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Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation - Office of the Provost (137011)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location
Champaign, IL

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Four-Year Institution

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Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation

The Office of the Provost

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This is a full-time benefits eligible position that reports to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. The salary is commensurate with experience and the start date is as soon as possible after the close of the search.

The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.

The primary function of the Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation is to participate in shaping campus strategy and provide campus-wide support for innovation in face-to-face, blended and online education. Duties include the supervision of the Project Coordinator, assisting academic units in developing new types of educational programs, especially online programs, guiding campus policies around online programs, and promoting the use of data-driven research and analytics to improve program quality and enhance teaching and learning for our campus.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Advise department and college leadership about online and other innovative educational programs, including factors to consider in strategic decisions, timelines for new-program development, and necessary campus processes.
  • Facilitate the development of new online educational programs and other innovative programs, helping academic units connect with the appropriate offices and carry out necessary steps.
  • Work with the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning to develop strategies for program development, market research, marketing, and execution.
  • Work with campus and system stakeholders on issues related to contracts, agreements, procurement, and policies that are associated with educational technologies.
  • Maintain current knowledge in new and emerging educational issues at the pedagogical, programmatic, and administrative levels, and advise the campus on how it can respond to strategic opportunities in these areas.
  • Understand the strategic, operational, and technical needs of online educational programs across campus and guide the development of campus policies and processes to support these needs.
  • Provide guidance and support for student services related to educational technology and online education.
  • Represent the Office of the Provost on internal and external bodies concerned with educational technology and educational programs.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required education, experience, and qualifications:

  • Master’s degree with a preference for a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree from an appropriately accredited university.
  • A minimum of five years of academic administrative experience in higher education.

Preferred education, experience, and qualifications:

  • Experience with online education.
  • Experience teaching university-level courses online.
  • Experience in developing and implementing new educational programs at a college or university level, especially online programs.
  • Experience with academic/corporate partnerships, especially partnerships related to education and training programs.
  • Experience addressing intellectual property issues in an academic setting.

Successful candidates will have:

  • Understanding of the higher education environment and academic programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with administrators, academic staff, faculty, and students from a variety of disciplinary areas.
  • Ability to analyze revenue flow and costs for an educational program.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application:

For full consideration, materials should be received by October 26, 2020. Application materials should include a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, names, and contact information for three references, including email and telephone numbers. Candidates may create a profile through https//jobs.illinois.edu. For further information regarding application procedures, contact Jennifer Steiling at steiling@illinois.edu.

Initial screening of applications will begin immediately, and interviews may be conducted prior to the close of the search. However, no hiring decision will be made until after the close of the search.

The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit Policy on Consideration of Sexual Misconduct in Prior Employment. As a qualifying federal contractor, the University of Illinois System uses E-Verify to verify employment eligibility.

College Name or Administrative Unit:Office of the Provost Category:5-Education and Student Services Title:Assistant Provost for Educational Innovation - Office of the Provost (137011) Open Date:09/24/2020 Close Date:10/26/2020 Organization Name:Provost/VCAA Admin

Organization

Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

Faculty

A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

Academic Resources

Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

Research

Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Undergraduate Education

The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

The Arts

A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/

As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities

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