Dean, Academic Operations and Assistant Chief Academic Officer

The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.

The Dean of Academic Operations and Assistant Chief Academic Officer leads the design and execution of the systems, infrastructure, and processes that enable consistent, high-quality academic delivery across a multi-campus, multi-program, and multi-modality university. Reporting to the Chief Academic Officer, this role translates institutional strategy into scalable operational plans, driving performance across academic scheduling, faculty workload optimization, curriculum operations, clinical education effectiveness, accreditation readiness, policy governance, and continuous improvement.

In close partnership with academic and administrative leaders, the Dean ensures operational excellence and alignment across campuses, directly advancing student success and the USAHS mission.

This is a campus-based position on one of our five campus locations and requires monthly travel for business purposes.

This is a campus-based position and requires a presence on campus 5 days per week.

• Translate the university’s strategic plan into clear, executable academic operational priorities across programs, campuses, and modalities.
• Align academic operations, systems, and resources to enable effective execution of institutional strategic initiatives.
• Establish accountability structures, timelines, and performance metrics to track progress against strategic goals.
• Identify operational barriers to execution and implement scalable solutions to improve speed, consistency, and impact.
• In partnership with Program Strategists and Program Directors, monitor program performance metrics, identify variation across campuses, and intervene proactively.

• Ensure academic scheduling supports program pathways (Residential, Flex and Hybrid Immersion), student progression, and institutional capacity goals.
• Partner with facilities to optimize room and resource utilization aligned to enrollment projections and modality needs across campuses.
• Align facilities and delivery models to support both residential and distance modalities, including high-quality residency experiences.
• Develop standardized processes and infrastructure to enhance the distance learner experience on USAHS campuses.

• Collaborate with Program Directors to develop annual faculty assignment plans aligned to workload, accreditation requirements, expertise, and enrollment demand.
• Ensure equitable, transparent distribution of teaching assignments across full-time and adjunct faculty.
• Develop and maintain tools and models to support workload planning and faculty advancement.
• Oversee utilization and strategy for contributing (adjunct) faculty, including recruitment, engagement, and retention infrastructure.
• Lead the development and implementation of university-wide initiatives to enhance the contributing faculty experience, strengthen engagement, improve consistency, and support faculty effectiveness across programs and campuses.

• Establish and enforce university-wide standards for course delivery to ensure consistent learning experiences across all residential, hybrid, and online modalities.
• Conduct cross-campus and cross-modality audits to ensure consistency in content, delivery, and instructional quality.
• Maintain and continuously improve documentation and processes for curriculum, including program and course creation, modification, and discontinuation workflows.
• Create standardized templates, guidelines, and toolkits to support Program Directors and faculty in curriculum design and revision activities.

• Lead the research, drafting, and periodic review of programmatic academic policies, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and institutional values.
• Oversee the academic policy governance framework that defines ownership, review cycles, approval pathways, and communication protocols for all academic policies.
• Facilitate cross-campus collaboration to implement and standardize policies and operational practices.
• Monitor policy compliance across academic units and elevate patterns of non‑compliance to senior leadership with recommended corrective actions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to standardize key operational processes, replacing fragmented or ad hoc practices with documented, scalable workflows.

• Manage the structure, membership, charge, and meeting cadence of key academic governance committees, including curriculum and academic progression committees.
• Provide operational support to committee chairs, ensuring agendas, materials, minutes, and follow‑up actions are documented and…