University of North Texas System Vice Chancellor for Facilities The University of North Texas System (UNT System or UNTS) seeks applications and nominations for the position of Vice Chancellor for Facilities. University of North Texas System The three independent universities of the UNT System have combined enrollment of nearly 44,000 students across five major teaching locations, including each main campus, as well as Frisco and downtown Dallas. The UNT System also provides high-quality, innovative, and affordable legal education in Dallas at the UNT Dallas College of Law. The UNT System Administration is based in downtown Dallas and collectively the UNT System has a $1.2 billion annual consolidated budget, employs roughly 10,000 people at its various locations within the robust North Texas Region and boosts the Texas economy by nearly $5.2 billion each year. The University of North Texas System’s institutions include: • University of North Texas – Established in 1890, University of North Texas (UNT), is one of the nation's largest universities with enrollment exceeding 38,000. UNT offers 103 bachelor's, 86 master's and 38 doctoral degree programs. Led by President Neal J. Smatresk, UNT is ranked among the 115 top-tier research universities — 81 of which are public universities — in the latest Carnegie Classification list. The university has been named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys for 22 consecutive years, a ranking based on having a high-achieving freshman class and affordable tuition. The Princeton Review continually names UNT as a Best in the West school and Forbes has listed UNT as an America's Top College for nine consecutive years. UNT has 15 programs ranked in the Top 100 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The class of 2021 is one of the largest freshman classes at UNT and part of a bright student body that includes 26 National Merit Finalists this fall, 140 Terry Scholars and 1,800 Honors College students. As it grows, UNT’s student body remains diverse, representing the community that it serves, with a growing population of minority students at 23% Hispanic students and 14% African American students. • University of North Texas Health Science Center – With an enrollment of 2,270, University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT Health Science Center or UNTHSC) is one of the nation’s premier graduate academic medical centers and is composed of five schools that specialize in patient-centered education, research and health care: the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Health Professions and the UNT System College of Pharmacy. In 2015, UNTHSC announced a unique public/private partnership with TCU to create a new MD school in Fort Worth. The school, planning to accept its first class in 2019, will be among the leading institutions in the nation in providing a team-oriented educational approach that benefits patients and shapes the future practice and business of medicine. 1 UNTHSC’s dedication to primary care has received national recognition for the 15th consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of medical schools. Among the magazine’s ranked programs, UNTHSC’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is first in Texas and second nationally in the percentage of graduates entering primary care fields. Led by President Michael Williams, a UNTHSC alum and former UNT System Regent, the university invests $44.4 million in annual research expenditures – a figure that has nearly doubled since 2006. • University of North Texas at Dallas – University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) was established in 2010 and received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOS) in 2013. Led by President Bob Mong, the university has a diverse student population (46% Hispanic, 33% African- American, and 16% white) including first time freshmen, transfer students, veterans and graduate students. As the only public, doctoral granting comprehensive university in the City of Dallas – the hub of the State’s most densely populated region – UNT Dallas is critical to achieving the State’s 60X30 Texas Plan. The University offers bachelors, masters and a juris doctor degree. UNT Dallas announced record enrollment in Fall 2017 of more than 3,500 students. The enrollment increase went from 3,030 last fall to 3,509 this fall, a 15.8 percent change. Enrollment has increased since its inception and is projected at 5,000 students by Fall 2020. In 2016, a new DART light rail station adjacent to campus opened – linking the university with direct access to the downtown corridor and beyond, and in 2017, UNT Dallas opened its first residence hall Enrollment numbers include the UNT Dallas College of Law. The College of Law is dedicated to providing affordable access to education with an annual tuition that is significantly lower than all other law schools, public or private, in Texas. Role of UNT System Administration The UNT System Administration, founded in 1999, provides governance and service to UNT System component institutions in the areas of law, finance, audit, academic affairs and student success, facilities and construction, and governmental relations. Chancellor Lesa Roe leads the UNT System. Like its counterpart central administrative offices across Texas, the UNT System: • Provides executive leadership; • Represents the UNT System and its component institutors in all legal matters; • Leads the development of educational mission, policy, and programs and facilitates and coordinates new initiatives and academic and student affairs planning and implementation; • Oversees system-wide financial planning and analysis, including coordination of the annual institution budgets within the UNT System; • Supervises compliance with federal, state, and local laws and with Board of Regents policies; 2 • Provides a full range of professional design, development and management support for facilities planning and construction; • Establishes state and federal legislative and policy priorities for the System in collaboration with the Board of Regents institutional leadership and engages constituencies and stakeholders at all levels of government on issues impacting higher education; • Coordinates relationships with the region’s communities and organizations and other university systems. In addition to providing these core services, the UNT System Administration has worked for the past several years, under the direction of the Board of Regents, to centralize additional key administrative services in order to increase efficiency and facilitate system-wide cost savings. Centralization of services including Information Technology (IT), Human Resources (HR) and many business and financial services provides cost and operational efficiency opportunities, while also allowing the UNT System component institutions to concentrate on carrying out their respective missions. Position Summary Reporting directly to the Chancellor of the UNT System, the Vice Chancellor for Facilities is responsible for guiding the UNT System’s facilities, campus master planning, and major construction activities. The Vice Chancellor leads an office committed to delivering outstanding sustainable and enduring projects that maximize value while supporting the mission of each of the UNT System’s campuses. With a current staff of approximately 20 professionals, the Vice Chancellor for Facilities will oversee an office that provides master planning, design and construction management support, sustainability expertise, innovative partnering expertise, and other facilities related expertise to the campuses. In addition, the Vice Chancellor for Facilities will be responsible for representing the System Administration before the Board of Regents and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in all matters related to facility projects. While maintaining a core office in System Administration, the Vice Chancellor for Facilities will work closely with the campuses creating a borderless team where expertise is utilized across campuses, especially for major renovation and construction. Key responsibilities of the Vice Chancellor for Facilities include: • Developing and directing system-wide facilities planning and major construction programs; working closely with the leadership of UNT System universities to meet needs; • Collaborating and coordinating with UNT System campus leaders to meet space planning needs; • Working closely with UNT System campus leaders to develop long-term capital plans; • Serving as a collaborative team player with the Chief Financial Officer, the CIO and the General Counsel, Vice Chancellor for Government Relations, and University Presidents and Facility Managers; • Working across campuses to optimize facilities management support and look for efficiencies across the System; • Developing awareness of state-of-the-art approaches, including public/private partnerships, in order to meet university future facility needs. • Representing the UNT System on all matters affecting construction and planning; 3 • Developing strong working relationships with community leaders, UNT System administrators, and other higher education agencies; • Hiring, training, monitoring, and conducting scheduled evaluations of employees supervised; • Ensuring that monitoring systems are in place to track compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations; • Adhering to and fostering high standards of ethical conduct,