Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Summary

Join Chamberlain University as an Associate Dean of Faculty and lead online BSN faculty and academic staff. You will oversee curriculum development and delivery, ensuring superior student outcomes. Responsibilities include faculty recruitment, performance evaluation, curriculum implementation, and collaboration with national academic teams. You will also create plans for student success, evaluate course resources, mentor faculty, and manage academic budgets. The role requires a Master's degree in nursing, 5 years of experience in nursing education, and an unencumbered Illinois nursing license. A doctorate in nursing or progress towards one is preferred. Chamberlain University offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in nursing required
• 5 years of experience in nursing education at the Bachelor level or above
• Development/participation in simulation/clinical experience
• Unencumbered professional IL nursing licensure. Required

Responsibilities

• Participates in the recruitment, selection, and onboarding of qualified faculty and staff, monitors and evaluates their ongoing performance
• Administers the implementation and assessment of nursing program curricula on the campus with coordination/collaboration of the national academic teams
• Ensures learning experiences align with the BSN curriculum and collaborates with national team and operations to support implementation
• Collaborates with national academic committees to ensure that appropriate goals and projects are implemented
• Creates plans for student success in all learning areas, including student retention, graduation rates, NCLEX pass rates as well as student satisfaction and works with collaboratively with the local and national partners to achieve superior student outcomes
• Ensures that course resources and course assessment data are evaluated each session and inform recommendations for 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 & accountable to teaching and learning best practices through regular evaluation/feedback
• Serves 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
• Solicits recommendations from faculty and staff for academic budget
• Supports faculty and clinical coordination teams for clinical placement of nursing students to meet program objectives
• Ensures regular meetings of the faculty and comprehensive academic team to facilitate communication and faculty participation in planning, implementing and evaluating the curriculum
• Assigning faculty and academic team workloads
• Collaborates with campus leadership and national partners to prepare capital requests for learning areas as necessary
• Supports national academic team in consistent execution of core CAS programs and developing local programing (when necessary) to support student success
• Collaborates with national library staff for management of local holdings
• Monitors and analyzes student academic success data to identify recommendations to improve delivery of curriculum and engage student success interventions
• Will be responsible for teaching up to three courses per year
• Completes other duties as assigned
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in nursing or credit towards doctorate degree preferred
• Previous Clinical Coordination and Skills Lab Experience preferred
• Travel once a semester may be required
• Previous leadership experience
• Above average competency in Microsoft Suite of products
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to interact with all levels: student, faculty and staff. Strong customer-service orientation
• Ability to lead, direct and advise clinical faculty and clinical coordinators

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