The City University of New York

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Job ID

28358

Location

Guttman Community College

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

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POSITION DETAILS

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Guttman Community College seeks a dynamic and innovative leader with proven experience to serve as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. The College has an ambitious agenda to expand and develop new academic programs and services to meet the needs of an urban and highly diverse community. Reporting to the President, the Provost is the Chief Academic Officer of the College, and as a member of the President's Strategy and Implementation Team (PSIT), the Provost is involved in all major decisions of the College. Working closely with senior administrators, faculty, staff, and institutional (CUNY) partners, the Provost implements the College’s mission of increasing student learning, retention, and graduation.

Serving as a champion for academic innovation, student access and success, the Provost will contribute to the College by addressing several key priorities; providing academic and strategic leadership, direction, and policy formulation of all academic divisions/programs consistent with the College’s mission, values and goals. The Provost will work in collaboration with Administration and Faculty to lead the development of academic departments. The Provost will supervise degree programs; instructional support services; academic support services and academic resources; faculty resources; and grants for academic programs. With the assistance of the Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs and the Dean of Academic Innovation and Career Success, the Provost works closely with chairs, academic departments and faculty to ensure the effective administration of the Offices of Academic Affairs, the Library, the Career Innovation Hub (CIH), and other Academic programs. The Provost works closely with the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs to improve the College's graduation and retention rates.

The Provost leads a diverse faculty and plays an instrumental role in faculty development. The Provost is responsible for ensuring that teaching and learning at the College meet the highest academic and accreditation standards, assuring the currency, integrity and quality of academic programs and services, and establishing and maintaining high quality academic programs that attract and retain students. This seasoned administrator supervises the integration of educational technologies for pedagogy in all academic areas and promotes student learning, excellence in teaching, scholarly research, service, and leadership.

Some specific responsibilities of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serving as a member of the President’s Cabinet and Strategy and Implementation Team.
• Directing the development of the curriculum, academic programs and services, transfer agreements, and articulation agreements.
• Developing, implementing, and assessing the Academic Master Plan.
• Serving as a Pillar Champion for the College Strategic Plan.
• Maintaining programmatic and institutional accreditation; establishing effective relationships with regional and professional accrediting organizations.
• Responsible for the coordination of procedures required for accreditation, including compliance with and reporting on Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Standards for Accreditation and external program accreditations.
• Leading the administration, development, and overall effectiveness of academic and workforce development educational programs in close collaboration with the President, administrator colleagues, faculty, and staff.
• Overseeing the evaluation and tenure-track review process of fulltime faculty.
• Promoting and developing processes that inform student learning and assessment practices.
• Partnering with college stakeholders to assess and implement student retention strategies.
• Promoting educational technologies and innovative pedagogy in all academic areas.
• Collaborating with faculty, staff, and colleagues to develop and focus educational programs, courses, and support services on inclusive excellence for student recruitment, success, completion, workplace readiness, college transfer, and employment.
• Collaborating with faculty, staff, and administrators to effectively respond to community requests and needs in developing market driven academic and workforce programs and providing opportunities for program modifications in response to student enrollment or success data.
• Collaborating with the Dean of Academic Innovation and Career Success to ensure the advancement of CIH’s pursuit and development of partnerships with local business and industry.
• Representing the college as Chief Academic Officer at the University’s Academic Council Meetings and other CUNY-wide meetings, as appropriate.
• Serving as a member of various College committees as established in governance, including the College Personnel Committee and College Council.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is in CUNY's Executive Compensation Plan. All executive positions require a minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight years' related experience.

The ideal candidate will possess a terminal degree in an academic discipline or related area and 6 to 10 years of demonstrated academic experience and leadership skills needed to foster the academic progress and vitality of the College; 6 to 10 years of academic administrative experience, administrative experience working in academic affairs; a doctoral degree with academic and scholarly achievement sufficient to qualify for appointment as a full professor with tenure; accomplishments in academic administration, including faculty development, academic program development, strategic planning, budget and management; and, a deep understanding of and commitment to the model and mission of the College and the role of public higher education in a dynamic urban environment. The successful candidate must be a skillful collaborator with experience working with centralized and unionized systems of public higher education.

CUNY TITLE

Vice President

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$170,000 - $195,000; Salary commensurate with education and experience.

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

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CLOSING DATE

April 29, 2024

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CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.