Nursing Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Company Description

Chamberlain University has a 130-year history and the mission to educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Our regionally accredited University is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Our College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at 23 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with six Specialty Tracks, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Our College of Health Professions offers online options with a Master of Public Health degree, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Adtalem Global Education, at .

There is one very significant way Chamberlain is different than other Universities - Chamberlain Care®. Healthcare education is offered in a culture of service excellence and care in four ways: care for self, care for colleagues, care for patients/clients, care for all. By living Chamberlain Care®, we’ve built a culture in which colleagues and students thrive and we graduate extraordinary healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.

Chamberlain Care® is the guiding principle we provide to each other and to our students to help our students achieve their goals, reach their dreams and impact healthcare at a national level.
If you're ready to live Chamberlain Care®, we invite you to apply today!

Job Description

The Nursing Associate Dean, Academic Affairs manages day-to-day academic operations and directly supervises assigned faculty. Partners with Dean on strategic execution of BSN program goals. Develops faculty performance and maintains teaching standards. Contributes to student success through operational coordination and data-informed decisions. Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards for assigned areas.

• Implements academic strategy under Dean's direction. Manages assigned faculty schedules, workload, and performance. Ensures curriculum delivery standards for assigned courses/sections. Analyze student success data to improve curriculum delivery, lab, simulation, and workshops.
• Recruit, select, onboard and retain qualified faculty to ensure program excellence.
• Lead performance management for assigned faculty (visiting and/or full-time), ensuring accountability for teaching quality and student outcomes through ongoing observation, evaluation, and feedback.
• Collaborate with faculty and leadership to plan and manage budgets.
• Ensure curriculum delivery meets institutional standards and accreditation benchmarks through rigorous evaluation and continuous improvement.
• Embed Chamberlain Care principles and Adtalem culture expectations into academic operations and support services.
• Manages faculty and SLS scheduling and workload models for assigned groups. Coordinates with other ADAAs working at the campus. Ensures resource allocation for assigned courses. Support clinical placement of nursing students. Collaborate on academic budget and capital requests.
• Serve as liaison to boards, communities, and internal stakeholders with professionalism and care.
• Lead program expansion and new academic initiatives with agility and vision, responding to evolving healthcare education needs.
• Actively support and own academic strategy and curriculum change from the center.

Key behaviors tied to success in this role:

• Anticipate and respond to student needs, empower faculty to implement solutions that remove barriers to success
• Connect daily work to our vision and strategy at Chamberlain for your teams
• Seek feedback, support faculty to innovate, improve operating model, and use data to continuously improve student outcomes
• Coordinate and collaborate closely with ED, other DAAs, and ADAAs to support student and business outcomes
• Demonstrate ethical practice, take accountability for individual and team performance, and celebrate successes

What success looks like in your role:

• Students achieve strong outcomes — including matched or exceeded national BSN average NCLEX pass rate as a direct accountability for the role
• Students are engaged and satisfied, as reflected in NPS feedback
• Enrollment, retention, and persistence targets are matched or exceeded
• High faculty and academic team engagement scores and low regrettable turnover
• Faculty continuously improves and meets their goals
• Faculty are successfully recruited, onboarded, and retained to support program excellence
• Budgets are effectively planned and managed, with faculty input considered.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing required, doctoral degree in nursing or medical field preferred
• Unencumbered professional nursing licensure required
• Two (2)+ years’ experience in nursing education at the Bachelor level or above required
• Two (2)+ years development/participation in simulation/clinical experience required
• Two (2)+ years previous leadership experience required
• Two (2)+ years in acute patient care/trauma/emergency and/or medical-surgical environments preferred
• Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated strong leadership, organizational and time management skills.
• Outstanding communication ability and strong customer service orientation
• Strategic thinking and policy interpretation
• Professionalism and multitasking in fast-paced environments.
• Organization and time management skills a must
• Budget planning, resource management, and the ability to lead change.
• Demonstrated recruiting and onboarding skills

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $70,696.34 and $127,957.05. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• 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

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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.

 

 

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation