Specifications include, but are not limited to: Arkansas Tech University requires executive search services to support the identification and selection of an Academic Provost/Vice-President of Academic Affairs. The university would like to include within the contract future search services for Higher Education Administration and Faculty positions. At the direction of the Search Committee, the qualified search firm will be requested to conduct the following activities: • Work and Communicate with Staff and Others Work with the Search Committee through all phases of the search process. Provide regular updates to the Search Committee. • Develop a Position Profile and Outreach Plan Assist with the cultivation of a search profile. Support and assist in the development, advertisement, and disbursement of the position announcement. This includes; the development of a specific outreach plan that identifies activities that will be utilized to recruit a diverse pool of candidates and should contain specific benchmark activities that will be utilized in the recruitment process. • Develop Selection Criteria Support the Search Committee in the development of selection criteria based on the position profile and the job description or general outline of duties and responsibilities for the position, and role within the university