Executive Vice President and Provost

About this role

Job Description:

Reports To: • Jim Lucchese, President

Direct Reports • Vice President and Executive Director, Berklee College of Music

• Vice Provost

• Executive Director, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee

• Executive Director, Berklee NYC

• Executive Director, Berklee Valencia

• Senior Project Manager

Position Summary

Berklee College of Music invites applications and nominations for the Executive Vice President and Provost (Provost). This executive-level leadership role is based in Boston and will report directly to the President. Collaborating with colleagues in the Institution and across Berklee, the Provost will provide vision, strategic and operational leadership, and oversight of the areas outlined below.   The Provost will partner with President Jim Lucchese and other senior administrators to build upon Berklee’s significant strengths in curricular and programmatic innovation, enhancing the unique value of a Berklee education through the continued promotion of artistic excellence, globalization of programs, and integration of professionalizing experiences that can enable Berklee graduates to thrive now and in the future. The Provost oversees the work of senior academic administrators and will work collaboratively with leadership and the larger Berklee community.

The Provost supports a large staff, including the vice provost for academic affairs, vice presidents, associate and assistant vice presidents, deans, chairs, and technology and administrative support staff. As the chief academic officer for Berklee, the Provost is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the president’s vision across each of Berklee’s degree-granting units, ensuring academic standards, and maintaining alignment of Berklee’s curricular offerings with the institution’s overall strategic plan.

The Provost will also lead ongoing efforts to develop and maintain a diverse and distinguished faculty, and to grow and strengthen the deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusivity at all levels of the institution. Working with leadership, faculty, staff, and students, the Provost will identify and implement initiatives that further strengthen Berklee’s ability to serve as a national and international resource for research and the generation of new ideas, standards, and constructs across the arts, higher education, and industry.

For this role, Berklee is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking educator and leader with a strong record of accomplishment in academic administration, overseeing schools and programs in music, theater, dance, and/or the arts; business and entrepreneurship; creative industries; or other relevant fields.

The successful candidate will have experience leading change and be both a strategic and innovative thinker, able to demonstrate the effective design and implementation of new programmatic offerings and initiatives. A strong ability to engage in and promote administrative practices that further Berklee’s educational mission through collegiality, cooperation, and collaboration is essential. This leader will have a deep understanding of and commitment to the success of Berklee’s community of diverse faculty, staff, and students in a rapidly shifting global arts landscape driven by a steady stream of new and emerging creative and information technologies.

Opportunities for Impact • Affordability : The next Provost will ensure that an affordable Berklee education provides innovative domestic and global learning opportunities of the highest caliber.

• Careers: The successful candidate will collaborate with faculty to expand experiential learning across degree programs, preparing students for career-readiness and enhancing placements.

• Sustainability: Berklee's next Provost will bring the requisite budget experience to enhance academic vitality through transformative technology in teaching and learning, ensuring the College's academic sustainability well into the future  

The Provost will have the following overall responsibilities: • Oversee the implementation of the president’s strategic vision for Berklee’s academic mission with a focus on Affordability, Careers, and Sustainability;

• At the direction of the president, serve as his representative in matters pertaining to the academic strategy and operations of the institution;

• Innovate and establish industry-leading practices in the integration of advanced technologies into teaching, learning, faculty, and student support;

• Oversee and encourage the modernization of curricula by the various degree-granting units with a focus on affordability, career-centricity, and rigor;

• Lead a process of student-centric curricular review that ensures appropriate rigor, alignment of institutionally developed standards, and differentiation of offerings from unit to unit;

• Oversee a process for career-centric industry practitioner review of graduate and undergraduate programs to ensure the continuing excellence and relevance of all academic offerings;

• Oversee efforts to increase collaboration and the development of offerings and degree programs that focus on hybrid skills, individualized career pathways, and real-world, experiential learning;

• Continually seek to improve student learning and success, with special attention to the classroom and studio experience through effective management and oversight of essential faculty-student interactions;

• Support the recruitment and retention of a world-class faculty, with particular attention to increasing diversity and providing an equitable, welcoming, and supportive work environment;

• Create and maintain effective relationships with partner, consortium, and neighbor institutions, serving to further Berklee’s interests in global higher education;

• Maintain an environment of collegiality, collaboration, and shared ownership for the success of Berklee’s students, faculty, staff, and the institution as a whole;

• Meet regularly with Berklee constituencies to fost

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