Associate Vice Provost for Student Success [R0147608]

The University of Nevada Las Vegas invites applications for Associate Vice Provost for Student Success R0147608.

ROLE of the POSITION

The Associate Vice Provost for Student Success (AVP) reports to and implements the vision of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (SVPAA) and works in close collaboration with the AVP for Enrollment Management regarding undergraduate student success strategy programming and retention progression and completion (RPC) metric tracking to promote continual improvement in academic outcomes and enrollment growth. Student success is measured through comprehensive retention progression and timely completion for all students. The AVP will advance opportunities for student success through collaborations across advising academic affairs student affairs enrollment management student athletic advising services and academic schools/colleges to improve student outcomes for the undergraduate population at UNLV. The AVP will increase the enrollment and success of dual and concurrent enrollment high school students through UNLVs Rebel College Accelerator. A core responsibility of the AVP is to lead campus-wide initiatives related to the Top Tier Student Achievement goals as well as initiatives that improve equitable student retention progression and timely completion through programs that promote student enrollment and academic success. The AVP will lead their team in ways that yield positive impacts for students and continually improve campus retention and timely graduation rates for all students as well as career-readiness.

The AVP oversees a number of strategic positions that support undergraduate academic student success. These include but are not limited to: the Executive Director of Academic Advising Executive Director of Student Success Programs the Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Learning Services the Director of Academic Transition and Major Exploration and the Assistant Director of Rebel College Accelerator Programs. The AVP provides oversight of academic advising practice across campus and will collaborate to implement evidence-based best practices in UNLVs Academic Advising Centers. The AVP will oversee full implementation and integration of the Salesforce Rebel Success Hub platform in UNLVs Academic Advising Centers including standardizing advising practices in ways that bring benefit to students and improve outcomes while broadening and strengthening a coordinated care network of platform users in other units.

The AVP leads UNLVs Rebel College Accelerator (RCA) program for concurrent and dual enrollment high school programs. The AVP will ensure the development and management of a thriving academic RCA program that promotes teacher effectiveness through faculty liaison support and results in students early academic success and works in conjunction with recruitment and admissions to cultivate strong pipelines into UNLV.

The AVP oversees the Academic Success Center as a central campus resource for holistic academic and learning support services including a team that provides Tutoring and Learning Support Exploring Advising Academic Transitions and Major Exploration Student-Athlete Academic Services Retention Progression and Completion efforts to deliver high priority student and academic success initiatives across the lifecycle by utilizing segmented care and targeted messaging services and outreach to students as they need it.

In conjunction with the SVPAA and Academic Affairs executive leaders the AVP collaborates broadly across the university to achieve our student success mission and realize our shared enrollment goals. All positions in Academic Affairs contribute to our core mission: to increase enrollment and promote equitable student success including data analytics and the tracking of core metrics to assess success. Like all AA leaders this position plays a crucial role in enrollment growth removing barriers to student success ensuring inclusive and equitable access to resources working to eliminate achievement gaps and providing outstanding services and support to students across the lifecycle. By addressing systemic obstacles and implementing strategic services programs and support this position will meaningfully contribute to the institutions commitment to expand access grow enrollment and promote career-ready student success that leads to timely graduation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires aPh.D.from an accredited college or university as recognized by the United States Department of Education and/or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) andMinimum of 5-7 years of administrative and supervisory and management experience particularly as related to undergraduate education; student success advising traditional and; first year experience and gen-ed design. Credentials must be obtained prior to the start date.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

7-9 years of higher education experience in undergraduate education and academic affairs.

COMMITMENT to DIVERSITY and CAMPUS VALUES

Submit a letter of interest a detailed resume listing qualifications and experience and the names addresses and telephone numbers of at least three professional references who may be contacted. References will not be contacted until the search chair notifies you in advance.