Associate Vice President, USC Educational Partnerships
USC Educational Partnerships, within University Relations, seeks an accomplished senior executive to serve as Associate Vice President, USC Educational Partnerships , leading the University’s educational partnerships and community-based programs.
The Associate Vice President (AVP) is the senior executive responsible for the strategic leadership, institutional stewardship, and overall performance of USC Educational Partnerships. As a member of the USC University Relations executive team, this position establishes vision, objectives, and strategy for the department’s complex portfolio and translates University priorities into coordinated programs, partnerships, operating systems, and measurable outcomes. The position provides direction and executive oversight for a collective of more than 150 full-time and part-time employees, teachers and other temporary staff, contractors, student workers, volunteers, and interns. The AVP also administers an annual operating budget of between $7–8 million, approximately 80 percent of which is secured through fundraising, grants, and sponsored funding led or directly supported by this position.
The Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) at USC supports nearly 1,400 students annually through college-access and success programming spanning sixth grade through college graduation, as well as approximately 200 children through early literacy programs. NAI is a rigorous, seven-year pre-college enrichment program designed to prepare students from South and East Los Angeles for admission to a college or university. The program supports students through the college application and financial aid processes and provides case management through college graduation. Since its first graduating class in 1997, more than 1,700 students have completed the program, with 83 percent enrolling as freshmen at four-year universities and 42 percent enrolling at USC.
The portfolio overseen by this position includes the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative (Health Sciences Campus, University Park Campus–Foshay, and University Park Campus–Southwest), the Mental Health Clinic, Upward Bound (Central/Southeast Los Angeles, Math/Science, and South/Southwest Los Angeles), TRIO Programs, the USC Family of Schools/NAI Partner Schools, KidWatch, the Safety Task Force, Kinder2College, and Educational Partnerships finance and operations.
This position will be onsite, reporting between the University Park Campus, the Health Sciences Campus and program partner locations throughout Los Angeles.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Oversees, directs, and coordinates the strategy and overall operations of all USC Educational Partnerships programs, projects, services, events, and activities.
Develops, implements, and continuously strengthens an integrated cradle-to-college-and-career educational pathway that supports students, families, and communities from early engagement through college access, enrollment, persistence, graduation, and career success.
Establishes department-wide goals, priorities, performance standards, and outcome measures; evaluates program effectiveness and directs corrective action, improvement, replication, or responsible growth.
Holds executive accountability for the quality, integrity, and outcomes of the NAI program and the complete Educational Partnerships portfolio.
Directly and indirectly manages the Educational Partnerships workforce, primarily through subordinate directors, managers, and professional staff; determines organizational structure, reporting relationships, and staffing needs.
Develops high-performing teams and emerging leaders through coaching, professional development, succession planning, and meaningful delegation.
Represents USC Educational Partnerships credibly and effectively with University leadership, school districts, community organizations, families, students,…