Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Job Details

UC San Diego

Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Hiring Pay Scale: up to $550,000, Commensurate with experience

University of California San Diego is one of the fastest growing and most highly ranked and innovative public research universities in the US, with deep commitment to a transformational experience for its 46K+ students and supporting an outstanding faculty of 3K members. The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (EVCAA) is central to advancing UC San Diego’s vision as a public university that is student centered, research driven, patient dedicated, and service oriented.

The EVCAA actively promotes the scholarly, educational and engagement mission of Academic Affairs units and oversees campus-wide support for academic personnel services and Academic Senate coordination.

Direct Reports of the EVCAA include the Deans of the eight Academic Affairs Schools; Divisional Deans for Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs, and Extended Studies; Provosts of the eight undergraduate residential Colleges; the University Librarian, and a broad range of essential academic and administrative units.

Priorities for the next Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs:

• Shape and execute the academic vision that defines UC San Diego’s next era.
• Elevate faculty excellence as UC San Diego’s primary engine of distinction and impact.
• Advance a future-ready academic portfolio that responds to scale, complexity, and opportunity.
• Lead a high-performing academic leadership team and cultivate a productive culture.
• Modernize and optimize academic operations to unlock institutional capacity.
• Ensure financial stewardship and alignment in support of academic priorities.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are seeking a strong academic leader, accomplished scholar, and administrator with a proven record of leadership in academic planning and development. The ideal candidate will bring significant experience in establishing collaborative, interdisciplinary initiatives that bring faculty, academic staff, and students from multiple disciplines together to creatively address issues affecting teaching and research. A demonstrated commitment to shared governance and a history of achievement working in a diverse academic community are essential.

Ideal experience for the next EVCAA:

• Exceptional academic stature. A highly accomplished scholar with the ability to be appointed at the senior professorial level.
• Successful, transformative administrative leadership at a complex research university, ideally with some exposure to a public institution.
• Strong financial agility and operational acumen.
• Deep demonstrated commitment to shared governance and working alongside an Academic Senate.
• Ability to build strong relationships with people and groups.
• Proven track record of galvanizing ideas and bringing people together from disparate areas.
• Demonstrated understanding of faculty promotion, tenure, and discipline.
• A record of authentic and impactful engagement on issues of equity, diversity, multi-culturalism, and inclusion.
• Highly effective communication skills.