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About the Role

The Associate Dean of Nursing (AD) is a critical leadership position within the Excelsior University School of Nursing (SON), providing vision and strategic direction for quality academic programs. The AD plays a key role in developing, promoting, and evaluating strategic initiatives, advancing evidence-based nursing practices, and fostering research, scholarship, and education. This role ensures program compliance with accreditation standards and guides all accreditation activities, while also assisting faculty in curriculum development and enhancement. The AD serves as a leader in building interprofessional practice relationships and alliances.

Responsibilities

Supports the Dean and SON leadership to identify, prioritize, and lead strategic initiatives.
Works with the Dean to monitor, track, and report on School activities relative to the University’s Strategic Plan.
Works on special projects within the school as they arise and develop evaluation plans.
Provides creative leadership to the development of new business processes that increase the quality and efficiency of work.
Applies project management expertise to long-range initiatives and provides vision for business intelligence needs.
Works with University and SON leadership to identify grant opportunities and develop proposals for external funding.
Interfaces with accreditation and state agencies to facilitate understanding of agency expectations and School alignment.
Leads the ongoing and timely collection, analysis, and use of data to support program accreditation.
Ensures program compliance with all accreditation and NYS standards.
Facilitates the School's continuous improvement efforts.
Serves as a key representative and liaison to the Provost's Office for accreditation efforts.
Conducts research and produces academic articles, presentations, and projects.
Seeks external or internal funding to support new academic and research activities.
Serves on SON committees as assigned.
Represents Excelsior University and SON at appropriate academic conferences, professional meetings, and community activities.
Supervises the Department Chairs and the work of the state board team.
Assists and leads with interviewing, training, planning, assigning, and directing work.
Provides leadership, coaching, and performance oversight for program department chairs and faculty.
Establishes and monitors performance expectations aligned with the school's strategic plan and accreditation standards.
Conducts annual performance evaluations and provides ongoing coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
Develops and implements performance improvement plans when needed.
Recognizes and rewards high performance while fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration.
Monitors faculty productivity in teaching, scholarship, service, and clinical practice.
Utilizes data and key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess organizational effectiveness.
Collaborates with Human Resources on recruitment, onboarding, retention, promotion, and succession planning.
Leads the development and implementation of annual and long-range goals.
Collaborates with academic leaders to establish measurable objectives and monitor progress.
Prioritizes initiatives and allocates resources to maximize operational efficiency and academic excellence.
Oversees workload distribution to ensure equitable faculty assignments.
Monitors project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
Identifies organizational barriers and implements solutions to improve workflow.
Coordinates cross-functional initiatives.
Promotes continuous quality improvement through assessment, evaluation, and evidence-based decision-making.
Serves as a visible and accessible leader who fosters open, transparent, and timely communication.
Builds collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, students, healthcare partners, alumni, and community stakeholders.
Facilitates regular meetings to communicate institutional priorities, policy updates, and strategic initiatives.
Encourages shared governance by promoting faculty engagement in decision-making and committee leadership.
Represents the School of Nursing at university, professional, community, and healthcare organization meetings.
Supports a positive organizational culture that values diversity, equity, inclusion, respect, and psychological safety.
Addresses concerns and resolves conflicts through effective communication, collaboration, and problem-solving.
Promotes employee engagement by soliciting feedback, recognizing accomplishments, and encouraging professional growth.
Communicates accreditation expectations, regulatory changes, and institutional initiatives.
Serves as a liaison between the Dean, faculty, staff, students, and external partners.

Requirements

Earned doctorate, preferably in nursing, curriculum and instruction, assessment, program evaluation, institutional research, higher education administration or related field from a regionally accredited United States institution or an equivalent, nationally recognized foreign institution of higher learning.
Distinguished record of interprofessional collaboration.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with accrediting agencies, preferably nursing education accreditors, including leading degree programs through successful site visits.
Experience leading, developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative strategic initiatives.
A creative thinker capable of evaluating current business processes and providing innovative solutions.
Strong background in data analytics and comfort with ambiguity.
Experience in grant writing and securing funding.
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
Experience in conducting, presenting, and publishing research.
Experience supervising and leading teams.
Strong leader with experience coordinating work across administrative and academic departments.
Ability to work with diverse constituencies.
Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Skills

Project management
Data analytics
Grant writing
Oral communication
Written communication
Presentation skills
Research
Supervision
Leadership
Collaboration
Interprofessional collaboration
Strategic planning
Curriculum development
Accreditation compliance
Performance management
Budgetary process
Business process evaluation
Continuous improvement

Location

Albany, NY
Remote (US)

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Associate Dean
Leadership
Supervisory

Education Level

Doctorate

Salary/Compensations

$130,000 - $140,000

Benefits

Benefits included

About the Company

Excelsior University School of Nursing (SON) is dedicated to advancing nursing education and practice.
The university is committed to fostering high-quality academic programs and evidence-based nursing practices.