Associate Dean, Nursing Doctoral Programs

Company Description

Walden University, an Adtalem Global Education institution, supports a diverse community of adult learners from across the U.S. and other countries, who seek to achieve their academic goals and make positive, lasting social change in their professions and communities. Walden offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs, for students pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or certificate. Walden University has graduated more than 174,000 students and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

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Job Description

Walden University is a pioneer in student-centered distance education. An accredited graduate institution with a mission for social change, Walden is dedicated to high academic standards and helping students make a difference in their professions, organizations, and communities. Walden University offers advanced degrees online to professionals whose work impacts others. Degree programs include health sciences, counseling, human services, management, psychology, education, public health, nursing, and public administration. Our challenging programs are designed to help students make a difference in the lives of children, the health of communities, or the success of an organization. The Associate Dean will function as part of a leadership team. The people filling these positions will need flexibility and creative problem-solving skills and a strong commitment to their professions, curriculum, field experience, assessment, accountability, and evaluation.

• The Associate Dean is a full-time academic administrator, and works closely with the school’s academic administrators, academic program coordinators, academic advising, office of field experience, and administrative staffs, and part-time faculty.
• Maintains quality and integrity of the program curriculum.
• Engages in faculty recruitment, orientation, development, mentoring, and evaluation. Organizing activities of specialization coordinators
• Provides leadership and coordinates projects, processes, and procedures for continuous program improvement initiatives.
• Collaborates with other departments (Student Success Advising, Enrollment, Director of Regulatory, Office of Field Experience, Product Management) to ensure coordination and consistency of outcomes across programs.
• Engages in programmatic accreditation and assessment activities.
• Participates in College and University committee service; scholarship; and evaluating/assessing the academic programs and student academic performance.
• Developing and maintaining a community of care amongst faculty and students.
• Ensures program compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards including completion of required reports
• Communicates effectively with CON leadership, faculty, staff, and students creating a culture of caring and mutual respect
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• DNP or …