Department: Office of the Provost
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Compensation Band: OS-OA12-Fiscal Year 2024-2025
FTE: 1.0
Application Review Begins
April 6, 2025, open until filled
Special Instructions to Applicants
The Search Committee invites applications that include:
1. A cover letter summarizing your interest and how you meet or exceed the position's requirements.
2. A resume with a detailed employment history, including the month and year for the start and end dates of each role.
3. Name and contact information for three professional references, one of which is current or a most recent supervisor.
Department Summary
The Office of the Provost (OtP) is responsible for carrying out the academic mission of the University of Oregon (UO). The office works collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance academic excellence, student success, and the UO’s overall academic profile. Led by the provost and senior vice president, the OtP is a dynamic, caring community of colleagues committed to the core values of integrity, trust, equity, collaboration, and excellence. The OtP supports and coordinates matters that pertain to faculty success, including hiring, retention, promotion, leadership development, and tenure processes. We promote the highest standards in teaching, research, and service, working closely with schools, colleges, and other critical academic units to promote institutional and personal flourishing. We are responsible for academic financial allocations and the alignment of resources with strategic academic priorities. In service to the public mission of the UO, the OtP cultivates reciprocal relationships of engagement and outreach with communities at the local, regional, and national levels and across the globe.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Executive Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, the Associate Vice Provost for UO Online & Continuing and Professional Education will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of UO Online & Continuing and Professional Education and is responsible for administrative oversight and coordination of all aspects of online education at the University. This includes providing leadership and oversight to two distinct units, UO Online & Continuing Professional Education (CPE). The Associate Vice Provost (AVP) will fully articulate and carry out the vision for online and continuing and professional education to achieve three goals: enhance student success and Oregon Rising goals, including degree completion and career readiness; develop unique, innovative, and revenue-generating degree programs; and increase the university’s capacity to support effective teaching and learning using online and continuing and professional education resources. Accessible online learning and continuing and professional education are strategic priorities for the university, and the AVP must provide critical leadership to the programs.
The AVP will work closely with the leaders of academic colleges, the Graduate School, and the Division of Undergraduate Studies to coordinate and assess existing programs. Working closely with the Provost and other academic leaders, the AVP will develop and execute a strategic plan for online and continuing and professional education at the UO. The AVP will lead the planning and development of new online degree programs that take advantage of the UO’s strengths and respond to the market for such programs and workforce needs, especially in Oregon, as well as develop new sources of revenue. The AVP will centralize decision-making for online and continuing and professional education program investment, working closely with leaders in the Office of the Provost, academic units, and service units across the university.
The AVP will be responsible for coordinating with the University’s strategic partners to facilitate marketing and enrollment of online and continuing and professional education learners; ensuring best practices for assessment; continuous improvement of online and continuing and professional education; oversight of budgetary, personnel and communication matters related to online and continuing and professional education; and maintaining compliance with NWCCU standards and state/federal regulations governing the offering of online and continuing and professional education courses.
Minimum Requirements
• Master’s degree in education, administration, business management, student affairs, or related field.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience and demonstrated success in a leadership role related to online and continuing and professional education or instructional technology (for example, corporate training and professional development programs).
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed environment with multiple internal and external audiences.
• Experience in entrepreneurial approaches to establish new initiatives, with a track record of translating market research into successful programs.
• Experience supervising and managing a team.
Professional Competencies
• Knowledge of instructional technology, online and continuing and professional education pedagogy, and emerging trends in online and continuing and professional education and continuing professional education.
• Knowledge of project management and the use of metrics to identify resource needs and provide accountability.
• Budgetary, enrollment planning, and forecasting knowledge.
• Effective communication and consultation skills.
• Knowledge of business development, marketing, business practices, and customer relations.
• Understanding of shared governance and collaborative decision-making.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative work environment by building internal and external partnerships with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
• Ability to Inspire creative thinking and foster problem solving.
• Ability to promote and enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion, and student success in a diverse environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Doctoral or terminal degree.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience teaching in an online environment or working with continuing and professional education.
• Experience with assessment, accreditation, and compliance in higher education.
• Expertise in negotiating strategic sponsor partnerships and business agreements that enhance the enterprise academic technologies ecosystem.
FLSA Exempt: Yes
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits.
The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status, including veteran and disability status. The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in connection with the application process, please contact us at uocareers@uoregon.edu or 541-346-5112.
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