Provost Academic Affairs Job Orem area,Utah USA,Education / Teaching

Provost Academic Affairs

Salary: $ - $ Annually

Job Type: Executives

Job Number: FY2706737

Closing: Continuous

Location: Main Campus
- Orem

Division: VP Academic Affairs

Position Announcement

Utah Valley University (UVU) seeks a collaborative,student-centered academic leader who will champion academic excellence, faculty success, shared governance, and meaningfulinnovation while building trust through transparent and engagedleadership. The next Provost/Vice President
- Academic Affairs willbring vision and experience to guide UVU's academic enterprisethrough a changing higher education landscape while ensuring programs remain rigorous, relevant, responsive, and aligned withUVU's distinctive mission.

As a member of the President's executive leadership team, the Provost advances UVU's mission as an integrated regionalcomprehensive university and community college that educates every student for success in work and life through excellence in engaged teaching, service, and scholarship. The Provost will be a visible,accessible, and trusted academic leader who values faculty expertise and meaningful shared governance.

The Provost will foster collaboration across the university,strengthen connections between academic programs and student success, and help UVU thoughtfully navigate emerging opportunities and challenges, including artificial intelligence, technologicalchange, workforce needs, and changing expectations for higher education and position UVU for continued growth and impact across

Utah and beyond.

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The position will remain open until filled, but only applicationsreceived by November 9, 2026, can be assured full consideration.

UVU's Leadership Priorities

Student success is the university's defining priority.

Every institutional function-including academics, finance,facilities, technology, advancement, communications, and administration-exists to support the university's educationalmission and contribute to transformative student experiences. Mostuniversities say it. Our students will tell you we live it.

Leaders at UVU seek to live by the following five principles intheir steward ships:

Clear strategy - Maintain UVU's distinctiveidentity as an accessible, teaching-focused university committed to providing opportunities for all students. Prioritize transformativeeducational experiences, student success, and meaningful pathways to careers and continued learning over institutional prestige.

Operational efficiency - Ensure thatinstitutional resources, processes, and organizational structureseffectively advance strategic priorities. Regularly evaluate performance, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements that strengthen institutional effectiveness.

Healthy culture - Foster a respectful,collaborative, and people-centered institutional culture. Build trust, address conflict constructively, resolve strainedrelationships promptly, and promote professionalism and shared purpose.

Timely, inclusive decision-making - Seekmeaningful input from appropriate stakeholders while maintaining the ability to make timely, informed decisions. Demonstrate sound judgment, accountability, and a willingness to reassess decisions when warranted by new evidence.

A single point of coordination - Establish aclearly designated leader to coordinate cross-functional initiatives, facilitate collaboration, and maintain alignment across participating divisions, while recognizing their shared responsibility for institutional outcomes.

This position serves at the pleasure of