Job SummaryValdosta State University seeks an academically accomplished, visionary, and collaborative leader to serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Reporting directly to the President and serving as the University's chief academic officer and a member of the President's Cabinet, the Provost will provide strategic and operational leadership for the academic enterprise and play a central role in major decisions affecting the University as a whole.
The Provost will lead a broad portfolio that includes the academic colleges, Graduate School, Honors College, VState, vice provost leadership, and academic support functions. This leader will have the opportunity to shape VSU's academic identity, strengthen a culture of excellence and shared purpose, expand programs responsive to student and workforce needs, and align academic quality with enrollment growth, student success, research, and long-term financial sustainability.
This position will administer and oversee a major division of the university in order to manage one of the university's major functions. Report to the President or Vice President, may serve on the President's cabinet, and assists with major decisions effecting the university as a whole.
ResponsibilitiesDepartment Summary The ideal candidate is an academically credible, forward-looking, and highly collaborative leader who can honor the traditions of the academy while moving decisively toward VSU's future. This leader will be equally comfortable engaging faculty in shared governance, evaluating the academic portfolio, aligning resources with strategy, partnering across divisions, representing VSU externally, and advising the President on consequential institutional decisions. The successful candidate will bring intellectual curiosity, integrity, transparency, courage, fiscal discipline, and a deep commitment to creating the conditions in which students, faculty, staff, and academic programs can thrive.
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Typical Allocation of Duties: Leadership, direction, and supervision - 25% Provide executive-level leadership and direction to other leaders within an area of the university. Assign, direct, and supervise the work of personnel.
Administration - 20% Administer a major department, initiative, or unit with full authority of that area.
Subject-matter expert - 15% Serve as subject-matter expert for a specific area for the university.
Department representative - 10% Represent the University to external stakeholders at events and on various committees.
Manage budget - 10% Develop, monitor, and administer a substantial budget of a department, initiative, or unit.
Compliance - 10% Interact with federal, state, and local entities to ensure compliance with appropriate statutes and regulations.
Policy and Procedure - 10% Establish and administer policies and procedures for department, initiative, or unit.
Required Qualifications - An earned doctorate from an appropriately accredited institution.
- At least ten years of progressively responsible academic administrative experience, including successful senior-level leadership and at least seven years of responsibility for supervising and developing highly productive teams.
- A record of teaching and scholarship sufficient to qualify for appointment as a tenured full professor in an academic discipline represented at VSU.
- Progressively responsible experience in academic leadership, strategic planning, institutional effectiveness, program development and review, and strategic fiscal management.
- Demonstrated understanding of graduate education and the requirements for excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activity.
Proposed SalaryCommensurate with experience.
