Associate Vice President for Graduate Education, Grants and Sponsored Research

Springfield College, a private, comprehensive institution, invites applications and nominations for its new Associate Vice President for Graduate Education, Grants and Sponsored Research. Established in 1885, the College is ranked one of the top 12 in the North Region in U.S. News Best Values report and in the 2017 edition of “Best Colleges”, Springfield ranks in the top tier of the “Best Regional Universities – North Region” by U.S. News & World Report. With more than 5,000 students, the College offers 57 undergraduate majors and 21 graduate programs, including three doctoral programs on its main campus through its five schools - Arts, Sciences & Professional Studies, Health, Physical Education & Recreation, Health Sciences & Rehabilitation Studies, Professional & Continuing Studies, and Social Work. To learn more about the graduate programs offered at Springfield, please visit www.springfield.edu/academics. Known for its distinctive Humanics Philosophy – the education of the whole person in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to humanity, the College is the recipient of the 2016 Presidential Award in Education of the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, civic engagement, and service-learning. For more information, please visit the College’s homepage at www.springfield.edu.

Reporting to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Associate Vice President for Graduate Education, Grants and Sponsored Research will serve as the principal leader, administrator, and planner for graduate academic programs, graduate student support, grants and sponsored research. Fostering the integration of graduate education and campus-wide scholarship in all its forms, the Associate Vice President will elevate the status of graduate education and faculty scholarship in alignment with the mission of the College.

Qualifications:  The new Associate Vice President will be a dynamic and collaborative leader and an accomplished scholar with expertise in research driven programs and policies, and experience leading complex teams and/or organizations. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned higher education administrator with a strong record of teaching excellence and grant-funded scholarship, who has experience in supervising staff and graduate students, assessing student learning outcomes, budget management, and working with shared governance, curriculum and graduate instruction. The new Associate Vice President must be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and be familiar with higher education trends in grants and sponsored research as well as graduate education. A PhD or doctorate from an accredited institution and experience commensurate with the ranking of Professor are required.

Application: Interested candidates should submit only a letter of application and resumé/CV to SpringfieldAVP@rpainc.org. We ask that you not provide references at this time, as they will not be retained. For a confidential discussion, contact Amanda O’Donnell, Search Manager, at 800-992-9277. For guaranteed, full consideration, please submit materials by April 6, 2017. The position will be available starting July 1, 2017.

Springfield College is committed to enhancing diversity and equality in education and employment. Candidate confidentiality is a priority.