Dean, Academic Operations and Assistant Chief Academic Officer

GENERAL SUMMARYThe Dean of Academic Operations and Assistant Chief Academic Officer leads the design and execution of the systems infrastructure and processes that enable consistent high-quality academic delivery across a multi-campus multi-program and multi-modality university. Reporting to the Chief Academic Officer this role translates institutional strategy into scalable operational plans driving performance across academic scheduling faculty workload optimization curriculum operations clinical education effectiveness accreditation readiness policy governance and continuous close partnership with academic and administrative leaders the Dean ensures operational excellence and alignment across campuses directly advancing student success and the USAHS mission. This is a campus-based position on one of our five campus locations and requires monthly travel for business purposes. This is a campus-based position and requires a presence on campus 5 days per DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESStrategic Execution & Operational AlignmentTranslate the universitys strategic plan into clear executable academic operational priorities across programs campuses and academic operations systems and resources to enable effective execution of institutional strategic accountability structures timelines and performance metrics to track progress against strategic operational barriers to execution and implement scalable solutions to improve speed consistency and partnership with Program Strategists and Program Directors monitor program performance metrics identify variation across campuses and intervene Pathway and Resource Coordination Ensure academic scheduling supports program pathways (Residential Flex and Hybrid Immersion) student progression and institutional capacity with facilities to optimize room and resource utilization aligned to enrollment projections and modality needs across facilities and delivery models to support both residential and distance modalities including high-quality residency standardized processes and infrastructure to enhance the distance learner experience on USAHS Planning and UtilizationCollaborate with Program Directors to develop annual faculty assignment plans aligned to workload accreditation requirements expertise and enrollment equitable transparent distribution of teaching assignments across full-time and adjunct and maintain tools and models to support workload planning and faculty utilization and strategy for contributing (adjunct) faculty including recruitment engagement and retention the development and implementation of university-wide initiatives to enhance the contributing faculty experience strengthen engagement improve consistency and support faculty effectiveness across programs and campuses. Curriculum Operations and PolicyEstablish and enforce university-wide standards for course delivery to ensure consistent learning experiences across all residential hybrid and online cross-campus and cross-modality audits to ensure consistency in content delivery and instructional and continuously improve documentation and processes for curriculum including program and course creation modification and discontinuation standardized templates guidelines and toolkits to support Program Directors and faculty in curriculum design and revision Governance and StandardizationLead the research drafting and periodic review of programmatic academic policies ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements accreditation standards and institutional the academic policy governance framework that defines ownership review cycles approval pathways and communication protocols for all academic cross-campus collaboration to implement and standardize policies and operational policy compliance across academic units and escalate patterns of non-compliance to senior leadership with recommended corrective cross-functional initiatives to standardize key operational processes replacing fragmented or ad hoc practices with documented scalable Governance OperationsManage the structure membership charge and meeting cadence of key academic governance committees including curriculum and academic progression operational support to committee chairs ensuring agendas materials minutes and follow-up actions are documented and distributed in a timely committee decisions and action items to completion reporting outcomes to institutional leadership and ensuring integration into operational Relations & PartnershipsAdvance the reputation and visibility of the institution with key constituencies including industry associations clinical partners partner schools professional organizations regulatory bodies and alumni. Strengthen industry partnerships and affiliations to provide students with practical experience innovative learning and employment opportunities. Financial and Operational ManagementAlign resources to strategic priorities including contingency planning for enrollment or financial operational processes to meet accreditation and efficiency and manage academic budgets ensuring fiscal performance aligned with institutional workload and staffing models that optimize faculty capacity and operational ServicesProvide oversight and leadership for the academic quality and integrity of USAHSs learning model clinical innovation and curriculum development closely with academic and institutional management teams to oversee the adoption of new instructional innovations and technologies and deliver faculty support and development that advances USAHS active immersive and technologically engaged learning and advance university-wide initiatives to improve the effectiveness quality and outcomes of clinical education across academic university-level leadership and accountability for the Center for Professional Readiness ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration to support clinical readiness licensure performance and career readiness DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESMay perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief Academic IN ORGANIZATIONReports to: Chief Academic OfficerPositions Supervised: Direct reports include academic leadership as partnership with the Chief Academic Officer this role provides leadership and oversight of academic program leaders across the institution through indirect matrixed reporting relationships and MANAGERIAL & PEOPLE SKILLS REQUIREDTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated in part based on performance of each essential function. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential -oriented leader with demonstrated success driving operational performance and achieving measurable outcomes within higher education in a health sciences experience in a health sciences discipline with a strong understanding of graduate-level academic program delivery across multiple with hybrid and online education is senior administrative leadership in complex multi-campus or matrixed environments with the ability to translate strategy into effective operational talent leadership and organizational development skills with the ability to build align and support high-performing academic presence and communication skills to influence align and mobilize stakeholders across functions and levels of the ability to identify opportunities solve complex problems and drive continuous improvement in dynamic fast-paced and/or EXPERIENCERequired:Minimum of a masters degree with an earned entry-level clinical degree (e.g. DPT OTD MOT SLP MSN DNP etc.).7-10 years of progressive academic administrative experience in a higher education environment.7-10 years (professional or educational) experience in a health sciences senior-level administrative ability and University/college-level faculty employment and teaching translating institutional strategy into operational execution with responsibility for performance working across multiple programs campuses or delivery modalities (residential hybrid or online).Experience collaborating with program leadership (e.g. Program Directors) to improve academic outcomes and operational :Earned academic/terminal degree (e.g. PhD EdD DHSc etc.) Significant knowledge of discipline-specific accreditation requirements processes and and/or CERTIFICATIONNone requiredTRAVELWill require 25-30% travel to other campuses in the United COMPETENCIESTo perform the job successfully an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared Resilient - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty integrity and Results - Consistently achieving results even under tough - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric Engagement (People Managers Only) - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its Leadership (People Managers Only) - Leads by example when it comes to finding and developing talent with a focus on talent acquisition strategies setting performance targets that raises standards and development of high potential ENVIRONMENTWork is performed primarily in a standard office environment but may involve exposure to moderate noise levels. Work involves operation of personal computer equipment for six to eight hours daily and includes physical demands associated with a traditional office setting e.g. walking standing communicating and other physical functions as necessary.