Provost & Vice President for Academic Instruction and Learning Outcomes

Company: DHRM
Location: Prince George
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

Title: Provost & Vice President for Academic Instruction and Learning Outcomes State Role Title: Professional - Instructor Hiring Range: $145,000 - $190,000 (Commensurate with Experience) Pay Band: UG Agency: Richard Bland College Location: Richard Bland College Agency Website: www.rbc.edu Recruitment Type: General Public - G Job Duties Richard Bland College (RBC) is a two-year, residential, liberal arts transfer institution that focuses on preparing students for transfer to highly ranked colleges and universities. The College is a hidden gem located outside the Tri-Cities region—and its rural setting featuring 750 acres of wetlands, bucolic forest, and the state’s oldest and largest pecan grove. Richard Bland College seeks a visionary, student centered academic leader to serve as Provost & Vice President for Academic Instruction and Learning Outcomes. This senior leadership role offers a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a distinctive public college dedicated to academic excellence, access, and student success. Reporting directly to the President, the Provost serves as the College’s chief academic officer and a key member of the senior leadership team, with responsibility for academic quality, the portfolio of academic programs and credentials, student learning outcomes, and institutional accreditation. The Provost provides strategic leadership for academic programs, instruction, academic support services, and student outcomes, ensuring alignment with the College’s mission, strategic priorities, and accreditation standards. JOB SPECIFICATIONS This position's major responsibilities include: Academic Leadership and Oversight: • Provide leadership and oversight for all academic programs, instructional delivery, and academic support units. • Ensure that the portfolio of academic programs adapts and adjusts to market demand as well as regional and statewide workforce needs. • Ensure academic rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement across curricula, credentials, and teaching modalities. • Lead faculty affairs, including recruitment, evaluation, professional development, promotion, and tenure processes (as applicable). • Foster a culture of academic excellence, shared governance, and evidence-based decision making. based decision making. Student Learning Outcomes: • Oversee student success strategies encompassing advising, tutoring, learning support, retention, completion, and transfer pathways. • Collaborate with enrollment management and student success to align academic and co curricular experiences that promote persistence and achievement. • Use data and assessment to identify equity gaps and implement interventions to improve outcomes for all students. Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness: • Serve as the college’s senior officer responsible for regional and specialized accreditation. • Ensure compliance with accreditation standards, policies, and reporting requirements. • Lead self-studies, reaffirmation processes, substantive change submissions, and continuous improvement efforts. studies, reaffirmation processes, substantive change submissions, and continuous improvement efforts. • Oversee institutional effectiveness, assessment of student learning outcomes, and program review processes. Strategic Planning and Resource Stewardship: • Play a key role in institutional strategic planning and implementation related to academics and student success. • Collaborate with the President and senior leadership on budget development, resource allocation, and prioritization. • Ensure effective use of resources to support academic quality, innovation, academic offerings that align with market demands and workforce needs, and student outcomes. Collaboration and External Engagement: • Work closely with Cabinet, department chairs, faculty leaders, enrollment services, and student support administrators. • Represent the college in academic, accreditation, and workforce or transfer partnerships. • Support initiatives that respond to regional, state, and workforce needs. Minimum Qualifications • Earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution. • Progressive senior leadership experience in higher education administration. • Demonstrated expertise in accreditation, assessment, and academic quality assurance. • Experience implementing or supporting initiatives that enhance student retention, equity, and inclusive excellence. • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal formats Additional Considerations N/A Special Instructions You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position. RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE IS AN AA/EEO EMPLOYER – Richard Bland College is an equal opportunity institution providing educational and employment opportunities, programs, services, and activities. In keeping with this policy, the College does not discriminate and makes no distinction in the admission of students, nor in any other of its official activities, based on race, color, national origin (ancestry), religion (creed), age, military service or veteran status, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, family medical history or genetic information, disability, any other status protected by law, or any other non-merit based factors. The college also prohibits sexual misconduct including sexual violence or harassment. All standards and policies governing college employment and student employment, recruitment, admissions, financial aid, and support programs are applied accordingly. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities act (ADA), RBC will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing and selection processes. BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS: Final candidates are subject to a background investigation. The investigation may include: local agency checks; criminal record check; driving record; employment verification; verification of education; and other checks requested by the hiring authority related to the position. LAYOFF POLICY: If you are a classified employee and have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.3 Layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must attach a copy of the card with your application prior to the job posting closing date. ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS ONLY: A fully completed state application or résumé must be submitted for this position electronically through this website. Unfortunately, RBC cannot accept mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and résumés. This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration. You have not completed the process until you receive a confirmation number. ANNUAL FIRE AND SECURITY NOTIFICATION: The Annual Fire and Security Report(s) include campus security information, campus fire statistics, safety procedures, and provides statistics for criminal and disciplinary offenses. The report(s) are provided annually in compliance with the Clery Act and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Richard Bland College of William & Mary Annual Safety and Security report and the Annual Fire Safety report is available at: https://www.rbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-Annual-Campus-Security-and-Fire-Safety-Report-Final.pdf . A hard copy of the Annual Security and Fire Safety reports and/or a copy of the Criminal Incident and Fire Incident Logs are maintained at the Department of Campus Safety & Police and will be provided upon request. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: For full-time teaching faculty positions and adjunct faculty (part-time teaching faculty), applicants must submit a cover letter specifying their interested teaching discipline and statement of teaching philosophy, their schedule availability, résumé/curriculum vitaé , all unofficial transcripts, and a list of three (3) professional references. Please note: official transcripts are required on the first day of employment for all teaching faculty positions at RBC. For administrative and professional faculty positions the cover letter, résumé, all unofficial transcripts and a list of three (3) professional references are required. Official transcripts are also required on the first day of employment for administrative and professional faculty positions at RBC. IN COMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LAWS: Employees or prospective employees who believe they have witnessed or experienced discriminatory conditions or discriminatory acts related to RBC employment practices or inaccessible conditions should present their concerns to: Chief Business Officer Richard Bland College Physical Address: Pecan Hall, Second Floor, 11301 Johnson Road, South Prince George, VA 23805 Telephone: (804)862-6100, extension 8603 Email: ssokol@rbc.edu IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE IX: Employees, prospective employees, student workers, or prospective student workers who believe they have witnessed or experienced discriminatory conditions or discriminatory acts related to RBC employment practices or inaccessible conditions that are inclusive of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, sexual harassment should present their concerns to either of the following: Title IX Coordinator Richard Bland College Physical Address: Academic Innovation Center, 11301 Johnson Road, South Prince George, VA 23805 titleix@rbc.edu | 804-862-6100 Or, Department of Education Office of Civil Rights 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20202-1100 www.ed.gov Contact Information Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources Phone: 8048626100 Email: rbchr@rbc.edu In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155. Contact Information Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources Phone: 8048626100 Email: rbchr@rbc.edu Contact Information Name: Richard Bland College - Office of Human Resources Phone: To stay informed about the status of your application, please log into your account at Jobs.Virginia.Gov Email: To stay informed about the status of your application, please log into your account at Jobs.Virginia.Gov In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019. Note : Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

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