Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that ‎‎‎‎‎a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage ‎‎‎‎‎in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed ‎‎‎‎‎Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the ‎‎‎development of good learning ‎‎conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is ‎‎‎possible, provide for individual ‎‎differences, abilities, and interests. ‎

The Senior Associate Dean (SAD) reports to the Dean of LUCOM and is responsible for oversight and management of academic and clinical operations of the COM, which includes curriculum development, maintenance, delivery, and assessment in OMS I, II, III, and IV, and related curricular activities; student, faculty, staff, and resident/fellow research engagement and the production of scholarly activity; compliance with accreditation requirements; budgetary oversight; and engagement of the respective teams in the strategic plan of the COM. The SAD directly supervises the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and GME, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Curriculum, Senior Executive Director of Medical Education, and the Director of Research, as well as indirectly supervising the faculty and staff in those department and work units. Provides oversight of all activities related to the transition into graduate medical education (GME) including the match and efforts to support and establish GME. The SAD will provide support in hiring, personnel evaluations, managing personnel issues, workload assessment, and workload assignment in concert with the Dean. The SAD is also charged with establishing and maintaining relationships with external and internal stakeholders including clinical partners in both undergraduate and graduate medical education, the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Business Operations, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Services, as well as interacting with the Dean, the Provost and other senior leadership at Liberty University. This position requires the management and oversight of multiple complex processes and stakeholders and involves a high level of communication, decision making, and meetings. Additional responsibilities and projects may be assigned by the Dean or his/her designee.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates an active, consistent, and visible commitment to the mission of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) by working with a deep level of engagement with students, faculty, staff, and administrative leaders. 
• In concert with other leadership at the COM, provides oversight for the development of policies and procedures for the education and evaluation of LUCOM students, ensuring that the faculty, facilities, and resources of the COM are adequate to deliver the curriculum for its students, and ultimately contribute to successful/optimal results in assessment and graduation outcomes.
• Along with the Associate and Assistant Deans of the COM, the SAD is responsible to ensure the delivery of the curriculum to the students in a timely, effective, and efficient manner across OMS I through IV.
• In concert with other leadership at the COM, oversees the testing and evaluation activities of the COM and provides feedback to the administration and faculty concerning outcomes with recommendations for modifications as indicated.
• Provides administrative support to ensure the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Business Operations and their team support and uphold COCA accreditation standards and operational requirements throughout the COM’s academic operations. Additionally, will work in conjunction with the department of External Affairs and Faculty Development to maintain and create positive working relationship with external partners and collaborators.
• Provides administrative oversight to ensure the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Curriculum and their team maintain and develop all policies and procedures relating to student progress throughout OMS I and II.
• Provides administrative oversight to ensure the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and GME and their team maintain and create positive relationships with external clinical partners within the realm of undergraduate medical education, and as needed, graduate medical education. Additionally, will provide oversight to the department to maintain and develop all policies and procedures relating to student progress throughout OMS III and IV.
• Provides administrative support to ensure the Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Services and their team are successful in recruiting efforts a