Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs & Professional Advancement and Professor, Physician Education - 992492

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Primary Purpose:

The Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Advancement serves as a senior academic leader responsible for the strategic oversight and advancement of faculty across the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. This role provides vision, leadership, and operational direction for faculty lifecycle stages, including recruitment, onboarding, development, advancement, engagement, and well-being.

The Associate Dean partners closely with senior leaders, department chairs and institutional leadership to develop and implement systems that promote faculty excellence, equity, well-being, and productivity across the missions of education, research, clinical care, and service. The role ensures alignment of faculty affairs policies and practices with institutional priorities, accreditation standards, and best practices in academic medicine.

Through data-informed decision-making and collaborative leadership, the Associate Dean fosters a culture of continuous professional growth, accountability, and recognition, while strengthening faculty satisfaction, retention, and leadership development to support the long-term success of the College.

 

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range:  Commensurate with experience

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

Recruitment, Appointment, Enculturation, and Assimilation
1. Collaborates with institutional and departmental leadership to support recruitment, orientation, onboarding, and assimilation activities that inculcate NSU MD’s values, mission, shared vision, and responsibilities among new faculty.
2. Ensures and monitors, in partnership with department chairs, that new faculty have mentors and connections with potential collaborators in the academic community and are receiving support and feedback.
3. Collaborates to help new and current faculty formulate and monitor career plans that will engage and support them in shared and prioritized individual and institutional goals.

Engagement, Academic Advancement, and Promotion
1. Collaborates with and support the Merit and Promotions Committee in maintaining transparent, equitable processes for advancement in academic rank.
2. Provides guidance, tools, and feedback mechanisms to assist faculty and mentors in navigating pathways to promotion and assessing progress.
3. Facilitates development and maintenance of networks and resources that connect faculty with collaborators and scholarly opportunities across the University.

Effort, Compensation, and Productivity
1. Develops internal guidelines and processes to align and monitor faculty time and effort with mission-based priorities, in coordination with institutional policies and budgeting structures.
2. Collaborates with institutional leadership and central compensation units to inform the development and refinement of faculty compensation models that are equitable, transparent, and aligned with mission-based performance.
3. Provides data, benchmarking, and performance analyses to support decision-making and advocate for models that promote faculty well-being, productivity, engagement, and retention.

Faculty Governance
1. Coordinates and facilitates faculty participation in governance activities and committee assignments in NSUMD.
2. Collaborates with the Dean, Department Chairs, Faculty Council and other leaders to identify high potential faculty who will benefit from experiences in governance.
3. Solicits and synthesizes faculty input on institutional and College of Allopathic Medicine policies and partner with leadership to inform policy review and updates in response to faculty needs.

Faculty Development
1. Provides strategic leadership and coordination for a comprehensive faculty development program that enhances the skills and competencies faculty need to be effective in their roles (clinician, educator, investigator, administrator). Conducts periodic needs assessments and continuously refine offerin