Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Success (AVP)

🇺🇸 Buffalo, NY 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $170K - $190K 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ June 26th, 2026

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University at Buffalo is hiring an Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Success (AVP). The AVP will lead strategic initiatives across the Division of Student Life to enhance student engagement, retention, career readiness, and post-graduation success, while advising university leadership and managing multiple student-focused units.

Highlights

Create strategic vision and leadership for a supportive and inclusive campus culture enhancing academic and career development.
Lead division-wide student success programs improving retention, persistence, graduation, and postgraduate outcomes through evidence-based practices.
Serve as senior liaison with academic and administrative units to align curricular and co-curricular student success efforts.
Manage units including Orientation and Transition Programs, Residential Life, Student Engagement, Startup and Innovation Collaboratory, and Career Design Center.
Develop and implement measurement systems for assessing program effectiveness and student success metrics.
Use data to create key performance indicators and reports, adjusting services to improve outcomes.
Master’s degree required; terminal degree preferred.
Minimum 7 years progressive higher education experience in student affairs, engagement, or success with demonstrated equity-focused leadership.
Strong skills in personnel management, budgeting, communication, and advocacy based on data and best practices.
Salary range $170,000 - $190,000; full-time executive role within the Office of the Vice President for Student Life.