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Search Process and Transitioning to the Provost Karl Kunkel, Provost February 2016 - present kkunkel@semo.edu Becoming a Provost Academy Closing Seminar July 20, 2017

“FIT” • Crucial for Success – being hired – in position • Institutional Type • With President HIGH STAKES AND HIGH RESPONSIBILITY JOB – COULD BE MISERABLE IF NOT A GOOD FIT.

Search Sear h Pr Process ocess 1) Selecting positions for applications 2) Preparing application materials 3) Neutral site interview 4) On-campus interview 5) Offer and negotiations

Selecting Select ing Positions ositions for A or Applica pplication tion • Fit with Institutional Type • Job Ad Sources • Search Firm Contacts • Chronicle Jobs • Various other sources (i.e. CCAS Job Posting, Higher Ed Jobs)

App pplica lication tion Ma Mater terials ials • Nomination vs. self-application • Administrative vita • CUSTOMIZED cover letter for SPECIFIC position – Vita about you; letter about your fit for position • Getting past the “paper review”

Sear Search h Pr Process ocess • Initial call from search consultant (if used). • Screening for Search Committee.

Neutral Site (“Airport”) Interview • Learn as much as possible prior to interview • Meeting with search committee (60 – 90 minutes) • Separate meeting with President (30 – 60 minutes) • Conducted for ten (or so) applicants • Structured questions from committee • Committee/President to determine three-to-five applicants for on-campus interviews

On-Campus On Campus Inter Interview view • Inform your supervisor!! • Two days • Meeting with various campus stakeholders • Endurance • Open forums • Dinners (advise NO ALCOHOL) • MEETING WITH PRESIDENT – All groups ADVISORY to President • BE YOURSELF  FIT

President’s Decision • Selecting a cabinet member • Complete discretion • President’s perception of fit • Competition VERY STIFF at this level • Be patient waiting for response • Search consultant usually keeps candidates informed

Of Offer er an and Ne d Nego gotia tiation tions • Search consultant usually discusses basic terms early • salary, start date, etc. • Other issues to consider • rank and tenure • vacation time • start date • moving allowance • return to faculty salary • possible negotiable aspects of benefits package • don’t be concerned about equipment or travel funds • Institution Might Want Quick Response

Other Consider Other Considerations tions • Provost turn-over at institution • Staffing in Provost’s Office • Collective bargaining environment • Other cabinet members (perception of President) • Faculty leadership perception of institution • Dean’s attitudes and length of service

Your our Fit Fit with Pr with Presid esiden ent • Leadership style • Autonomy • President’s background (academic vs. non -academic) • Length of President’s time at institution • President’s reputation in current and previous positions • President’s vision for stability or change • President’s view on quality of academic programs

Transition ansition to to Pr Provost P ost Positi osition: on: Exter External nal Hir Hire • Learning a new institution (vocabulary, history, structure, processes, relationships, etc.) – Request each unit submit short overview • mission • programs • strengths • challenges • Moving “full steam ahead.” • making decisions • administering academic affairs • reporting to the President • Impact on personal life and family – logistics of moving – partner’s career – children

Tran ansition sition to to Pr Provost ost Positio osition • Provost position entails: – busier than you ever thought possible – back-to-back meetings, on widely varying topics, on most days – responding to endless emails – plethora of diverse issues, complaints, decisions – becoming versed in every discipline – running a division (forms, deskwork, reports, daily decisions) – dealing with issues that don’t always have clear choices – working long days, hours most evenings, and on weekends – “Intersection of faculty expectations and presidential aspirations

Search Process and Transitioning to the Provost Karl Kunkel kkunkel@semo.edu

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION