School of Nursing Associate Chair and Open Rank Clinical Faculty

About the Opportunity

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Arlington, Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; London; Oakland; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

The Northeastern comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—leads to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

The School of Nursing in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University has developed a research-intensive/teaching/learning environment for students and faculty. Creating an environment where students thrive begins with the faculty.  Faculty of the School of Nursing is a diverse and committed group of professionals who are highly qualified, nationally known, and characterized by a range of experiences in nursing practice, research, and education that reflect an extensive degree of excellence. The ultimate goal is to advance the School of Nursing’s position to one of the nation’s top research schools of nursing. 

The wide range of programs offered by the School of Nursing from baccalaureate through DNP and PhD degrees highlights the responsiveness of the School to the healthcare needs of individuals and communities in the state, nation, and globally.  The School of Nursing is committed to co-creating an environment conducive to incubating innovative ideas and strategies aimed at creating a more dignified patient-family-centered healthcare system. 

About the opportunity

The Associate Chair (AC) is directly accountable to the Dean and serves as the chief administrator overseeing operational functions that enable the execution of the strategic plan and achievement of the School of Nursing’s (SON) goals and mission. The AC provides innovative leadership and oversight for the quality and financial management of the academic programs and enrollment management and student affairs, and oversees the work of the Assistant Dean for Prelicensure Programs, Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, Assistant Dean for Research, Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs, and the staff positions reporting directly to the SON Dean’s office.

In addition, the AC works closely with the Dean, faculty, and staff to support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and to foster a positive and healthy work environment across the school.

The AC is a member of the Dean’s senior leadership team and works collaboratively with fellow SON senior leadership to ensure the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the organization through shared responsibility of the development, design, and improvement of systems that will lead to the full execution of the strategic plan.

Major Responsibilities

Leadership in Academic Excellence

• Serves as direct liaison between the academic functions of SON and the business functions and provides strategic direction for maximizing resources and efficiency.  Identifies resources required for the implementation of the strategic plan and potential obstacles that need to be addressed.
• Provides innovative leadership and ensures the integrity of the academic programs.
• Leads the planning, implementation, evaluation, and revision of program curricula in collaboration with and the Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, the Program Directors and the faculty.
• Partners with and supports the Director of Quality and Compliance to lead the SON accreditation process to ensure compliance with accrediting and licensing requirements.
• Collaborates with the Dean, Assistant Deans, and College in the development of contracts with health systems and other entities for the delivery of academic programs.
• When appropriate, represents the