Company Description
Chamberlain University has a 130-year history and the mission to educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Our regionally accredited University is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Our College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at 23 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with six Specialty Tracks, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Our College of Health Professions offers online options with a Master of Public Health degree, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Adtalem Global Education, at www.chamberlain.edu.
There is one very significant way Chamberlain is different than other Universities - Chamberlain Care®. Healthcare education is offered in a culture of service excellence and care in four ways: care for self, care for colleagues, care for patients/clients, care for all. By living Chamberlain Care®, we’ve built a culture in which colleagues and students thrive and we graduate extraordinary healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.
Chamberlain Care® is the guiding principle we provide to each other and to our students to help our students achieve their goals, reach their dreams and impact healthcare at a national level.
If you're ready to live Chamberlain Care®, we invite you to apply today!
Job Description
Empowering. Influential. Inspiring. Passionate….these are the leadership traits that our future Dean, Academic Affairs (Nursing) will hold. You will engage, guide & lead the management, delivery and continuity of our academic nursing program. Build and empower a high-performing faculty and academic support team. Ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered to meet the college's objectives, while driving student success through data-informed strategies and maintaining full compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
Responsibilities
Execute the BSN academic strategy with a focus on driving strong student outcomes (NCLEX pass rates, persistence, graduation, and student satisfaction).
Ensure curriculum delivery meets institutional standards and accreditation benchmarks through rigorous evaluation and continuous improvement.
Build and lead a high-performing academic team—faculty, lab, experiential learning teams, and support—aligned to student success.
Oversee hiring, onboarding, development, scheduling, performance and retention of faculty and associate deans with accountability for teaching excellence.
Embed Chamberlain Care principles and Adtalem culture expectations into academic operations and support services.
Manage academic operations with national support teams and budgets, faculty workload models, and instructional resources.
Serve as liaison to boards, communities, and internal stakeholders with professionalism and care.
Lead program expansion and new academic initiatives with agility and vision, responding to evolving healthcare education needs.
Actively support and own academic strategy and curriculum change from the center.
Key behaviors tied to success in this role:
Prioritize student success - Anticipate and respond to student needs, empower faculty to implement solutions that remove barriers to success
Connect to the vision - Connect daily work to our vision and strategy at Chamberlain for your teams
Strive to improve - Seek feedback, support faculty to innovate, improve operating model, and use data to continuously improve student outcomes
Work as a Team - Coordinate and collaborate closely with ED, other DAAs, and ADAAs to support student and business outcomes
Own Outcomes - Demonstrate ethical practice, take accountability for individual and team performance, and celebrate successes
What success looks like in your role:
Students achieve strong outcomes — including matched or exceeded national BSN average NCLEX pass rate as a direct accountability for the role
Students are engaged and satisfied, as reflected in NPS feedback
Enrollment and persistence targets are matched or exceeded
Partnering with ADAAs to ensure high faculty and academic team engagement scores and low regrettable turnover
Faculty are retained, continuously improve and meet their goals
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all policies and standards
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in nursing required, Doctorate degree preferred.
- 5+ years years full time experience in nursing education required with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, conflict resolution and computer skills.
- Ability to lead, direct and advise both faculty and students.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate with all levels of management.
- Ability to manage sensitive and confidential issues.
- Strength to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
- Solid organizational and time management skills.
- A high degree of professionalism and integrity.
- Current unencumbered licensure as an RN and/or a multi-state privilege to practice nursing in the state of Texas.
Additional Information
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $100,171.61 and $181,034.70. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
