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About the Role

The Program Director assures the delivery of the local campus curriculum, meets program goals, learning outcomes, and institutional expectations. They lead local campus programmatic accreditation, report to the Management Committee, and serve as a liaison between the program and other University departments.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, strategy, vision, organization, processes, and infrastructure for a respective program.
• Assesses and reports on program metrics, such as faculty workload, scholarly productivity, student satisfaction, graduation rates, and enrollments.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of effective department operations, including workflow, student learning outcomes, faculty numbers, and curriculum quality.
• Works effectively with other departments across the University to coordinate activities and promote change.
• Promotes a campus culture aligned with the University’s core values, focusing on academic achievement and personal development of students.
• Reports to the Management Committee to support educational effectiveness.
• Communicates effectively and fosters collaborative relationships among students, faculty, and staff.
• Advises students, assisting with problem-solving and complaint resolution.
• Collaborates with the Clinical Education department to ensure quality clinical experiences for students.
• Conducts student recruiting information sessions.
• Ensures faculty support the attainment of department and institutional outcomes.
• Hires, develops, and evaluates faculty (core and adjunct).
• Assists faculty in planning staffing patterns for their areas of responsibility.
• Utilizes standards for effective job performance to evaluate faculty effectiveness.
• Mentors and develops employees to maximize individual performance, build future organizational leadership, enhance teamwork, and strengthen support of the organization’s core values.
• Stays abreast of educational best practices, policy changes, and developments impacting the program.
• Meets scholarly goals as identified in annual performance evaluations.
• Maintains visibility in respective professional organizations.
• Uses research, practice, theory, and experience to foster professional development and student learning.
• Develops and implements the Department’s strategic plan.
• Identifies new opportunities.
• Maintains superior customer service to internal and external customers.
• Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within the University.
• Develops annual budget and expenses for areas of responsibility and guides subordinate managerial personnel.
• Administers or delegates budget administration, approving expenditures, and reviewing reports.
• Develops, communicates, and upholds University policies and procedures.
• Leads local participation in the programmatic accreditation process.
• Assures full compliance with federal, state, and accrediting body standards and regulations.
• Attends and participates in Management Committee, Program Directors Council, and Student-Director Meetings.
• Maintains a .5 teaching workload.
• Approves pre-requisite course substitutions and transfer credits.
• May perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching, scholarship, and administration in an institution of higher education.
• Knowledge of financial aid and fiscal management.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Ability to interact effectively with colleagues, administrators, faculty members, and students, as well as external constituencies.
• Valid driver’s license for State of residence and minimum liability insurance required by State.
• Possess knowledge of accreditation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Skills

• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Programmatic Accreditation
• Curriculum Development
• Faculty Development
• Budget Management
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Customer Service
• Teamwork
• Mentoring
• Scholarly Activity
• Teaching
• Administration
• Fiscal Management
• Microsoft Office Suite

Location

• Local driving
• Overnight travel to other campuses

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Five or more years’ progressive levels of leadership, responsibility, and expertise in teaching, preferably in higher education.

Education Level

• Terminal degree required
• Associate Professor rank for certain programs
• One degree must be in a related field (e.g. OT, PT, M.D., etc.)

Salary/Compensations

• $102,480 - $178,290

About the Company

• The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.