Vice Provost, School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology

Vice Provost, School of Manufacturing & Industrial Technology

Reports To:

Provost

Our Client is seeking an experienced, highly collaborative leader with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success in a dynamic higher education environment.

The Vice Provost for the School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, serves under the Provost and provides leadership for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of credit hour programs in the field of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, while serving as an advocate for students, faculty, instructors, local business, and industry. Additional responsibilities include assisting and advising the Provost in matters pertaining to professional and technical education, and actively engaging with community and employer partners to create new partnerships, responsive programs, and revenue opportunities.

• Oversee Faculty and Academic Managers, with direct responsibility for academic excellence initiatives, including:
• SLO / Assessment
• Tutoring and supplemental academic support
• Instruction
• Faculty professional development
• Develop and maintain student pathways and degree maps within your School ensuring students have the ability to take the courses and programs they need to reach economic security and success.
• Oversee each school-specific program and Faculty, Administrator, or Staff member across geographic locations, ensuring consistency of offerings to create a seamless student experience.
• Coordinate with Academic Services teams to provide academic support for students through access to tailored resources such as library and tutoring services.
• Ensure excellence of curriculum and offerings through benchmarking and assessment of school and community needs.

• Work with Workforce & Advancement teams to ensure student opportunities with community and workforce partners during their time in the program and after completion.
• Actively engage with community and employer partners to develop partnerships, responsive programs, and revenue opportunities.

• Complete required Professional Development training hours per academic year.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The Vice Provost provides oversight of:

• Oversight of faculty, including evaluation
• Oversight of instruction

• SLO / Assessment

• Knowledge of the purpose of community colleges and the vision of the College.
• History of progressively responsible experience as an academic administrator involving graduate or undergraduate programs, including responsibility for budget, personnel recruitment, and evaluation.
• Experience in strategic planning, assessment of program effectiveness, and development of guidelines to enhance academic units within the institution and with accrediting bodies.
• Knowledge of curriculum design and its application to sound academic management.
• Ability and skill in the design and application of methods for the evaluation of faculty and academic staff.
• Demonstrated success working with diverse communities.
• Understanding of emerging technologies and the effective application of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.
• Highly collaborative leadership experience within a comparably complex college or university environment, with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success.
• Understanding of contemporary issues in higher education through professional development activities.
• Appreciation of shared governance and demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with administration, faculty, students, staff, and constituent groups both within and outside a college or university.
• Ability to collaborate across the institution to align course offerings and scheduling to promote student success while increasing effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond appropriately to issues in a dynamic and…