University of Kentucky
Assistant Vice President for Career and Workforce Alignment
🇺🇸
Lexington, KY
🕑
Full-Time
💰
$94K - $160K
💻
Career Services
🗓️
March 1st, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Kentucky is hiring an Assistant Vice President for Career and Workforce Alignment. This role leads the institution-wide Talent Preparation and Deployment Initiative by managing professional staff, evaluating programs, reviewing key performance indicators, and developing standardized tracking and reporting practices to align with university priorities and Kentucky's workforce needs.
Highlights
- Lead career preparation and workforce placement initiatives institution-wide.
- Coordinate efforts with institutional research and analytics teams to track progress and review KPIs.
- Manage a professional staff responsible for student success initiatives from early outreach to graduation.
- Develop and advance standardized practices for tracking and reporting program outcomes.
- Align initiatives with senior university leadership priorities and data-informed strategies.
- Requires a Master's degree (MA) and at least 8 years of related experience.
- Salary range is $93,954 to $159,744 per year.
- Supervisory responsibilities included.
- Position is full-time, Monday through Friday with occasional nights and weekends as needed.
- Department: Student Success Administration.
Assistant Vice President for Career and Workforce Alignment Full Description
Assistant Vice President for Career and Workforce Alignment
Posting Details
Job Title | Assistant Vice President for Career and Workforce Alignment
Requisition Number | RE53422
Working Title |
Department Name | 1B000: Student Success Administration
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 51
Salary Range | $93,954-159,744/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 8 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long period of time, lifting, pushing or pulling objects up to 30 lbs.
Shift | Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00pm with weekends and nights as needed
Job Summary | The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment of UK’s Talent Preparation and Deployment Initiative plays a vital role in supporting both new and ongoing initiatives aimed at meeting institutional and statewide goals for job placement in Kentucky’s workforce needs. This position serves as the central institutional leader across career preparation and workforce placement areas, coordinating efforts to track progress established by institutional research and analytics teams.
The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment will oversee the institution-wide initiative as well as a professional staff. The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment will lead the team in evaluating current programs, reviewing key performance indicators (KPIs), and advancing the development of standardized practices for tracking and reporting outcomes across student success initiatives. These efforts will be aligned with priorities set by senior university leadership and data-informed strategies.
Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities |
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | Yes
Preferred Education/Experience |
Deadline to Apply | 03/20/2026
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status or whether the person is a smoker or nonsmoker, as long as the person complies with University regulation concerning smoking.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
Requisition Number | RE53422
Working Title |
Department Name | 1B000: Student Success Administration
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 51
Salary Range | $93,954-159,744/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | MA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 8 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long period of time, lifting, pushing or pulling objects up to 30 lbs.
Shift | Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00pm with weekends and nights as needed
Job Summary | The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment of UK’s Talent Preparation and Deployment Initiative plays a vital role in supporting both new and ongoing initiatives aimed at meeting institutional and statewide goals for job placement in Kentucky’s workforce needs. This position serves as the central institutional leader across career preparation and workforce placement areas, coordinating efforts to track progress established by institutional research and analytics teams.
The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment will oversee the institution-wide initiative as well as a professional staff. The AVP for Career and Workforce Alignment will lead the team in evaluating current programs, reviewing key performance indicators (KPIs), and advancing the development of standardized practices for tracking and reporting outcomes across student success initiatives. These efforts will be aligned with priorities set by senior university leadership and data-informed strategies.
Student Success will, from the time of early college outreach to graduation and beyond, support students in living a life of meaning and purpose. From a student-centered framework, our practice will be grounded in peer-reviewed literature, national best practices, and data-informed decision making. Collaborating with the campus and community, Student Success will work through a holistic lens to support a community of learners in achieving success.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities |
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | Yes
Preferred Education/Experience |
Deadline to Apply | 03/20/2026
Our University Community | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.
The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status or whether the person is a smoker or nonsmoker, as long as the person complies with University regulation concerning smoking.
Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
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