Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Labor Relations

🇺🇸 Kingston, RI 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $155K - $175K 💻 Other 🗓️ March 19th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Rhode Island is hiring an Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Labor Relations. The role leads the Office of the Provost on faculty recruitment, sabbatical approvals, and labor relations, including collective bargaining and administration of agreements with faculty, part-time faculty, and graduate assistants.

Highlights

Lead academic personnel and labor relations for the Office of the Provost.
Collaborate with Deans on faculty recruitment, hiring, salary, and retention.
Oversee sabbatical review and chair sabbatical review committee.
Represent Office of the Provost in collective bargaining with faculty, part-time faculty, and graduate assistants.
Administer collective bargaining agreements, handle discipline, grievance procedures, and arbitration.
Track and analyze faculty and academic personnel data in collaboration with Institutional Research.
Required skills include labor relations experience, collective bargaining knowledge, and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Must have a Master’s degree or higher and at least seven years of labor relations experience.
Preferred qualifications include a terminal degree and experience in labor negotiation, mediation, and higher education faculty roles.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, and electronic databases is expected.
Salary range: $155,000 to $175,000 annually.