Provost

Job Title:

Provost

Posting Number:

20110684

Pay Rate:

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Position Type:

Administration

Key Responsibilities :

Academic Search is partnering with Juniata College in this search. Confidential discussions about the position are welcome and may be arranged by contacting Senior Consultant Dr. Stuart Dorsey: Stuart.Dorsey@academicsearch.org

Juniata College’s new provost will join an institution ranked among the nation’s top 100 liberal arts colleges and supported by a stable financial outlook and consistent leadership. Dr. James Troha is entering his 14th year as president, and the current provost, Dr. Lauren Bowen, is in her 13th year. Juniata’s faculty and staff are exceptionally student-centered, and its liberal arts academic model is distinctively interdisciplinary. The College seeks a new provost with strong and compelling academic credentials who will advance academic quality and inspire excellence in teaching and learning. The new provost must have exceptional budget management skills and be able to make decisions, communicate with openness, honesty, and transparency, engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue, and manage change with empathy. As a member of the senior leadership team, the provost will serve as the chief advocate for faculty and academic programs and as a key partner to the president in institutional decision-making. The provost will be the clear leader, advocate, mentor, and public face of the faculty and academic program, maintaining a highly visible and accessible presence across the College.

As Juniata’s chief academic officer, the provost reports to the president and provides visionary leadership for the academic enterprise, advancing academic excellence and innovation while strengthening the College’s longstanding tradition of individualized education.

Applications may be submitted at the following link: https://www.academicsearch.org/JuniataProvostApply.

A search profile with detailed information about Juniata College, leadership agenda, and required and preferred qualifications for the next provost is available for download here.

Position Qualifications:

• An earned doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution.
• A record of academic achievement, scholarship, and professional accomplishment sufficient to earn the respect and credibility of faculty colleagues.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible academic leadership experience in higher education, such as service as a department chair, division head, dean, associate dean, associate provost, or in a comparable leadership role.

A search profile with detailed information about Juniata College, leadership agenda, and required and preferred qualifications for the next provost is available for download here.

Supervision Required/Given:

Reflecting the breadth of the academic enterprise, direct reports to the provost include the associate provost, the assistant vice president of institutional effectiveness, the director of the learning commons, the museum director, the dean of international education, the director of Baker Institute, the laboratory coordinator, the director of community engaged learning, the registrar, the director of advising, the director of the Raystown Field Station, and the assistant to the provost.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Applications, Nominations, and Inquiries

Academic Search is partnering with Juniata College in this search. Confidential discussions about the position are welcome and may be arranged by contacting Senior Consultant Dr. Stuart Dorsey: Stuart.Dorsey@academicsearch.org

Applications may be submitted at the following link: https://www.academicsearch.org/JuniataProvostApply.

A search profile with detailed information about Juniata College, leadership agenda, and required and preferred qualifications for the next provost is available for download here.

Nominations and inquiries may be sent to JuniataProvost@academicsearch.org. To apply, candidates should submit two separate documents (in PDF format): (1) a detailed cover letter, addressed to the Search Committee, expressing interest in this position and addressing how you meet the qualifications as outlined in the search profile, and (2) a current resume/curriculum vitae. The position will remain open until filled but only applications received by November 2, 2006.

Applications may be submitted at the following link: https://www.academicsearch.org/JuniataProvostApply.

Open Date:

10/12/2026

Open Until Filled:

Yes