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JR100719 Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Budget (Open)

Academic Affairs, PM

Regular

09-18-2025

09-15-2025

$165,000 - $195,000

The Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Budget (APFAB) willjoin the leadership team in the Division of Academic Affairs atBowie State University to provide strategic management of both thelife cycle of comprehensive personnel actions of faculty and otheracademic employees as well as all finance and budget operations insupport of the division. Reporting to the Provost and VicePresident for Academic Affairs, the APFAB will be a strong partnerto the Executive Director of University Budget and Chief HumanResources Officer, as well as an engaged, collaborative leader withall relevant academic and non-academic stakeholders andconstituencies across the campus. The APFAB will be committed toBowie State University’s mission to provide excellent academicopportunities to all students by supporting faculty affairs andfinancial operations for the Office of the Provost and VicePresident for Academic Affairs.

• Assisting the Provost and academic leadership team to recruitand retain excellent faculty at all ranks.
• Providing continuity of support to all faculty through the lifecycle of appointment, periodic review, tenure, promotion,sabbatical leave and other professional development opportunitiesoutlined in the Faculty Handbook, and ensuring detailedorganization and timeliness in the business processes associatedwith personnel actions.
• Supervising position management of other academic employees,including librarians, lecturers, student assistants, graduateassistants, teaching associates, and others, supporting personnelpolicies and record keeping, professional development, performancemanagement, labor relations, succession planning, and employeerecognition programs.
• Providing oversight of budget-related contractual issuesforall faculty and staff appointments within the support units of theDivision, which includes working with deans and department chairson faculty workload for undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Working with Faculty Senate Executive Committee and otherleaders to ensure consistency in the application of policies in theFaculty Handbook.
• Assisting the Provost in executive searches and advising onexecutive staffing decisions.

• Supervising the work in the Provost’s Office in developing,communicating, operationalizing, and monitoring the annual budgetcycle and capital planning in the units within AcademicAffairs.
• Providing oversight for budget allocations for the academiccolleges and academic support units in the Division, workingclosely with deans, directors, and department chairs to ensuretransparency and collaboration in the development of budgetmodels.
• Providing tracking data and analysis with key performanceindicators to ensure that budgets are effectively managed acrossAcademic Affairs.
• Fostering collaboration with the Provost’s Office, theUniversity Budget Director, and other senior leaders to evaluateenrollment projections and provide forecasting models on divisionalrevenue.
• Working closely with the Provost and Assistant Vice Presidentfor Office of Planning, Analysis & Accountability to considerfeasibility for divisional initiatives, projects, capital planning,staffing requests, and other activities to ensure alignment withthe university strategic plan and the Academic Master plan.
• Providing oversight for financial resources required by newprogram proposals as well as forecasts of potential revenuegeneration.
• Collaborating with the University Budget Office on centralbudget planning and initiatives to provide high-level leadershipaligned with strategic priorities as set forth by the Provost andVice President for Academic Affairs.
• Serving on university-wide committees and advisory bodies asassigned by the Provost and Vice President for AcademicAffairs.
• Undertaking other duties as assigned.

• The successful candidate must have earned a doctorate degreewith a demonstrated record in faculty affairs and experience inplanning, forecasting, cost and financial analysis, budgetmanagement and reporting at an accredited institution of highereducation.
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible administrativeexperience in academic leadership, including a minimum of five (5)years in budget management and leadership, and a minimum of three(3) years of administrative leadership in academic affairs withdemonstrated experience in the management of faculty and staffrecruitment, contract processing, and tenure and promotion,post-tenure, and faculty annual development reviews.
• A record of successful teaching, service, andscholarship/creative activity and earned tenured faculty statuswith significant faculty leadership experience.

• Demonstrated track record as an active and contributing memberof a leadership team in a higher education institution.

• Proven success as an ethical and strategic leader able to workeffectively and collaboratively with a variety of constituents,including faculty, administrators, and staff.
• Excellent communication skills, including intercultural,interpersonal, written and verbal, along with strong presentationand listening capabilities.
• Knowledge of and experience working with complex divisionalbudgets and financial operations at a senior level at aninstitution of higher education; experience with HR policies;knowledge of state policies.
• Demonstrated high-level organizational skills with the abilityto prioritize and multitask effectively in a fast-paced,detail-oriented and time-sensitive environment with the abilitytoanticipate next steps needed and execute independently.
• Proven track record of successful analytical and projectmanagement skills, experience with budget management systems,financial software, and an enterprise resource (ERP) system.
• Experience with review and assessment of expectations andstandards for successful faculty reappointment, tenure, andpromotion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stressful situations with tactand diplomacy and to use sound judgment, particularly in thecontext of handling sensitive and/or confidential information.
• Experience supervising and mentoring staff and the ability tolead individuals and teams.

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Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-termdisability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and lifeinsurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, andpersonal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission;employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against anyindividual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry ornational origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, maritalstatus or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities ofBowie State University are and shall be in conformity with allpertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including,but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, asamended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the EqualPay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with DisabilitiesAct of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B ofthe Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in allareas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shallbe extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have asits firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring,rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention anddismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. TheUniversity will stress equal access for employees and applicantsfor employment to all programs and services provided by theUniversity both on and off campus. The University will also provideequal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination withrespect to women and members of minority groups in all itsoperations. In addition, the University shall promote equalopportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuingAffirmative Action Program.

The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonableaccommodations to promote the employment of qualified individualswith disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodationswould impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected toharassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activitiessuch as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in aninvestigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act orpractice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected bySection 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or theVietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, asamended.