Position Summary
The Senior Vice Provost serves as a key member of the Provosts team providing effective oversight of discrete functions leading strategic initiatives and providing advice to the Provost on a wide range of academic issues. This role is essential for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of the institutions academic offerings and ensuring alignment with institutional goals.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must possess an earned terminal degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in a relevant field and five years of demonstrated success in higher education in a role that involves significant faculty personnel and budget administration responsibilities. Required knowledge of and experience with faculty promotion and tenure processes and criteria may be satisfied by the candidates successful attainment of promotion and tenure or through work in an administrative capacity supporting the unit or institutional tenure process. Knowledge: Strong understanding of current trends in higher education university leadership academic program development and assessment accreditation faculty assignments and workload expectations in public research institutions faculty personnel administration faculty development promotion and tenure practices budgeting and resource management. Skills: Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively in a diverse academic environment. Demonstrated personal and professional judgment and integrity. Vision: Proven ability to think strategically and lead initiatives that enhance academic quality and student success. Commitment: Candidates must demonstrate commitment to UNCGs institutional values as well as personal conscientiousness accountability an embrace of shared governance and selfmotivation to ensure their own job success and that of the functions they supervise. The ideal candidate must also be dedicated to the success of all members of the University community including the success of the Office of the Provost in contributing to the fulfillment of the Universitys mission.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred experience includes at least eight years of experience in academic administration with at least five years of leadership responsibility at the level of academic department head/chair or higher.
Work Environment
Inside F Overtime C
Required Experience:
Senior IC