Academic Affairs Director

The Academic Affairs Director at Chamberlain University is responsible for leading and directing all campus-level faculty and academic staff to ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered in an environment that achieves superior student outcomes.

• Leadership and Management
  • Recruit, select, and onboard qualified faculty and staff, monitor and evaluate their ongoing performance.
  • Administer the implementation and assessment of nursing program curricula on the campus with coordination/collaboration of the national academic teams.
• Curriculum Development and Implementation
  • Ensure learning experiences align with the BSN curriculum and collaborate with national team to support implementation.
  • Collaborate with national academic committees to ensure that appropriate goals and projects are implemented.
• Student Success and Retention
  • Create 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.
  • Ensure that course resources and course assessment data are evaluated each session and inform recommendations for campus student success plans.
• Faculty Support and Development
  • 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.
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Serve 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.
• Administrative and Financial Management
  • Solicit recommendations from faculty and staff for academic budget.
  • Supports faculty and clinical coordination teams for clinical placement of nursing students to meet program objectives.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Ensure 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.
• Professional Development
  • 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.
• Analysis and Reporting
  • Monitors and analyzes student academic success data to identify recommendations to improve delivery of curriculum and engage student success interventions.
• Teaching and Research
  • Will be responsible for teaching up to three courses per year.
• Other Duties
  • Completes other duties as assigned and complies with all policies and standards.