Associate Provost for Academic Strategy & Innovation

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Assumption University in Worcester, MA seeks an experienced Associate Provost to partner with the Provost and advance academic offerings aligned with Thrive. The role provides leadership across colleges, centers, and departments, overseeing budgets, hiring, and program assessment.

Key responsibilities include strategic planning with cabinet, faculty development, and accreditation coordination, leveraging institutional data and IT partnerships for digital learning initiatives.

Qualifications

• Earned Ph.D. or doctorate from a non-profit, accredited university.
• Earned tenure and promotion to at least the associate professor rank at a non-profit, accredited university.
• Experience in recruitment, hiring, and evaluation of faculty and staff in academic affairs.
• Familiarity with shared governance.
• Experience managing and leading an academic unit including budgeting and evaluation of faculty and staff.
• Experience working with institutional data and strategic planning and metrics.
• Demonstrated organizational leadership skills, including strategic planning, team development, and process management.
• Demonstrated experience building and monitoring academic budgets.
• Familiarity with high impact practices and faculty development.
• Understanding the role of digital learning, AI, and instructional technology in higher education.
• Experience working with curricular development and oversight in a university setting.
• Ability to provide professional development initiatives for faculty and staff in academic affairs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the provost and program directors, department chairpersons, and university librarian to make budget requests and provide oversight of all academic budgets.
• Collaborate with the provost and CFO on annual budgets for Academic Affairs operating, capital, and salary budgets.
• Collaborate on strategic priorities with cabinet members and division leaders, including the Academic Support Center, Student Accessibility Services, Emmanual D’Alzon Library, Campus Ministry, Denecker Career Development and Internship Center, Office of the Registrar, and Institutional Research.
• Provide oversight of faculty recruitment, hiring, and evaluation processes.
• Provide oversight of academic affairs staff and staff and faculty annual reviews.
• Collaborate with the President’s Cabinet, the Provost and Deans/Librarian on academic assessment and accreditation issues and compliance.
• Work closely with Institutional Research to provide academic affairs and faculty appropriate and verifiable institutional data.
• Work with IT on instructional technology and digital learning.
• Engage with the provost, other academic leadership, and faculty in strategic planning for academic affairs and the university.
• Partner with the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence to provide faculty development for faculty members.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the provost.

Skills

Budget management

Faculty recruitment

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Academic leadership

Digital learning

Education

Ph.D. or Doctorate

Job description

Assumption University in Worcester, MA seeks an experienced Associate Provost to partner with the Provost and advance academic offerings aligned with Thrive. The role provides leadership across colleges, centers, and departments, overseeing budgets, hiring, and program assessment.

Key responsibilities include strategic planning with cabinet, faculty development, and accreditation coordination, leveraging institutional data and IT partnerships for digital learning initiatives.