Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Summary

Join Chamberlain College of Nursing as an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and contribute to a culture of exceptional student care. This leadership role involves overseeing faculty recruitment, curriculum alignment, student success initiatives, and ensuring compliance with regulations. You will mentor faculty, manage budgets, and support clinical placements. The ideal candidate possesses a Master's degree in nursing (Doctorate preferred), significant experience in nursing education and leadership, and a commitment to Chamberlain Care®. The position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and more. This is a hybrid role with a transition to a four-day in-office schedule.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in nursing
• 2+ years experience in nursing education at the Bachelor level or above
• 2+ years Development/participation in simulation/clinical experience
• 2+ years Previous leadership experience
• Development/participation in simulation/clinical experiences required
• Unencumbered Professional nursing licensure

Responsibilities

• Participate in the recruitment, selection and on-boarding of qualified faculty and staff and monitor and evaluate their ongoing performance
• Ensure learning experiences align with the BSN curriculum and collaborate with national team to support implementation
• Collaborate with national academic committees to ensure that appropriate goals and projects are implemented
• Create plans for student success in all learning areas, including student retention, graduation rates and NCLEX pass rates
• Focus on student satisfaction and work collaboratively with the local and national partners to achieve superior student outcomes
• Ensure that course resources and course assessment data are evaluated each session and provide recommendations to improve campus student success plans
• Support faculty with timely and effective implementation of changes that address evolving needs of students and ensure delivery of course and/or program outcomes
• Ensure faculty are oriented and accountable to teaching and learning best practices through regular evaluation/feedback
• Serve as a faculty and staff mentor in areas of academic excellence, customer service, collaboration with local and national partners, communication and professionalism
• Create and monitor a well-defined process for campus faculty participation expectations in national course advisory councils, ensuring that the faculty are providing feedback and making curriculum delivery decisions
• Solicit recommendations from faculty and staff for academic budget. Collaborate with campus leadership and national partners to prepare capital requests for learning areas as necessary
• Support faculty and clinical coordination teams for clinical placement of nursing students to meet program objectives
• Ensure regular meetings of the faculty and comprehensive academic team to facilitate communication and faculty participation in planning, implementing and evaluating the curriculum
• Assign faculty and academic team workloads
• Support national academic team in consistent execution of core CAS programs and developing local programing (when necessary) to support student success
• Collaborate with national library staff for management of local holdings
• Monitor and analyze student academic success data to identify recommendations to improve delivery of curriculum and engage student success interventions
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory and statutory regulations; amends existing policies/procedures as needed. This may include being identified and approved by the state board of nursing as the point of contact, assistant program director, or program director on location. In the event the program director is not available, the assistant program director is expected to take on the program director responsibilities. Acts as liaison between local, state agency and national college teams specific to compliance and regulatory
• This position is a designated Campus Security Authority
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in nursing or credit towards doctorate degree
• 2+ years in acute patient care/trauma/emergency and/or medical-surgical environments
• Three to five years in acute patient care/trauma/emergency and/or medical-surgical environments
• Above average competency in Microsoft Suite of products
• Previous leadership experience with the ability to lead, direct and advise faculty
• Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong customer service orientation with the ability to interact with all levels: students, faculty and staff

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
• You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance