Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS)
Location: Vermont (multi-campus, statewide travel required)
Salary: The budgeted salary for this position is $140,000 to $160,000
Position Summary
The Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) seeks a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as its next Chief Redevelopment Officer. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Vermont’s public higher education campuses through innovative redevelopment, adaptive reuse, and community-based partnerships.
The Chief Redevelopment Officer provides strategic leadership to advance campus revitalization initiatives that strengthen both the VSCS mission and the economic vitality of the communities it serves. This role works at the intersection of higher education, real estate development, public policy, and community engagement—transforming campus assets into dynamic hubs for learning, workforce development, and regional growth.
Working collaboratively with System and campus leadership, municipalities, state agencies, legislators, private developers, and community partners, the Chief Redevelopment Officer identifies and advances redevelopment opportunities, aligns diverse stakeholders around shared objectives, and coordinates initiatives from concept through implementation. Through strategic alliances, innovative redevelopment strategies, and responsible stewardship of System resources, the Chief Redevelopment Officer helps position VSCS campuses as enduring educational, economic, and community assets for Vermont
Key Responsibilities
Campus Revitalization Strategy
- Lead long-range redevelopment strategies aligning academic priorities, workforce needs, and community development
- Identify opportunities that enhance campus vitality and long-term sustainability
Community & Government Engagement
- Build and maintain strong relationships with legislators, municipalities, state agencies, developers, and community partners
- Identify and advance initiatives that benefit both campuses and surrounding communities
Executive Coordination & Stakeholder Alignment
- Serve as a central coordinator across system leadership and external partners
- Align diverse stakeholders, remove barriers, and maintain momentum on key initiatives
Strategic Real Estate Development
- Evaluate and advance redevelopment opportunities including adaptive reuse, leasing, acquisitions, and public-private partnerships
- Conduct financial and feasibility analyses to support decision-making
Project Advancement & Implementation
- Act as the System’s owner’s representative for redevelopment projects
- Coordinate consultants, agencies, and stakeholders from concept through execution
Portfolio Governance & Performance
- Maintain a pipeline of prioritized projects
- Prepare executive-level recommendations and Board materials
- Monitor outcomes and ensure alignment with System goals
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, planning, real estate, public administration, architecture, engineering, or related discipline)
- Seven (7) years of progressive leadership experience in areas such as real estate development, campus planning, economic development, or public administration
- Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders
- Experience building partnerships with government entities, nonprofits, and private-sector organizations
- Strong analytical, communication, and strategic thinking skills
- Proven ability to influence and lead without direct authority
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel extensively throughout Vermont
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Experience in higher education or public-sector environments
- Knowledge of Vermont land use, permitting, and development processes
- Experience with public-private partnerships and adaptive reuse projects
- Familiarity with capital planning, procurement, and real estate transactions
This general outline illustrates the type of work that characterizes the job classification. It is not an all-encompassing statement of the specific duties, responsibilities, and qualifications of individual positions assigned to the classification.
VSCS values individual differences that can be engaged in the service of learning. Diverse experiences from people of varied backgrounds inform and enrich our community. VSCS welcomes all qualified applications, including those from historically marginalized and underrepresented populations. VSCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, in compliance with ADA requirements, and will make reasonable accommodations for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant. Please contact Human Resources for assistance with accommodations at VSCHR@vsc.edu.
All new full-time employees and certain part-time employees will be subject to a criminal background check. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the satisfactory results of this check.