This role is responsible for developing and maintaining comprehensive monthly reporting packages for use by the Provost to assess the performance of the colleges and academic affairs units. Additional reports include analytical and variance analysis reports, forecasts and projections, and scenario planning and modeling. Utilizing Power-BI and collaborating with the Institutional Research and Strategic Analysis team, this position is responsible for developing performance dashboards and graphics that “tell the story within the numbers,” and continuously work toward improvements and efficiencies in gathering, processing, analyzing, reporting, and displaying data. This position is also responsible for creating tools for the colleges, such as calculating return on investment (ROI) and trend lines, and providing various performance ratios such as expense dollars per faculty FTE or student headcount, and operating margins.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.
UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.
UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.
The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.
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To express interest, please submit an application with the noted below attachments. To be assured of full consideration, completed applications with all requested materials should be submitted on or before June 30, 2025. However, applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until a hire is made.
About The College/Department/Division
The Office of the Provost is the central academic leadership unit, responsible for overseeing all academic matters and fostering academic excellence. It is responsible for overseeing the education of more than 30,000 undergraduate students and approximately 8,100 graduate students. The office is responsible for overseeing and coordinating academic affairs and activities within the institution. The Office of the Provost plays a central role in faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement. The Office also assists in the development of strategic academic initiatives for the campus. The Office of the Provost directs budget resources for academic units and partners with them on planning, development, implementation, and assessment of academic programs and policies.
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