Dear colleagues,
Please join me in thanking Tsu-Jae King Liu, our Vice Provost for Academic & Space Planning, who has decided to step down this summer after completing her two-year commitment to serve in this position.
Tsu-Jae’s strong leadership has moved us forward in many ways, and I am particularly grateful for her efforts to engage department chairs, deans, and Academic Senate leaders in efforts to streamline the academic program review process and make it a more useful exercise, for her commitment to finding and funding creative solutions to our myriad space challenges, and for her important role in helping the campus coordinate and forge new international partnerships.
We are moving forward quickly to launch the search for Tsu-Jae’s successor and are aiming to have the new vice provost in place by the beginning of the next academic year. I invite you to read the call for nominations below and to consider nominating strong candidates for this critical campus leadership position.
Sincerely,
A. Paul Alivisatos
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Call for Nominations – Vice Provost for Academic Planning
The University of California, Berkeley invites nominations and applications for the position of Vice Provost for Academic Planning.
The Vice Provost for Academic Planning (VP-AP) holds a critical leadership position on the Berkeley campus, managing a portfolio at the intersection of academic programs, space planning and allocation, and international outreach and engagement. The VP-AP plays an integrative role for the Berkeley campus, serving as a leader and creative thought partner across a breadth of intellectual areas, recognizing and coordinating synergistic opportunities as they develop in academic programs, and supporting the development and growth of current and emerging disciplines through program and space initiatives and reviews. The VP-AP plays an important role in helping to coordinate the use of various resources to support our academic mission and in terms of our overall academic planning.
Reporting directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP), the VP-AP along with the two other Vice Provosts (for the Faculty and for Graduate Studies) are key advisors to the EVCP and are members of the campus senior leadership team. The VP-AP works collaboratively with the other senior campus leaders and the Academic Senate, and represents the campus on various campus-level, system-wide, and external committees. The portfolio encompasses academic program review, space planning and allocation, global engagement, and academic initiatives.
Candidates should possess the following qualifications:
- Current member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate with the rank of Professor
- A track record of administrative experience and imaginative and collaborative leadership in a decentralized organizational structure
- Effective work in support of the university’s goals in diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Familiarity with a wide breadth of campus programs, facilities, structures, and policies
- Fair judgment and a demonstrated ability to make difficult decisions based on a large amount of information from many sources
- Tact, diplomacy, and the ability to communicate clearly
- Cross-cultural competency and strength in collaborating effectively with international partners
For more information, including the full position description and the membership of the search committee, please visit the Vice Provost for Academic Planning search website.
Review of nominations will begin immediately and application materials should be submitted by May 15, 2018 Nominations should include complete contact information and a brief statement of support. Applications should include a brief statement of interest and curriculum vitae. An individual need not be nominated to apply; the search committee welcomes applications from all interested individuals. All nominations and applications will be kept confidential.
Applications, nominations, and inquiries should be sent to Dana Jantz at jantz@berkeley.edu.
The University of California is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. This position is a sensitive position and is subject to a criminal background check.
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