Program Director and Open Rank School of Nursing & Health Sciences

The academic Program Director is critical for the successful operation of the University. Under the supervision and direction of the school Dean, the program director is central to academic planning, faculty recruitment, retention, and development, and to budget management and oversight, as well as to the quality of the student academic experience.

The Program Director is an integral part of the schools leadership team and works closely with the dean in fostering a learning community infused with vitality for all constituencies.

Salary Range: $105,559.55 annualized, Full-Time, Exempt.

Benefits Plans Include:

• Medical
• Prescription
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Care & Dependent Care
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Voluntary Benefit Plans
• Accident, Critical Illness, or Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Transportation Spending Account
• Employee Tuition Waiver

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Doctoral Degree or in dissertation phase of a doctorate program from an accredited college or university in appropriate academic discipline. If doctorate is not in nursing, a masters degree in nursing is required. Masters considered with significant administrative experience.
• Experience: A minimum of three (3) years prior experience in an administrative or leadership role in a related discipline or equivalent, preferably administrative experience in an academic setting. Experience supporting and mentoring professionals. Evidence of responsibility in managing complex and diverse tasks. Eligibility for core faculty status.
• Certifications/Licenses, etc.: Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) within the first year.

Skills:

• Proficient computer skills.
• Leadership/Management Skills:
• Lead diverse professionals to realize the vision, mission, and objectives of the program and by extension of the University.
• Effectively foster engagement in continuous program quality assurance and quality improvement efforts.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term plans that support program goals.
• Manage and oversee the variety of administrative and personnel-related tasks associated with academic program operations.
• Create a climate of transparency, cooperation, collaboration, and solution-focused approaches to issues and commitments.
• Support the professional development of faculty and staff through provision of effective feedback, coaching, and mentoring.
• Be responsive to student needs and resolve in alignment with applicable policies and procedures, demonstrating fairness, sound judgment, and the ability to accept responsibility for decisions.
• Communication Skills:
• Strong and effective oral and written communication skills with ability to articulate the Universitys and schools mission and strategic goals and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to successfully interact with diverse constituencies.
• Ability to effectively and appropriately represent the program in the larger University context and the University to the program.

Duties & Responsibilities: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Ensures delivery of a quality academic program through:
• Maintaining an active presence that assures campus vitality and ensures accessibility to faculty, students, and staff.
• Overseeing the recruiting, retention, and management of qualified core and adjunct faculty.
• Ensuring curriculum and courses are current, relevant, and effective in meeting program learning outcomes.
• Engaging in on-going programmatic assessment to ensure program quality and adherence to regional and specialty accreditation standards as applicable.
• Ensuring fiscal sustainability through budget management and working collaboratively with appropriate admissions and enrollment personnel to facilitate the successful matriculation and enrollment of qualified students.
• Ensuring accuracy of advertising used in printed and electronic materials and process.

Governance & Planning:

• Works in conjunction with the Dean to develop and execute the strategic vision of the school and nursing programs.
• Participates in school, campus, and University governance committees as appropriate.

Personnel Management:

• Effectively initiates and recommends hiring and retention.
• Develops, coaches, counsels, and evaluates faculty and staff.
• Perform other related tasks, duties, and responsibilities as required, assigned, or directed.

Faculty Activities Responsibilities:

Facilitating Learning:

• Facilitating Classroom and Distance/Distributed Learning.
• Course and syllabus preparation.
• Class curriculum coordination and planning.
• Assessment and evaluation of learners.
• Student selection, orientation, and assessment.
• Mentoring and advising of students.
• Field placement supervision and coordination.

Research/Scholarship:

• Mentoring and supervision, particularly of MA theses, PsyD projects, and PhD, EdD, DBA dissertations.
• Scholarship: Research reflecting the generation, integration, dissemination, and application of knowledge as well as creative and original contributions to ones field commensurate with academic rank.

Service:

• All faculty engage in service to the University Community and Profession commensurate with academic rank. Examples in each category include:
• Service to the University: Participating in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum as well as maintaining program vitality; Processes to improve academic program quality; Participating in processes to improve the quality of School, campus, and University faculty experience; Participating in faculty governance.
• Service to the Community: Contributions at the local, state, and national levels involving ones professional expertise to the public, to organizations, and to governmental entities.
• Service to the Profession: Participation in and leadership of professional organizations; Reviewing for journals, conferences, and research grant panels.

Duties Required of All Faculty: Certain duties are additionally required of all faculty and are not given formal workload credit but will be included in yearly evaluations. These include but are not limited to:

• Active participation in campus life to sustain a high level of facilitated learning.
• Participation in program governance, including program-based committees (with the exception of SERC, which may receive up to three units of service workload credit at the discretion of the Program Director and the approval of the Dean and the Provost).
• Active participation in program and campus activities, including scheduled and impromptu meetings of faculty, staff, and students.
• Picking up and promptly responding to paper, voice, and electronic mail and messages; visibility and accessibility supporting a sense of community.
• Regular accessibility, either by person, by telephone, and/or virtually, to students, colleagues, and the greater University community.
• Posting of teaching schedules, office hours, and procedures for making appointments on the faculty members door, online, and on syllabi.
• Attendance and participation in program, department, faculty, and Faculty Assembly meetings; responding in a timely fashion to students requests for meetings, to telephone calls, and to e-mail communications.
• Participating in Faculty Assembly and program faculty meetings.
• Carrying an advising load of up to fourteen students, depending on size of the program and the judgment of the Program Director.
• Participation in hiring faculty.
• Participation in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum and maintaining program vitality; participation in processes to improve quality of school, college, campus, and University faculty experience.
• Participation in selection, admission, and retention of new students, including attendance at admissions open houses, participating in admission interviews, new student orientation, and advising of students.
• Submittal of grades, attendance, syllabi, and textbook orders in compliance with University established procedures and deadlines.
• Perform other related tasks, duties, and responsibilities as required, assigned, or directed.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Direct Reports: Core Faculty, Non-core faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Program Coordinators.
• Indirect Reports: Student Assistants.

Contact Responsibility:

• Internal: Interacts with supervisor to receive direction and instructions and/or review of work results. This position will work closely with colleagues in multiple departments (i.e., Admissions, Student Advising, Registrar, etc.) to support both students and colleagues in achieving student success and Department goals.
• External: Interacts with prospective students to provide advice and support, as well as various accrediting, licensing, and regulatory bodies, as well as colleagues in other universities.

Primary Work Location:

• Office Location: Phoenix Campus - 3110 N Central Ave, Suite G-125, Phoenix, AZ 85012.

Hours & Travel Requirements:

• Work Hours: Standard office hours; occasional evenings or weekends may be required.
• Travel: None.