Assistant Director Program Operations, Doctoral Programs (PhD & DNP
Listed on 2026-08-01
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration, University Professor
Location: Rosemont
Assistant Director Program Operations, Doctoral Programs (PhD & DNP) Posting Details
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Posting Number: S
Position Title:
Assistant Director Program Operations, Doctoral Programs (PhD & DNP) Position Type:
Staff
Location:
Villanova, PA Recruitment Type:
Internal/External Applicants
Work Schedule:
full-time/12-months Avg Hours Week Department: 232-Nursing
Position Summary:
The Assistant Director for Program Operations, Doctoral Programs (AD) provides high level administrative and operational support for the post-masters Doctor of Nursing Practice (non- DNP
-NA) and Doctor of Philosophy programs, including directing and overseeing operations, logistics, communications, and adherence to University policies. The AD collaborates with program leadership and faculty, to implement, monitor, evaluate, and revise graduate policies, processes, and resources. The AD advances operational excellence of doctoral nursing education, the student experience, and all business operations in accordance with the University and FCN mission and strategic plan.
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Student Support- Serves as the primary point of contact for all programmatic questions and concerns.
- Maintains the schedule for Doctoral programs including, but not limited to, on-campus residencies, Research Colloquium and DNP Scholary Projects presentations.
- Completes initial registration for all new students and resolves all registration concerns.
- Communicates and supports students with processing Nurse Faculty Loan Program ( NFLP ) applications and accessing financial aid.
- Updates plans of study and tracks/documents progress for in-coming and returning cohorts.
- Collaborates with marketing and communication team to communicate student accomplishments.
- Maintains all program and student records.
- Serves as primary point of contact for doctoral students for program related questions, processes, and resources and faciliates resolution of student concerns and needs.
- Provides faculty with necessary materials, for advisement and other academic-related issues.
- Coordinates and facilitates new student program orientation in collaboration with the program directors..
- Works collaboratively with the Assistant Director, Graduate Program Operations to facilitate access to financial aid and scholarships available through the University and College.
- Gathers and analyzes data to assess progress toward program goals.
- Provides reliable program specific data to satisfy reporting requirements of relevant agencies for compliance, accrediation, and rankings.
- Creates, updates, and distributes online surveys to obtain feedback for the Doctoral Programs that contribute to the College’s Program Evaluation Plan ( PEP ).
- Supports management of application enrollments and student progression data using the University’s student application and enrollment software system (Slate). Maintains records of deliberations and scores to ensure transparent, equitable, and effective review process.
- Collaborates with the Recruitment and Enrollment team using the CRM ( SLATE ) and other University software systems to generate and analyze program…
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