The Opportunity
The Provost serves as the Chief Academic Officer, working collaboratively across the university to provide a cohesive academic identity and a compelling student experience within the university’s means. Specifically, the Provost will 1) define and implement a structurally and fiscally effective and excellent academic program which speaks to Lesley’s areas of academic leadership, 2) continually define and incorporate technological and data-driven changes, like AI, necessary to keep Lesley abreast of its fields, 3) create strong links between education and professional practice through the university’s strong ties to its employer partners, 4) foster and continually bring about a positive, inclusive and collaborative academic culture that supports the university’s strategic goals and 5) develop and maintain strong systems and data to inform and support the academic quality of the institution. The Provost reports to, and collaborates closely with, the President to implement the university’s goals and is a member of the Cabinet.
Qualities and Capabilities
A successful candidate will have:
Terminal degree.
Excellence in teaching, service and scholarship.
Minimum of five (5) years of relevant leadership experience.
Demonstrated ability to lead through a time of accelerated change and uncertainty.
Emotional intelligence. Relational leadership style. Ability to listen and make and implement decisions.
Ability to think and act systemically in relation to business practices.
Team approach to coordinating university structures with academic experience.
Capacity to mentor and evaluate staff and core and adjunct faculty.
Team player and institutional advocate.
Ability to work with culturally diverse populations and be involved in the community.
Substantially an on-campus position.
Why Lesley
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.
Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.
Provost • Cambridge, MA
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