Description
Search for the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
As a land-grant institution, Auburn University is dedicated to improving the lives of the people of Alabama, the nation, and the world through forward-thinking education, life-enhancing research and scholarship, and selfless service.
Auburn University (“the University” or “Auburn”) seeks a strategic, forward-thinking, and collaborative academic leader to serve as its next Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness (Associate Provost or APIE). The Associate Provost serves in the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and will join a distinguished and highly respected public research institution defined by a culture of innovation, data-informed practice, and a steadfast commitment to achieving meaningful impact through advanced, sophisticated institutional research, assessment and analysis. Supported by engaged university leadership and a highly skilled, expanding team, the next Associate Provost will further position the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) as a trusted resource and institutional leader as Auburn embarks on its next era of institutional planning and achievement. The APIE will lead OIE’s efforts to enhance academic processes, systems, and outcomes while ensuring that improvement practices are fully aligned with the institution’s strategic priorities.
As a top-tier Carnegie R1 research university, Auburn is a leader in developing critical answers to real-world challenges. Auburn is among a distinctive body of institutions designated as land-, sea- and space-grant universities, and is one of the largest research institutions in the southern region. It has earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, recognized nationally for the scope, quality and impact of its outreach mission through its engagement in the community. U.S. News & World Report ranks Auburn #1 in the state of Alabama and has also ranked the university among the top 50 public universities in the nation. Auburn is well positioned to strengthen its academic and research profile, and as a result of the most recent strategic planning process, Strategic Plan 2035: Grounded & Groundbreaking, the university has set an ambitious course for its future over the next ten years. The university is committed to the delivery of exceptional education and student experiences, impactful research, scholarship, and creative works for the public good, and contributing to the welfare of the state, region and beyond.
Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness plays a critical role in leading, championing, and facilitating university-wide collaboration, and data-informed decision-making across the institution to improve academic operations and effectiveness. The Associate Provost will be responsible for leading the units of Academic Insight, Accreditation, Information Technology/Resources, and Institutional Research, and will foster a culture in which the OIE is strategic, proactive, and analytical in serving the University’s academic mission and its constituencies. In addition to providing the data and critical considered analyses required to inform institutional effectiveness, the Associate Provost will assist Auburn’s leadership on institutional trends and in tracking and monitoring the goals, outcomes, and KPIs for the University’s strategic plan.
The ideal candidate will have experience in academic leadership, and a record of scholarly achievement and teaching that qualifies the candidate for tenure and the rank of full professor in an academic department at Auburn University. They will be a strategic systems-thinker, with strong analytical skills, and will have a sophisticated understanding of effective, rigorous institutional assessment and data-informed decision-making. With exceptional interpersonal skills, they will exhibit a collaborative leadership style; the capacity to work and communicate productively with university leadership, academic deans, faculty, and staff across diverse perspectives; and the ability to synthesize and present complex data. The Associate Provost must be flexible, inquisitive, and possess a strong commitment to collaboration while leading, managing, and developing both staff and processes to best meet the needs of a complex institution. The role demands a leader with excellent relational skills to work across the entire University, and the capacity to engender trust, inspire a team, and serve multiple constituents across campus.
Auburn University has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in conducting this important search and to help identify outstanding candidates. All confidential inquiries, nominations/referrals, and applications (including resumes and letters of interest responding to the opportunities and challenges outlined above) should be sent electronically to the Isaacson, Miller team via the link below.
Pam Pezzoli, Partner
Miguel Santiago, Senior Associate
Melissa Barravecchio, Senior Search Coordinator
Isaacson, Miller
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This document has been prepared based on the information provided by Auburn University. The material presented in this leadership profile should be relied on for informational purposes only. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, the original source documents and information provided by Auburn University would supersede any conflicting information in this document.
