Vice President Academic Affairs

Position: Vice President for Academic Affairs
Job Type

Full-time

Description

NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Description of Position

Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) seeks a relational academic professional to serve as Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). This senior administrator will play a key role in leading the institution toward fulfillment of its mission and vision. As the university's chief academic officer, the VPAA will work with the University President, the Faculty, other campus academic leaders, and the President's Senior Leadership Team.

The VPAA will lead efforts to strengthen NNU's traditional undergraduate liberal arts program, expand adult and graduate offerings, and foster the education of the whole person across the entire curriculum. Candidates must be committed Christians whose beliefs align with the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition and preferably be members of the Church of the Nazarene.

The VPAA will lead the various academic sectors of the institution in mission fulfillment, maintaining university-wide values and outcomes, while being aware of the uniqueness and importance of each discipline and delivery mode. This role requires vision casting, strategic goal setting, and plan implementation within a collegial, collaborative campus culture.

This is a full time, 12-month, Exempt position and reports to the University President.

Essential Functions, Roles and Responsibilities

As the chief academic officer, the VPAA:

• Leads and advocates for all academic programs, personnel, and priorities, ensuring alignment and support across the university's academic domain.
• Works with the President in overseeing all matters of mission articulation, academic and shared governance, program review, assessment, revision, and new program development.
• Works with the faculty and guides the collaborative work of other academic leaders in their respective areas to foster and promote the NNU academic community.
• Recruits, orients and develops intellectually talented, spiritually vital and collegially committed faculty who are committed to the university's mission, vision and values.
• Maintains administrative oversite of policies and systems for faculty development, review, rank promotion, tenure and sabbaticals.
• Analyzes and reviews NNU's academic organization and academic governance and contributes to the university's ongoing refinement of shared governance.
• Works with general and specialized accrediting bodies, harmonizing the institution's mission and priorities with these programmatic commitments and priorities.
• Provides direct oversite to the university's central academic service departments including the Registrar's office, accreditation and academic regulatory compliance, library services, institutional research, and the Center for Academic Success & Advising.
• Offers proper oversite, provision and allocation of resources, including operational budgets and personnel, needed to achieve the university's academic vision.
• Works with the President and serves on the Senior Leadership Team to provide academic vision, set strategic goals, and develop operational plans that advance NNU's scope, quality, and depth of curricular and programmatic offerings.
• Demonstrates a commitment to intellectual rigor while integrating faith throughout the curriculum and classroom experience.
• Upholds the university's mission and its commitment to the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
• Encourages faculty and students to impact the world for Christ as His positive change agents.
• Collaborates with Student Life to promote and enhance student thriving.
• Chairs and serves on academic commissions and committees.
• Performs other duties which may be reasonably required of the position.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervision of Registrar, Director of CASA, Associate VP of Institutional Research, Associate VP of NNU eCampus, VPAA Executive Assistant, and all Academic Deans.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

The VPAA should bring a wealth of personal and professional experience and ability to the position, and must meet the following minimum qualifications:

• Earned Ph.D. or appropriate terminal degree in field of study
• Committed Christian,…