Overview

Montclair State University, designated as a public research university, is New Jerseyâ™s second largest university, with a beautiful 252-acre campus approximately 12 miles from New York City. The University has 11 colleges and schools and serves over 21,000 students. Since the Universityâ™s founding in 1908, Montclair State has embraced change and development and has earned a strong reputation. Over recent years, Montclair State University has undergone a very significant further transformation, growing from a masterâ™s level college to a doctoral research university, increasing student enrollment from 12,000 to over 21,000, creating new colleges and schools, developing many new academic programs, recruiting hundreds of new faculty, and building many new academic and campus life facilities on a setting with breathtaking views of the New York City skyline. This significant expansion of Montclair Stateâ™s physical assets has created new opportunities to maximize usage of the campusâ™ facilities, create beneficial partnerships with businesses and organizations, increase campus visibility, and generate revenue in support of the Universityâ™s educational programs. Because of the great importance of the Campus Business Services to Montclair Stateâ™s future, the University has undertaken a re-organization to better align these functions under a new senior leadership position.

Responsibilities

The Associate Vice President for Campus Business Services reports to the President through the Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life. The Associate Vice President has direct responsibility for Campus Business Services, which currently generate revenue in excess of $20 million dollars annually with significant potential for growth. The unit includes: management of noninstructional campus utilization, including rentals and marketing, conferences, the campus master schedule, and major campus events; management of auxiliary services, including dining, bookstore, student center, campus card and debit programs, and off-campus merchant programs; and management of professional athletic partnerships, including the Ice Arena and the Arenaâ™s professional management partner, the Yogi Berra Baseball Stadium and the relationship with the NJ Jackals, the Soccer Park and the relationship with the Red Bulls II, and the Universityâ™s Recreation Center. Overall, the Associate Vice President has responsibility for the cultivation, maintenance and expansion of campus business partnerships that are beneficial to the University and that bring innovative and entrepreneurial ideas to the management of the Universityâ™s resources.

Qualifications

Montclair State University seeks an individual with strong leadership qualities who is able to understand the mission of the University, who has the capacity to create a vision for a Campus Business Services unit that will contribute in significant ways to that mission, and who has the ability to implement that vision effectively. Preferred qualifications for the position of Associate Vice President for Campus Business Services include the following: a minimum of ten years of substantial university business experience or business experience readily translatable to a public university environment; strong management skills; a track record of successful business development; strong knowledge and experience in implementing and using data management systems; experience working with complex physical facilities and campus environments; real estate experience; knowledge of business issues related to athletics and athletic facilities, dining operations and facilities, and retail operations; strong budgeting, procurement, and contract skills; excellent management and human resource skills; excellent communication skills; and, at a minimum, an undergraduate degree and preferably an MBA or other related graduate degree. Finally, Montclair State seeks an individual of intelligence and high energy who will embrace the opportunity to work in the richly exciting and highly diverse environment of an ambitious, growing, and sophisticated University community that is committed to serving the people of New Jersey and the nation.

Procedure for Candidacy

Applicants should include a resume and cover letter describing how their background, skills and education match the needs of the University. When applying, please take a moment to carefully read and follow the steps in the application instructions. 

Job Type:Full time