Indiana University · 2 months ago
Department Chair, Indianapolis Campus
Indiana University School of Nursing is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Department Chair at the Indianapolis campus. The Department Chair is responsible for the operational success of the department, overseeing faculty performance and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities for teaching, research, and service.
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Responsibilities
Implementing programs to recruit, orient, retain, mentor, and ensure the success of faculty in alignment with strategic priorities for the desired mix of faculty to fulfill the teaching, research, and service missions of the department, campus, and core school
Facilitating a balance in faculty workloads commensurate with faculty appointments (full-time, part-time, adjunct) and faculty track and rank
Ensuring faculty meet expectations including preparation of course materials, delivery of courses, productivity in research or scholarship, and active participation in service at the institutional (school, campus, university) and external levels (state, region, national, international)
Ensuring faculty understand how to contribute to achieving individual, department, campus, and core strategic goals
Monitoring and evaluating faculty performance outcomes (teaching, research, service) for annual evaluations and promotion and tenure
Providing coaching to faculty experiencing emergent teaching and professional issues
Coordinating activities of the department to ensure operational success of the School of Nursing’s mission, goals, and strategic priorities in collaboration with other academic administrators
Preparing reports bearing on departmental responsibilities
Provides input on resource needs
Representing the department within the School of Nursing, campus, and university and to external constituents
Accountability for the departmental faculty performance metrics related to delivery of courses, research and scholarship, and service
Qualification
Required
Earned doctorate, nursing major preferred (e.g., PhD, DNP), and master's in nursing, if doctorate is not in nursing (e.g., EdD)
Licensed or eligible to be licensed as a registered nurse in Indiana
Eligible for appointment in a rank at or above faculty who will be supervised
Demonstrated experience in an academic environment
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