Vice President for Student Affairs
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Working/Functional Title
Vice President for Student Affairs
Position Summary
Reporting to the President the Vice President for Student Affairs will work closely with their leadership team of three direct reports two dual reports and the 90 fulltime employees in their unit to build a new Division of Student Affairs that leads student engagement and campus life activities and is closely aligned with student success initiatives. They will oversee a budget of $20 million. The next VPSA will bring a track record of building and managing cohesive and vibrant teams and modeling a solutionsfocused approach to navigating change. They will be a strong advocate for student engagement and wellbeing through the student lifecycle and provide targeted programming to support the entire study body including undergraduate graduate transfer students adult and continuing education students and veterans. It is important that the VPSA be a visible and active presence on campus opening lines of communication to faculty staff students and other stakeholders. This active presence will enhance a culture of responsiveness to student needs and ideas and serve as a model to staff within the Division. The VPSA will envision a future that redefines how student affairs holistically supports students by prioritizing a sense of belonging while connecting their cocurricular activities with their scholarship and career goals.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin citizenship age disability or protected veteran status.
Required Degree
Bachelors
Desired Degree
Other
Minimum Requirements
- MSU seeks an experienced student affairs scholarpractitioner and innovative leader with the skills and experience to develop a bold strategic and studentfocused vision for the Division of Student Affairs.
- Bachelors degree
Desired Qualifications
An advanced degree is strongly preferred along with demonstrated progressive administrative and leadership experience directly related to student affairs. While no one person will embody all of the following the successful VPSA candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications skills experiences and personal qualities:
- A proactive approach to redefining what the future of student affairs could be and the willingness to take risks to effect change;
- A record of success as an administratively strong innovative and collaborative leader in a fastgrowing and complex organization;
- A demonstrated commitment to and experience with inclusive excellence as applied to higher education and student affairs;
- Demonstrated effectiveness and competency in the development and of strategic and operational plans that require coordination and collaboration across internal departments and external functions;
- The ability to establish a welcoming and inclusive presence as a visible active and responsive leader;
- An interpersonal style that fosters collaboration high levels of collegiality and meaningful relationships with colleagues and staff;
- An understanding of the resources necessary to provide a campus experience that supports the intellectual growth physical and mental health and wellbeing and diverse identities and experiences of students;
- The ability to inspire build lead motivate and provide vision to staff while leading within a complex organizational structure;
- Deep knowledge of current best practices and trends in student affairs and higher education with a strategic lens and affinity for change and continuous improvement through the use of data learning and program outcomes;
- An understanding of the land grant mission of MSU and a commitment to the connected values including broad access to higher education;
- Proven ability to build and maintain effective partnerships and work collaboratively with campus leaders across a complex university; of particular importance is experience implementing initiatives programs and structures that address retention and student success;
- Strong business acumen and a proven track record of managing a sizeable team;
- Demonstrated successful stewardship of physical financial and human resources;
- A high degree of character and integrity; and
- A powerful commitment to the mission vision and values of public higher education.
Required Application Materials
- CV
- Letter of Interest
Special Instructions
Michigan State University has retained the national executive search firm Isaacson Miller to assist in this search. All applications nominations referrals and inquiries should be sent in confidence to:
Rebecca Kennedy Partner (she/her)
Keight Tucker Kennedy Partner (she/her)
Melissa DePretto Behan Senior Associate (she/her)
Cortnee Bollard Senior Search Coordinator (they/them)
Isaacson Miller
A professional misconduct review is a prerequisite for all individuals to be selected for this position. Interviewees will be asked to disclose whether they are subject to any pending investigation findings or sanctions related to professional misconduct. Professional misconduct includes misconduct related to a persons employment including but not limited to theft embezzlement research integrity discrimination or harassment under civil rights laws and policies including protected identity harassment sexual harassment sexual misconduct (sexual sexual exploitation dating violence domestic violence stalking etc. and retaliation. At the interview stage candidates will also be asked to sign an authorization and release which authorizes the University to contact the candidates current and former employers for a period of 7 years prior to the date of application related to any pending investigations findings of responsibility and/or sanctions related to professional misconduct. Although the declaration and authorization will be signed at the interview stage the University will not reach out to the current and former employers until the semifinalist candidates are identified for on campus interviews but before a formal offer of employment is made by the University.
The existence of professional misconduct history does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment. The University will assess the information including any information provided by the candidate in determining whether the professional misconduct history is compatible with the position. The University may decline to hire a candidate based on the professional misconduct review. All records obtained from external employers will be kept in a secure location separate from personnel files. If an applicant fails to sign the authorization and release the application will be deemed incomplete and will be considered withdrawn.
Review of Applications Begins On
02/20/2025
Department Statement
Michigan State University is committed to cultivating a safe and inclusive campus community characterized by caring and respect for others. Michigan State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
We collectively acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral traditional and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe Odawa and Potawatomi peoples. In particular the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize support and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigans twelve federally recognized Indian nations for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.
MSU Statement
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing lifechanging opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degreegranting colleges.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Student
