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Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES) Selected by Empire State University for Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer Search

October 2nd, 2024, WEST HARTFORD, CT – Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES), a leading higher education focused executive search firm, has been selected to recruit the next Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer at Empire State University. Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, will be leading the search.

The Vice President will play a critical role in translating strategic vision into action. In this inaugural position, the Vice President will bring strategy, thought leadership, and inclusive organizational practices to Human Resources in support of the university’s commitment to its diverse students, faculty, and staff. The individual will be charged with creating an inclusive culture of continuous improvement in service to a distributed workforce. The Vice President will also be charged with understanding and building on the strengths of the human resources department to identify new areas of opportunity as the university grows its ranks of faculty and staff. Changing management experience will be critical, as will cultural redirection that promotes communication, honesty, and a team-oriented philosophy. Moreover, the Vice President will oversee the creation and sustaining of programs to attract and retain top talent and build the university’s reputation as an innovative and inclusive employer of choice.

This position reports to the President and leads the Human Resources Department staff of 10. The institution currently employs 824 (full and part time) faculty and 504 staff. This position is a fully on-site role and does not offer the opportunity for a hybrid or remote work arrangement.

Founded in 1971 as the innovative campus of the State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State University empowers learners from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. SUNY Empire has decades of experience providing educational access through high-quality online teaching and learning, individualized instruction, mentoring, and prior learning assessment. The institution is deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion and builds on students’ experiences to promote their growth and drive upward mobility and economic development in New York State and beyond.

SUNY Empire has a proud history of meeting students where they are. The institution embraces full transferability, credit through prior learning, and partnerships to drive workforce development and educational attainment. The university serves more than 16,500 students and employs over 1,300 faculty and staff, advancing the institution’s unique academic commitment to high-quality, accessible education for our students. SUNY Empire’s 99,000 alumni are entrepreneurs, nurses, teachers, businesspeople, and leaders in their communities and their fields.

The institution has experienced 8% growth in headcount over the past two years and is on track to grow another 8% this academic year. In short, SUNY Empire is on a remarkable trajectory toward becoming one of the nation’s preeminent online universities.

Affordable Excellence
Academic Career & Executive Search, a higher education focused search firm, specializes in affordable excellence, providing perfectly matched candidates to institutions quickly and accurately. Their methodologies, based on frequent touchpoints, pinpoint ideal candidates with speed and meticulous care resulting in highly successful placements.

They offer flexible service/pricing levels for all positions, ensuring affordability. Contact Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, at 860-740-2600 or Jennifer@ACESrch.com, or visit https://acesrch.com/.