Provost

Salary: $400,000 - $450,000 depending on experience and qualifications

Position Summary

Applicants must provide a C.V. / resume and a letter of interest in order to be considered.

The Provost serves as the University's Chief Academic Officer and strategic academic leader, responsible for advancing academic excellence while positioning Rosalind Franklin University to anticipate and respond to the evolving future of healthcare, biomedical science, and graduate health professions education. Reporting directly to the President, the Provost works closely with the President, deans, faculty, senior leadership, students, staff, and external partners to advance the University's mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.

The Provost provides strategic leadership for academic affairs, faculty affairs, academic planning, accreditation, assessment, student success, interprofessional education, academic innovation, and the continued development of high-quality academic programs. The Provost also plays a central role in aligning academic strategy with strategic enrollment management, campus space planning, technology-enabled learning, AI integration, and the University's long-term financial and operational sustainability. The Provost ensures that RFU's academic enterprise is rigorous, mission-aligned, financially sustainable, responsive to workforce needs, and positioned to prepare health and biomedical professionals and researchers for a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.

The Provost is expected to lead through collaboration, shared governance, transparency, data-informed decision-making, and a deep commitment to academic excellence.

Our generous benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision plans; paid parental leave; short term and long term disability plans; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; and a 403(b) retirement plan which includes a 8% employer contribution once eligible. RFUMS is committed to employee wellbeing and work-life balance. This position is eligible for 24 days of vacation/ personal leave, 15 sick days, and 9 paid holidays, paid winter break, plus two floating holidays.

Who We Are

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a graduate health sciences university dedicated to improving the wellness of all people through innovative, interprofessional education of health and biomedical professionals and the discovery and implementation of knowledge.

The University's vision is to lead the nation in developing interprofessional healthcare education and biomedical discovery to advance an equitable, healthy society. RFU's core values are Collaboration, Excellence, Innovation, Integrity, Justice, Respect, and Scholarship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

* Provide Academic Leadership and Advance Institutional Strategy:
Provide strategic leadership for the University's academic enterprise by working collaboratively with the President, deans, faculty, and senior leaders to advance academic excellence, institutional priorities, and long-term sustainability. Lead academic planning, portfolio management, and program development while ensuring that academic offerings remain rigorous, mission-aligned, financially sustainable, anticipate workforce needs, and positioned to prepare health and biomedical professionals for the evolving future of healthcare and biomedical science.

* Lead and Align the University's Academic Enterprise:
Provide leadership and support to college and school deans and other academic leaders while fostering collaboration across colleges, programs, and administrative units. Strengthen alignment among Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs, Strategic Enrollment Management, Student Success, Institutional Effectiveness, Research, Technology, and other university functions to promote high-quality academic operations, shared accountability, continuous improvement, and institutional effectiveness.

* Cultivate Faculty Excellence and Strengthen Shared Governance:
Advance a culture of faculty excellence by supporting the recruitment, development, retention, advancement, and recognition of outstanding faculty and academic leaders. Promote shared governance, academic freedom, leadership development, mentorship, scholarly engagement, and respectful dialogue while ensuring that faculty policies and practices align with institutional priorities, academic quality, and student success.

* Advance Student Success and Prepare the Future Healthcare Workforce:
Lead university-wide academic strategies that promote student learning, progression, well-being, and career readiness. Advance innovative approaches to teaching and learning through interprofessional education, simulation, experiential learning, artificial intelligence, data-informed decision making, and other evidence-based educational practices. Partner closely with enrollment management, student success, faculty, and academic leaders to ensure students are well prepared for practice, research, leadership, and lifelong learning in…