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Job Summary
Salary:$400000 - $450000 depending on experience and qualifications
Position Summary
Applicants must provide a C.V. / resume and a letter of interest in order to be considered. For priority consideration please apply by August 10. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
The Provost serves as the Universitys Chief Academic Officer and strategic academic leader responsible for advancing academic excellence while positioning Rosalind Franklin University to anticipate and respond to the evolving future of healthcare biomedical science and graduate health professions education. Reporting directly to the President the Provost works closely with the President deans faculty senior leadership students staff and external partners to advance the Universitys mission vision values and strategic priorities.
The Provost provides strategic leadership for academic affairs faculty affairs academic planning accreditation assessment student success interprofessional education academic innovation and the continued development of high-quality academic programs. The Provost also plays a central role in aligning academic strategy with strategic enrollment management campus space planning technology-enabled learning AI integration and the Universitys long-term financial and operational sustainability. The Provost ensures that RFUs academic enterprise is rigorous mission-aligned financially sustainable responsive to workforce needs and positioned to prepare health and biomedical professionals and researchers for a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
The Provost is expected to lead through collaboration shared governance transparency data-informed decision-making and a deep commitment to academic excellence.
Our generous benefits package includes medical dental and vision plans; paid parental leave; short term and long term disability plans; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; and a 403(b) retirement plan which includes a 8% employer contribution once eligible. RFUMS is committed to employee wellbeing and work-life balance. This position is eligible for 24 days of vacation/ personal leave 15 sick days and 9 paid holidays paid winter break plus two floating holidays.
Who We Are
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a graduate health sciences university dedicated to improving the wellness of all people through innovative interprofessional education of health and biomedical professionals and the discovery and implementation of knowledge.
The Universitys vision is to lead the nation in developing interprofessional healthcare education and biomedical discovery to advance an equitable healthy society. RFUs core values are Collaboration Excellence Innovation Integrity Justice Respect and Scholarship.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide Academic Leadership and Advance Institutional Strategy:Provide strategic leadership for the Universitys academic enterprise by working collaboratively with the President deans faculty and senior leaders to advance academic excellence institutional priorities and long-term sustainability. Lead academic planning portfolio management and program development while ensuring that academic offerings remain rigorous mission-aligned financially sustainable anticipate workforce needs and positioned to prepare health and biomedical professionals for the evolving future of healthcare and biomedical science.
- Lead and Align the Universitys Academic Enterprise:Provide leadership and support to college and school deans and other academic leaders while fostering collaboration across colleges programs and administrative units. Strengthen alignment among Academic Affairs Faculty Affairs Strategic Enrollment Management Student Success Institutional Effectiveness Research Technology and other university functions to promote high-quality academic operations shared accountability continuous improvement and institutional effectiveness.
- Cultivate Faculty Excellence and Strengthen Shared Governance:Advance a culture of faculty excellence by supporting the recruitment development retention advancement and recognition of outstanding faculty and academic leaders. Promote shared governance academic freedom leadership development mentorship scholarly engagement and respectful dialogue while ensuring that faculty policies and practices align with institutional priorities academic quality and student success.
- Advance Student Success and Prepare the Future Healthcare Workforce:Lead university-wide academic strategies that promote student learning progression well-being and career readiness. Advance innovative approaches to teaching and learning through interprofessional education simulation experiential learning artificial intelligence data-informed decision making and other evidence-based educational practices. Partner closely with enrollment management student success faculty and academic leaders to ensure students are well prepared for practice research leadership and lifelong learning in an evolving healthcare environment.
- Strengthen Research Scholarship and Discovery:Partner with research leadership deans faculty and senior administrators to strengthen the integration of education discovery clinical practice and community impact. Foster interprofessional scholarship translational research educational innovation and faculty and student engagement in scholarly activity while supporting the continued growth and excellence of the Universitys research enterprise.
- Ensure Academic Quality and Institutional Effectiveness:Provide leadership for institutional and programmatic accreditation assessment academic accountability and continuous improvement. Promote evidence-informed decision making by strengthening the use of assessment outcomes data and institutional effectiveness processes to guide academic planning resource allocation program review and strategic decision making while ensuring compliance with accreditation and regulatory expectations.
- Build Strategic Partnerships for Workforce and Community Impact:Develop and strengthen partnerships with health systems clinical affiliates community organizations industry governmental agencies and educational institutions that advance RFUs educational research and service missions. Expand workforce development initiatives experiential education academic pathways and community engagement opportunities that improve health strengthen the healthcare workforce and position the University as a trusted academic partner responsive to evolving healthcare needs.
- Provide Strategic Financial and Operational Stewardship: Collaborate with the President Chief Financial Officer deans and senior leadership to align academic priorities with responsible financial stewardship operational effectiveness and institutional sustainability. Promote strategic investments in academic programs facilities simulation environments research infrastructure instructional technology and space planning while ensuring that resources are aligned with institutional priorities and long-term success.
- Serve as a Collaborative University Leader:Serve as a trusted member of the Presidents Cabinet contributing to university-wide strategy governance Board relations institutional planning and organizational leadership. Represent the Universitys academic enterprise with integrity professionalism transparency and sound judgment while communicating effectively with faculty students staff trustees accrediting bodies health system partners and external stakeholders. Serve as Acting President when designated by the President.
Conditions of Employment
- Must achieve satisfactory results from a background check.
- Must comply with University policies and applicable federal state regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Required Education and Experience
- Earned doctorate or other terminal degree from an accredited institution.
- Record of academic achievement scholarship and professional accomplishment appropriate for appointment as a senior academic leader.
- Progressively responsible senior academic leadership experience in higher education.
- Demonstrated success leading academic programs colleges schools departments or academic units in a complex institution.
- Experience working effectively with faculty deans students staff senior administrators and shared governance bodies.
- Demonstrated accomplishment in academic planning accreditation assessment program development curricular review and academic quality improvement.
- Experience with academic budget planning resource allocation and operational stewardship.
- Demonstrated commitment to student success faculty success academic excellence and institutional mission.
- Reputation for personal and professional integrity sound judgment transparency and accountability.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of graduate and professional education preferably in health sciences biomedical sciences healthcare education or a related field.
- Knowledge of accreditation principles academic assessment program review institutional effectiveness and regulatory expectations.
- Ability to lead through collaboration shared governance influence and trust.
- Ability to formulate communicate implement and evaluate academic policies and priorities.
- Strong strategic thinking organizational leadership and change management skills.
- Ability to identify and resolve complex academic operational personnel and institutional issues with sound judgment and discretion.
- Demonstrated ability to use data and evidence to support planning decision-making assessment and continuous improvement.
- Strong financial and operational acumen in an academic setting.
- Excellent communication interpersonal facilitation and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work effectively across disciplines professions colleges and administrative units.
- Ability to support innovation in teaching learning research simulation interprofessional education and emerging technologies.
- Commitment to maintaining a respectful inclusive and mission-driven academic environment.
- Ability to represent the University effectively with external partners accrediting bodies clinical partners community organizations and other stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Senior academic leadership experience in an academic health sciences medical biomedical or health professions education institution.
- Experience leading academic strategy across multiple colleges schools or professional programs.
- Experience supporting research growth interdisciplinary scholarship translational research or educational research.
- Experience advancing interprofessional education simulation clinical education or health systems science.
- Experience developing or sustaining clinical community industry or institutional partnerships.
- Experience with new program development academic portfolio review enrollment strategy and workforce-responsive academic planning.
- Experience supporting faculty development leadership development mentorship and academic career progression.
- Experience using emerging technologies including artificial intelligence or advanced simulation to support teaching learning research or academic operations.
- Experience leading through institutional change in a complex regulatory financial or policy environment.
Typical Physical Demands and Working Conditions
The selected candidate must have the mental and physical capabilities to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.
EOE Including Disability / Vets
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