Executive Search and Recruiting Services

The Vendor is required to provide executive search and recruitment services for the selection of the vice president.
- Provide all the services related to securing an appropriate candidate for the position of vice president, which will include but is not limited to:
•    Analyze the leadership needs of the college and create a profile for the position, with input from the search committee;
•    Develop and implement recruiting strategies. Prepare recruiting materials to be supplied to appropriate journals, candidate search firms, news media and existing agency databases;
•    Coordinate advertising, recruiting and screening to create a pool of viable, diverse candidates for the search committee to review;
•    Manage correspondence and applications from interested candidates; 
•    In conjunction with the search committee, develop a method to prescreen all applicants in order to reduce the candidate pool to a group of semi-finalists;
•    Review qualifications of applicants and do initial reference checking;
•    Conduct extensive background checks (supervisors, peers, colleagues, supervisees, etc.) And verify credentials of semi-finalists;
•    Provide feedback about references at various points in the process;
•    Organize, schedule and attend confidential off-campus interviews;
•    Assist the search committee to develop campus visit strategy, which will ensure effective evaluation and recruitment opportunity;
•    Coordinate with members of the search committee to schedule campus interviews and assist committee to develop campus visit strategy which will ensure effective evaluation and recruitment opportunity;
•    Schedule confidential on-campus interviews if/when necessary and appropriate;
•    Support the committee in drafting a recommendation report to the campus president, including strengths and weaknesses for recommended candidate;
•    Should a finalist(s) not be selected by the president for either position, the search firm will continue to work with the search committee to identify additional finalists.
•    Handle the procedural and administrative aspects of the search, including assisting in finalizing details of the employment contract with the selected candidate;
•    Provide professional notification to all candidates of decisions made.

- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: November 12, 2025