Dean - Allied Health and Natural Sciences

Southwest Tennessee Community College is a comprehensive, multicultural, public, open—access college. Southwest has four campuses/centers from which it offers over 100 programs and over 20 technical certificate programs.

We foster student success, transform lives, and increase the educational level of a growing community in Shelby County. Southwest is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Title: Dean
- Allied Health and Natural Sciences

Employee Classification:Faculty

Institution:Southwest Tennessee Community College

Department: Allied Health and Natural Sciences

Campus

Location:

SWTCC
- Multiple Campus Locations

The Dean of Health and Natural Sciences provides strategic, academic, and operational leadership for a multi-disciplinary division that includes allied health, nursing, biological sciences, physical sciences, and related STEM programs. The Dean ensures program quality, compliance with accreditation standards, faculty excellence, and student success across all departments.

This role advances workforce aligned health programs, transfer pathways in natural sciences, and partnerships with clinical, industry, and community stakeholders. The Dean manages budgets, personnel, facilities, and operations while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Strategic Leadership and Planning
  • Serve as a member of the Academic Affairs and Instruction Leadership team.
  • Represent the College with the Tennessee Board of Regents, external agencies, and legislative partners.
  • Provide vision and direction for health and natural sciences programs, aligning divisional goals with institutional mission, workforce needs, and strategic priorities.
  • Lead long range planning, program expansion, and innovation in instructional delivery, clinical education, and STEM learning environments.
  • Promote a collaborative and student centered culture across departments.
• Faculty and Staff Leadership
  • Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain qualified faculty and staff across health and natural sciences disciplines.
  • Provide mentoring, coaching, and professional development that supports instructional excellence, clinical competence, and scholarly engagement.
  • Conduct evaluations, manage workload assignments, and ensure transparent personnel practices.
  • Support faculty engagement in research, clinical practice, STEM initiatives, and community partnerships.
• Department Chair Leadership
  • Supervises, mentors, coaches, and evaluates department chairs to strengthen their effectiveness as academic leaders.
  • Develops chairs’ leadership capacity and builds a sustainable succession pipeline within the division.
  • Ensures consistency across departments in scheduling, faculty workload, hiring, evaluation, and academic operations.
  • Provides guidance and accountability for departmental planning, budgeting, enrollment management, and student success initiatives.
  • Aligns departmental leadership with institutional priorities through clear expectations, data informed decision making, and coordinated collaboration.
• Academic Program Oversight
  • Oversee curriculum development, program review, and assessment to ensure academic rigor, relevance, and alignment with accreditation and licensure standards.
  • Ensure high quality instruction across lecture, lab, simulation, and clinical settings.
  • Support the development of new programs, certificates, and pathways responsive to regional workforce demands.
• Enrollment Management
  • Provides strategic oversight for divisional enrollment planning, growth strategies, and program viability, ensuring accountability for enrollment outcomes.
  • Partners with Admissions, Advising, Marketing, Workforce Development, and Enrollment Management to support coordinated recruitment, retention, and student success initiatives.
  • Ensures schedules are developed to optimize enrollment, student access, and alignment with Guided Pathways, and holds department chairs accountable for schedule quality and productivity.
  • Guides and monitors departmental recruitment, marketing, and outreach…