/MIS/S/359/V.1/5 dated 26th January, 2026, issued by the Office of the Head of Civil Service seeking deployment of Staff to the newly established Polytechnic.
• However, those in the Kano State Civil Service need NOT apply.