Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Posting Summary
This is an administrative position reporting directly to the Dean. In this role the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development is responsible for the ongoing mentoring and development of all faculty including the provision of research and funding mentorship to researchfocused faculty. The Associate Dean will guide faculty through the RBHS reappointment and promotion process assisting and guiding faculty in interpreting rank and promotion criteria reappointment criteria career planning and preparing their tenure promotion or reappointment packet for submission. In addition the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs will prepare drafts of the deans recommendation letters as an important aspect of the faculty hiring and appointment process or as part of a recommended supplementary or out of cycle salary increase for faculty or academic leaders. The Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs will also engage in other such activities as assigned by the Dean. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Mentor and guide faculty in understanding the criteria for rank appointment reappointment and promotion; Guide faculty in the development of their reappointment and promotion packets. Provide expert mentorship to researchfocused faculty related to programs of research study design competitive / federal funding opportunities and grantsmanship. Provide individual career / success plans for each faculty member; Collaborate with the Dean to prepare first drafts of faculty appointment recommendation letters drafts of the Dean promotion recommendation letters and such. Rutgers University School of Nursing is ranked among the nations top 15 inUS News and World Report as No. 14 in Best Nursing Schools: Masters and No. 6 in Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice . Rutgers School of Nursing is committed to fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive community and seeks faculty and staff who embrace this commitment. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is an equal opportunity affirmative action institution.

Overview
RBHS Overview: New Jerseys premier academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences RBHS takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers health researchers and providers and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty staff and learners. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. School Overview: The School of Nursing is one of eight schools that make up the Rutgers biomedical and Health Sciences. As part of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences division the School of Nursing (Newark) offers unique opportunities in education research and practice at a leading national research university which is the states preeminent comprehensive public institution of higher education. Innovative academic offerings include bachelors masters postmasters DNP and PhD programs that are preparing nurse leaders of today and tomorrow at campus locations in Newark New Brunswick and Blackwood NJ. As one of the nations largest most comprehensive and highly ranked nursing schools the Rutgers School of Nursing is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education evidencebased research and health care delivery and promotion of community health. The school is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of current and future students through innovative teaching and learning strategies in the undergraduate and graduate programs. Moreover the school has distance education offerings that include online hybrid options. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a variety of baccalaureate and graduate programs. ** To address the current and projected critical shortage of nurse faculty in the State of New Jersey by providing an incentive for persons to enter graduate nursing education programs by offering student loan redemption in exchange for fulltime faculty employment at a school of nursing in the State of New Jersey for a fiveyear period following completion of the approved graduate degree program. Experience:

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