Department Chair (Non-Tenured), Indianapolis Campus

Posting Details

Position Details

Title: Department Chair Department: Indianapolis Campus Appointment Status: Non-Tenure Track Location: Indianapolis

Position Summary

Indiana University School of Nursing (IUSON) is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Department Chair Indianapolis campus. This is an outstanding opportunity to be a part of a legacy of nursing excellence and leadership. As Indianas premiere urban Carnegie R1 university with major medical centers on or near our campus, our in-person work arrangements facilitate access to an outstanding array of institutional resources, including a robust onboarding program and a high degree of engagement and networking.

The Department Chair is responsible for the operational success of a Department on the Indianapolis campus within the IUSON core. The Department Chair has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the department to ensure success. This position reports to the Associate Dean Indianapolis.

The Department Chair is a 12-month appointment with workload at 60 administrative, 20 research or scholarly activities, 10 teaching, and 10 service.

Responsibilities

The Department Chair is a primary operational leader for the department on the appointed campus, including:

• Implementing programs to recruit, orient, retain, and mentor faculty in alignment with strategic priorities for the desired mix of faculty to fulfill the teaching, research, and service missions of the department, campus, and core school.
• Facilitating a balance in faculty workloads commensurate with faculty appointments, full-time, part-time, adjunct, and faculty track and rank.
• Ensuring faculty meet expectations, including preparation of course materials, delivery of courses, productivity in research or scholarship, and active participation in service at the institutional, school, campus, university, and external levels, state, region, national, and international.
• Ensuring faculty understand how to contribute to achieving individual department, campus, and core strategic goals.
• Monitoring and evaluating faculty performance outcomes, teaching, research, and service for annual evaluations and promotion and tenure.
• Providing coaching to faculty experiencing emergent teaching and professional issues.
• Coordinating activities of the department to ensure operational success of the School of Nursings mission, goals, and strategic priorities in collaboration with other academic administrators.
• Preparing reports bearing on departmental responsibilities.
• Providing input on resource needs.
• Representing the department within the School of Nursing, campus, and university, and to external constituents.
• Accountability for the departmental faculty performance metrics related to delivery of courses, research, and scholarship, and service.

Basic Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in nursing major preferred (e.g., PhD, DNP, and masters in nursing if doctorate is not in nursing, e.g., EdD).
• Licensed or eligible to be licensed as a registered nurse in Indiana.
• Eligible for appointment in a rank at or above faculty who will be supervised.
• Demonstrated experience in an academic environment.

Department Contact for Questions

Richard Griffin 317-274-2124

Additional Qualifications

Salary and Rank Special Instructions

The following documents must be submitted online to:

• Letter of application
• Cover Letter (2-page limit)
• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of Research and Teaching (5-page limit outlining achievements and goals in teaching, research, and service, e.g., https://academicaffairs.indianapolis.iu.edu/Faculty-Affairs/Promotion-Tenure/guidelines-and-standards)
• Contact list with six references

For additional information, please contact Dr. Janet S. Carpenter at email carpentjiu.edu or phone 317-278-6065. Additional information may also be found on the web site at nursing.iu.edu.

For Best Consideration

• Expected Start Date: 05/01/2026
• Posting Number: IU-101345-2025
• Supplemental Questions

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Applicant Documents

• Required Documents
• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of Application
• Statement of Research and Teaching
• List of References
• Optional Documents