Assistant Vice Provost

University of Kansas, United States

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Lawrence, KANSAS
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Student Affairs


Position Overview

The Assistant Vice Provost for Student Affairs at the University of Kansas serves as a senior member of the Student Affairs leadership team and reports to and serves at the pleasure of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs. This position supervises and provides overall leadership and direction for Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, Sorority and Fraternity Life, Student Affairs Assessment and Strategic Initiatives, Student Conduct and Community Standards, and Student Involvement and Leadership Center. Additionally, this position coordinates programs and resources directed toward KU parents and families, including the KU Parents’ Association.

The Office of Student Affairs houses the University's student services organizations which provide services and programs designed to assist students in achieving their academic and personal goals. Student Affairs works in partnership with other members of the campus community in the creation, enhancement, coordination, and assessment of services and activities beyond academics and serves as an advocate for students across the University community.

This position will work on-site. In a continuing effort to provide equal educational and employment opportunities, the university actively encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups in higher education. The successful candidate must meet all position requirements by the effective date of the appointment.
The University is located in Lawrence, a city with a population exceeding 95,000. The community is known for its support of the University, education, arts, and research and regularly appears in various “best town” listings. Lawrence is centrally located between the State of Kansas Capitol in Topeka and the major metropolitan community of Kansas City.


Job Description

25% Serves on the Student Affairs Senior Leadership team to provide leadership, planning and administrative support for Student Affairs.

25% Supervises and evaluates personnel, fiscal management, and budget oversight.

20% Develops initiatives that foster student engagement, student development, and protective behaviors, and achieves quality student life.

20% Addresses concerns regarding students and serves as a contact for students, faculty, staff, and family members needing assistance and direction related to student support services. Advocates for students’ needs and concerns and advances student engagement in decision-making to promote persistence and graduation.

10% Other duties as needed, including supporting Student Senate; serving as a member of the KU On Call Team; and representation of Student Affairs at University events and services on various University committees.


Required Qualifications

  • Doctorate or Juris doctor degree.
  • Minimum of 3 years of full time, professional experience demonstrating increasing levels of responsibilities, professional experience and leadership in higher education.
  • At least 2 years previous experience supervising professionals in higher education.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and proactively with a diverse population of students, staff, faculty, administrators, and other members of the community.
  • Experience supervising professionals in a higher education.
  • Experience with budget oversight and business management/development.
  • Experience working collaboratively across departments, units, or with various constituent groups to ensure continuous improvement in student services aiding retention and graduation.
  • Excellent written communication skills as evidenced by application materials.

    • Preferred Qualifications

  • Seven years of progressive leadership focused on focused on data-driven assessment of programs and service needs of today’s college students. Familiar with high-risk behaviors’ prevention and accountability programs to aid student persistence to graduation.
  • Experience addressing student needs related to student development and well-being in order to increase retention, academic progress and graduation rates; including assessing program effectiveness on student recruitment, retention and persistence.
  • Evidence of data-driven assessment of the program/service needs of today's college students. Familiar with referral processes and typical campus resources.
  • Experience providing consultation to university faculty, staff and administration regarding student support.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations.
  • Experience in policy and procedure development.
  • Willingness to initiate change while managing multiple and concurrent tasks.
  • Experience working at a large, public university.
  • Commitment to professional development and professional associations as evidence by membership and/or presentation.

    • Contact Information to Applicants

    Jason Krone
    [email protected]


    Additional Candidate Instruction

    A complete application consists of:

    A cover letter addressing how required qualifications are met
    Resume
    3 Professional References

    In addition to the materials above, learning about each applicant’s contribution and engagement in areas of diversity is an important part of KU’s mission.  As a result, applicants will be presented with the following questions at the time of application.  Please answer one or the other of the questions. The response must be within 4,000 characters or less.

    • Please define and differentiate diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice. How do you apply the different frameworks to your work?

    OR

    • Discuss one social justice/DEI framework (or theory/literature) and how it guides your approach to this work.

    Incomplete applications will not be considered.

    • Application review will begin October 11th and will remain open until a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

    Advertised Salary Range

    $100,013


    Application Review Begins

    11-Oct-2021


    Anticipated Start Date

    03-Jan-2022


    Primary Campus

    University of Kansas Lawrence Campus


    Employee Class

    U-Unclassified Professional Staff


    Job Family

    Administrative/Management-KUL


    Work Location Assignment

    On-Site


    Disclaimer

    The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, [email protected], Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses).


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