Associate Vice Provost - UTK

University of Tennessee•Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

Reporting to Kari Alldredge, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, the AVP serves as a key member of the Enrollment Management Executive Leadership Team, responsible for advancing campuswide recruitment strategy, admissions operations, and student pipeline initiatives. The AVP leads comprehensive recruitment, outreach, and application management strategies for future Volunteers, with a strong focus on pipeline development and funnel growth across all stages of the student journey. Alongside a team of 90+ dedicated admissions professionals, the AVP will play a crucial role in shaping the Volunteer Experience for 62,500+ applicants and 32,000+ undergraduates each year. As a senior leader in Enrollment Management, the AVP also oversees Admissions Operations and Application Management, ensuring innovative and effective use of the university’s CRM (Slate) to streamline workflows, improve student experience, and maintain compliance while increasing operational efficiency and scalability. In partnership with Enrollment Management Communications, the AVP drives robust, data-informed marketing and communications strategies to support recruitment, yield, and the university’s enrollment goals. In addition, the AVP serves as a key collaborator across campus, building strong partnerships with Academic Colleges & Schools, Student Success, Student Life, Access & Engagement, Academic Affairs, the Office of Innovative Technologies, the Bursar, the Center for Global Engagement, and other critical units to align recruitment strategy with academic capacity and student success priorities. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service. UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone. The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

Responsibilities

Advancing campuswide recruitment strategy
Admissions operations
Student pipeline initiatives
Leads comprehensive recruitment, outreach, and application management strategies for future Volunteers
Oversees Admissions Operations and Application Management
Ensuring innovative and effective use of the university’s CRM (Slate) to streamline workflows, improve student experience, and maintain compliance while increasing operational efficiency and scalability
Drives robust, data-informed marketing and communications strategies to support recruitment, yield, and the university’s enrollment goals.
Serves as a key collaborator across campus, building strong partnerships with Academic Colleges & Schools, Student Success, Student Life, Access & Engagement, Academic Affairs, the Office of Innovative Technologies, the Bursar, the Center for Global Engagement, and other critical units to align recruitment strategy with academic capacity and student success priorities.