Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

About the role

The Vice Provost for Academic Affairs serves as the senior member of the Provost’s team and oversees academic affairs operations, faculty affairs, and strategic planning. The role develops and executes strategic priorities and initiatives within the academic affairs division.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for a comprehensive portfolio of Academic Affairs initiatives, including curriculum innovation, academic program assessment, and policy development to advance institutional excellence.
• Oversee the implementation and assessment of strategic planning initiatives within Academic Affairs and across the university.
• Direct and enhance faculty development, student retention, and academic success initiatives in alignment with the university’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Partner collaboratively with deans and faculty to design, develop, and strengthen undergraduate, graduate, and online academic programs that support student achievement and institutional growth.
• Serve as the principal liaison between the Provost, deans, and academic faculty/staff on matters related to budgeting, personnel, academic partnerships, and other institutional priorities.
• Provide visionary administrative leadership that fosters operational effectiveness, collaboration, and continuous improvement across Academic Affairs.
• Leverage data analytics and institutional metrics to assess enrollment trends, retention outcomes, and student success across undergraduate, graduate, and online academic programs, informing strategic decision-making and planning.

Qualifications

• Earned a doctoral degree from an accredited institution and a demonstrated history of progressive experience in academic leadership in higher education.
• A record of teaching, scholarship, and service that merits appointment as a tenured faculty member.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to create vision, handle and delegate responsibilities, and to manage change and help focus University agenda on student success.
• Demonstrated understanding of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), and their implications for teaching, learning, academic administration, student success, and institutional effectiveness in higher education.
• Proven understanding program evaluation and assessment of a wide variety of academic programs, combined with a variety of instructional models, including in person, online, and hybrid.
• Experience overseeing complex projects, managing multiple priorities, and implementing strategic initiatives across diverse academic and administrative units.
• Demonstrated experience in budget planning, resource allocation, personnel management, and operational oversight within a higher education environment.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to make evidence-based decisions.
• Experience with higher education accreditation policies and procedures.
• Experience supporting online education, graduate education, and innovative academic delivery models preferred.
• Possess a record of strategic leadership, faculty and staff development, resource stewardship, academic innovation, and collaborative engagement in support of student success and institutional effectiveness.
• Experience working effectively with diverse student, faculty, staff, alumni, and community populations and an understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing contemporary higher education institutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships across campus with faculty, staff and students.
• Strong commitment to academic freedom and excellence.