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Account/Position No:  20000/232480                                               

Position Title:  Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Department:  Academic Affairs

Expectations for All Employees

East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based upon core values.  An employee's job performance must support and exhibit the university's core values:

PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential;

RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity and trust;

DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected;

EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic;

EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources; and

COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is

Function of Position

Oversees the University’s academic program policy and development and academic program and curricular development; manages required campus and state curricular and academic policy and guideline reviews and approvals; maintains academic inventories; serves as the University’s SACS Liaison (i.e., facilitates close and effective communication with SACS Commission on Colleges (COC), ensures that all required SACS reporting and notifications—e.g., re substantive change—are sufficient and timely, establishes documentation protocols to assure ongoing compliance with SACS Core Requirements, Comprehensive Standards, and Federal Requirements);  supports the University’s strategic planning and accreditation compliance as a member of the University’s Planning Committee; facilitates specified ongoing and ad hoc operations for the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; provides leadership for special projects; and oversees design and maintenance of specified University databases.

Essential Functions

• Manages academic program policy review and development including campus and state governance;
• Oversees curricula and academic program development and approval and serves as an ad hoc member of the University Curriculum Committee;
• Manages and provides leadership for operations and special projects for the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs;
• Works collaboratively with the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Executive Director of Planning to facilitate reporting by university units on planning and institutional effectiveness;
• Works collaboratively with department chairs, deans, directors, and vice presidents on university projects;
• Serves on Deans’ Council, Academic Council, Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Committee, President’s Council;
• Oversees design and maintenance of specified University databases (e.g. Faculty Activities System, University Profile System, etc.);
• Designs and institutionalizes processes that utilize electronic documentation and support compliance with SACS standards; and
• Staffs and provides campus support for compliance with TBR expected documentation for strategic planning.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of academic program development and review;
• Knowledge of university governance and protocol;
• Knowledge of TBR and THEC policies pertaining to academic program development;
• Knowledge of assessment and improvement methodologies;
• Knowledge of SACS and discipline accreditation procedures and processes;
• Knowledge of SACS Core Requirement, Comprehensive Standards, Federal Requirements, and all policy documents relative to University requirements and pursuit of “best practices” pertaining to the SACS Principles of Accreditation;
• Knowledge of electronic data and reporting systems;
• Ability to manage required campus and state reviews and approvals for curricular, program, and policy development;
• Ability to design and maintain specified University databases;
• Ability to design, organize, and manage complex projects;
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse campus faculty, staff, and students and governing bodies;
• Ability to provide leadership;
• Ability to integrate and transfer knowledge to varying projects and situations; and
• Ability to make sound decisions.

Supervision Given and Received

Reports to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Minimum Qualifications

Earned terminal degree in appropriate discipline with a minimum of five years college teaching experience; five years experience in administration; substantial experience with SACS; and evidence of scholarly activity.

September 2008