Vice President of Institutional & Student Sustainability

College Unbound (CU) is an accredited and state approved college whose mission is to reinvent the higher education experience for adult learners. Through rigorous and engaged scholarship, College Unbound integrates students’ own purposes for learning with the needs of their workplaces and communities, improving the lives of the students and the lives of those they touch.  Started in RI, College Unbound now supports students across multiple states and looks to continue to develop an infrastructure to back this developing model.

Position Summary: 

Reporting to the President and serving as a member of the College’s collaborative leadership team, the Vice President of Sustainability oversees institutional and student sustainability efforts and initiatives across the college. The Vice President of Sustainability facilitates the strategic alignment of student, institutional, and community priorities; ensuring the College functions in a manner that is authentic to the equity imperative that drives College Unbound’s student success work. The individual in this unique position is responsible for overseeing and advancing programmatic initiatives that promote student success, as well as the development, implementation, and maintenance of the necessary organizational and financial infrastructure of the College to support a thriving community and institution with national impact.

Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated cultural competence and evidence of a deep commitment to equity and social justice.

• Master’s degree with 7-10 years of relevant leadership and administrative experience in an organizational setting that is community centered and service-oriented, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Significant budget and financial management expertise and experience.
• Ability to recommend and develop financial models that are responsive to evolving conditions, including changes in potential revenue streams as well as shifts in national and student conditions.
• Previous experience examining and diversifying revenue streams and demonstrated effectiveness in creating organizational conditions for sustainability.
• Familiarity with people success frameworks and human resources functions that advance not only the effectiveness of staff but the well-being, growth, and professional development of staff.
• Ability to deepen CU’s student success initiative in a manner that is informed by student input, data about students’ lived experiences, and student outcomes, as well as evidence-based research on effective strategies for supporting adult learners.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with a wide range of individuals and audiences, both internal and external, in a clear, concise, and easy to understand manner. 
• Ability to lead effectively in the context of a diverse, engaged, and highly relational college community. 
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and expansively about what is possible; knowledge of “best practices” along with the temperament to question and improve upon them.

A full job description is available here on the college's website.

Please submit nominations, inquiries, or applications to jobapplications@collegeunbound.edu. Please note “ATTN VP Sustainability”  in the subject of your email. The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For additional information about College Unbound, please visit www.collegeunbound.edu