Vice Provost Workforce Partnerships and Professional Learning
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration, Professional Development, University Professor, Academic -
Management
Education Administration, Professional Development
Job Description
The Vice Provost for Workforce Partnerships and Professional Learning provides university-wide strategic leadership for Virginia Tech’s workforce and professional learning enterprise by fostering innovative educational models and creating educational pathways that: respond to evolving workforce needs and employer demand; align with institutional priorities and Virginia Tech’s research and scholarly expertise; and advance Virginia Tech’s land-grant mission through educational innovation, workforce preparation, and economic development.
The Vice Provost builds partnerships across academic and administrative units and leads the growth of a sustainable portfolio of professional graduate degrees, certificates, executive education, and other credentialed workforce programs.
The Vice Provost has entrepreneurial drive and works collaboratively with and provides strategic leadership across the academic colleges and departments, research institutes, the Graduate School, Enrollment Management, Outreach & International Affairs (OIA), and Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) to launch and sustain programs that capitalize on the institution’s strengths and geographic opportunities. As a member of the Provost’s senior leadership team, the Vice Provost advises the Provost on institutional growth and sun setting strategies related to workforce partnerships and professional learning.
The position will be based either in Blacksburg or the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership- Develop and implement Virginia Tech’s strategy for professional workforce education.
- Develop an organization that brings coherence to activities related to workforce partnerships and professional learning that includes organizational design, staffing, governance, long-term strategic priorities, and a financial operating model such that it is a self-sustaining unit
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