Campus Associate Dean, Monmouth

Department Overview

To be considered for this position, please submit the following documents:

* Your cover letter that includes:

* How you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

* How you meet any of the preferred qualifications for this position.

* A general statement describing your teaching and research interests, and how they match with OHSU.

* A statement that addresses your understanding, contributions, and aspirations regarding Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and how you would support OHSU's diverse students and surrounding community populations. This statement should also address your perspective on learning about and building trauma-informed relationships with faculty, staff, and students. What would help you feel that you belong and are supported?

The Campus Associate Dean is the onsite administrator for nursing operations and implementation of strategic priorities and a liaison between the regional University and the OHSU School of Nursing. This position reports to the OHSU SON Dean on matters pertaining to strategic priorities, organizational structure and functions, philanthropic affairs, human and material resource management, operational efficiencies, and outcomes associated with representing a regional community of interest.

The Campus Associate Dean collaborates with, advises, and is accountable to, the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs OHSU SON for curricula and program management/delivery. Based on the complexity of the region and the varying scopes of services covered, the position may include faculty duties, including teaching, research, practice, and/or service.

This position reports to (supervisor):
Susan Bakewell Sachs

Function/Duties of Position

Regional Leadership and Program Management

* Ensures program delivery meets regulatory and accreditation standards, including assessment and evaluation criteria.

* Serves as liaison and campus representative between OHSU SON and the respective regional university campus assigned; includes fostering and developing inter-agency relationships, service on committees and councils, and advancement of relationships between entities.

* Assists with regional recruitment of students to ensure program targets are met/exceeded.

* Initiates and leads the process for local hiring of faculty and staff.

* Supervises faculty, professional, and support staff on a regional campus, using a matrix model for input and evaluation.

* Ensures alignment with overall SON strategic, operational, and financial goals and tactics and functions as a SON leader, coordinating and cooperating with other leaders in support of School missions and goals.

* Visits clinical sites and maintains critical relationships with community partners that include, but are not limited to, practice and community health agencies, community thought leaders, and others who interface with the SON to ensure input from SON communities of interest.

* Advises and assists with alumni, philanthropic, and legislative endeavors per planned opportunities.

* Serves as a media spokesperson for the SON at the regional level, in collaboration with OHSU strategic communications and the dean.

* Ensures that regional characteristics are considered in all SON planned curricular, research, and practice missions.

Human and Fiscal Resource Management

* Demonstrates commitment to inclusive excellence, becoming trauma-informed, equity, and belonging

* Meets performance standards and expectations associated with faculty and staff supervision in a matrix with respective Associate Deans.

* Provides leadership and exercises supervisory authority to faculty and staff through active oversight, fostering a climate of open communication, and managing conflict through a trauma-informed lens.

* Provide informal communication channels between affected parties and use applicable alternative dispute resolution techniques to minimize the escalation of conflict and achieve conflict resolution and problem-solving. Review, analyze, and evaluate all sides of an issue in an informed and unbiased fashion.

* Seek the informal resolution of problems and differences between employees, supervisors, and other agency officials.

* Conducts workplace reviews to identify, analyze, and make recommendations to proactively resolve workplace conflicts between colleagues and/or management and employees.

* Makes recommendations to clients and/or senior management on the best course of action for resolution, accounting for risk and cultural impact.

* Designs services, initiatives, and interventions including conflict coaching, facilitation, and mediation to respond to systemic issues impacting a fair, professional, and ethical workplace.

* Assesses faculty and staff mix needed to ensure that program and curricular objectives are met

* Assists in recruitment, selection, evaluation, and retention processes in regional areas.

* Monitors faculty and staff productivity to ensure that resources are developed and utilized in the best possible…