Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

THE OPPORTUNITY
Vin University seeks a visionary leader with rigorous academic credentials and a record of excellence in education, accreditation and university administration. The candidate should have a distinguished record of excellence in academia, and strong administrative leadership in the management of a large, complex, and diverse higher education environment to serve as the founding Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Vin University.
The Vice Provost is an advocate for all academic programs, providing leadership to faculty and academic staff to ensure consistent quality standards in curriculum and programs that meet the needs of students and for the mission and goals of the University. The Vice Provost oversees the academic integrity of the university and provides leadership in long-range planning, budgeting, curriculum, and program development. The Vice Provost ensures compliance with various accreditation agencies as well as Government accreditation and regulation. The Vice Provost’s office is responsible for taking care of admissions, registrar, student records, financial aids, manage Center of Teaching and Research Excellence, General Education Program, Learning Materials (Library) and related administrative activities. The Vice Provost reports to the Provost and collaborates with the Colleges Deans (Business, Engineering and Computer Science, Health Sciences) and other Sr. administrators to ensure highest level of academic excellence across the entire university.
Respect for shared governance and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, yet decisively, will be important attributes. Additionally, the successful candidate will have held a senior administrative appointment in a university-system setting with experience working with governing boards, administration, and faculty. A sophisticated understanding of financial and operational drivers of performance in a research university are critical.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide leadership for all academic programs, especially General education program and works with the College of Business, College of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Health Sciences deans and faculty to facilitate appropriate program development to ensure world-class quality of curriculum and alignment of the with Vin University’s vision and mission.
• Promote, encourage, and incentivize interdisciplinary collaborations across the colleges at Vin University.
• Play a key oversight role in the accreditation process and program review for continuous improvement of the curriculum and programs. Work with all constituency groups to ensure that the academic programs of the colleges approach high national/regional ranking, and are well placed with respect to the University’s peer or aspirational benchmark group.
• Oversee the development of marketing strategies to promote the University to prospective students.
• Collaborate with the university’s admission division to recruit, retain, and graduate high-quality students.
• Support mutually beneficial partnerships between the University and the industry, not-for-profit organizations, and other educational institutions. Nurture industry relationships that provide student internships, graduate career opportunities, scholarships, and other fundraising prospects.
• In collaboration with college deans, recruit and retain high quality faculty and academic staff. Recommend appointment, promotion, and professional development of faculty members and academic staff.
• Develop and manage teaching & research certification development program is recognized by Cornell/Penns.
• Library gets accreditation with QS 5 Star quality.
• Provide leadership in matters of academic policy and administration and regularly advise the Provost/ President on these matters.
• Coordinate and provide leadership for the academic strategic planning process.
• Coordinate with the College Deans for Enrollment Management, the preparation of the class schedule each semester; approve the final class schedule.
• Supervise Director Center of Excellence, General Education Program Director, Admissions Director, Registrar & Learning Materials Director and performs other tasks as assigned.

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