Alliant University is a professional practice University committed to excellence in four areas: Education for Professional Practice, Scholarship, Multicultural and International Competence and Community Engagement. The University provides students with the highest quality of education through excellence and innovation in academic scholarship, applied training and research, and community service, particularly to underserved populations. Through its Mission, the University's goal is to equip students with the competencies they need to provide public benefit and make an impact in their communities by addressing major contemporary social issues. Core competencies of the University's training programs include cultural diversity, which is infused in courses and field placements and is manifest in the diversity of its students, faculty.

Our Mission:
Alliant University prepares students for professional careers of service and leadership, and promotes the discovery and application of knowledge to improve the lives of people in diverse cultures and communities around the world.

Our Vision:
An inclusive world empowered by Alliant alumni.

Our IMPACT Values:

• Inclusion: We value and engage the rich diversity of the Alliant community.
• Mentoring: We provide guidance and create enabling environments for success.
• Passion: We bring enthusiasm, creativity, and authenticity to our work.
• Accountability: We act with integrity and responsibility in all we do.
• Communication: We are responsive, transparent, and respectful in our interactions.
• Teamwork: We collaborate to develop innovative solutions for our community.

The academic Program Director is critical for the successful operation of the University. Under the supervision/direction of the school Dean, the program director is central to academic planning, to faculty recruitment, retention, and development, and to budget management and oversight, as well as to the quality of the student’s academic experience.

The Program Director is an integral part of the school’s leadership team and works closely with the dean in fostering a learning community infused with vitality for all constituencies.

Salary Range: $105,559.55 annualized, Full-Time, Exempt.

Benefits Plans Include: Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Voluntary Benefit Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, or Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Plan, Transportation Spending Account, Employee Tuition Waiver.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Doctoral Degree or in dissertation phase of a doctorate program from an accredited college or university in appropriate academic discipline. If doctorate is not in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing is required. Masters considered with significant administrative experience.

Experience: A minimum of three (3) years prior experience in an administrative or leadership role in a related discipline or equivalent, preferably administrative experience in an academic setting. Experience supporting and mentoring professionals. Evidence of responsibility in managing complex and diverse tasks. Eligibility for core faculty status.

Certifications, Licenses, etc.: Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) within the first year.

Skills:

• Proficient computer skills

• Leadership/Management Skills:

• Lead diverse professionals to realize the vision, mission, and objectives of the program and, by extension, of the University;
• Effectively foster engagement in continuous program quality assurance and quality improvement efforts;
• Develop and execute short- and long-term plans that support program goals;
• Manage and oversee the variety of administrative and personnel-related tasks associated with academic program operations;
• Create a climate of transparency, cooperation, collaboration, and solution-focused approaches to issues and commitments;
• Support the professional development of faculty and staff through provision of effective feedback, coaching, and mentoring;
• Be responsive to students’ needs and resolve in alignment with applicable policies and procedures, demonstrating fairness, sound judgment, and the ability to accept responsibility for decisions.

• Communication Skills:

• Strong and effective oral and written communication skills with ability to articulate the University’s and school’s mission and strategic goals and objectives;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to successfully interact with diverse constituencies;
• Ability to effectively and appropriately represent the program in the larger University context, and the University to the program.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Primary Accountabilities: Ensures delivery of a quality academic program through.

• Maintaining an active presence that assures campus vitality and ensures accessibility to faculty, students, and staff.
• Overseeing the recruiting, retention, and management of qualified core and adjunct faculty.
• Ensuring curriculum and courses are current, relevant, and effective in meeting program learning outcomes.
• Engaging in on-going programmatic assessment to ensure program quality and adherence to regional and specialty accreditation standards, as applicable.
• Ensuring fiscal sustainability through budget management and working collaboratively with appropriate admissions and enrollment personnel to facilitate the successful matriculation/ enrollment of qualified students.
• Ensuring accuracy of advertising used in printed and electronic materials and process.

Governance & Planning:

• Works in conjunction with the Dean to develop and execute the strategic vision of the school and nursing programs.
• Participates in school, campus, and University governance committees, as appropriate.

Personnel Management:

• Effectively initiates and recommends hiring and retention; Develops; coaches, counsels, and evaluates faculty and staff;
• Perform other related tasks, duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or directed.

Faculty Activities/Responsibilities

Facilitating Learning:

• Facilitating Classroom and Distance/Distributed Learning;
• Course and syllabus preparation;
• Class curriculum coordination and planning;
• Assessment and evaluation of learners;
• Student selection, orientation, and assessment;
• Mentoring and advising of students;
• Field placement supervision and coordination;
• Research/scholarship mentoring and supervision, particularly of MA theses, PsyD projects, and PhD, Ed D, DBA dissertations;

Scholarship - Scholarship/ research reflecting the generation, integration, dissemination and application of knowledge, as well as creative and original contributions to one’s field commensurate with academic rank.

Service - All faculty engage in service to the University, Community and Profession commensurate with academic rank. Examples in each category include:

Service to the University:

• Participating in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum as well as maintaining program vitality;
• Processes to improve academic program quality;
• Participating in processes to improve the quality of School, campus, and University faculty experience Participating in faculty governance;

Service to the Community:

• Contributions at the local, state, and national levels involving one’s professional expertise to the public, to organizations, and to governmental entities.

Service to the Profession:

• Participation in and leadership of professional organizations;
• Reviewing for journals, conferences, and research grant panels;

Duties Required of All Faculty - Certain duties are additionally required of all faculty and are not given formal workload credit but will be included in yearly evaluations. These include but are not limited to:

• Active participation in campus life to sustain a high level of facilitated learning;
• Participation in program governance, including program-based committees, with the exception of SERC which may receive up to three units of service workload credit at the discretion of the Program Director and the approval of the Dean and the Provost/VPAA;
• Active participation in program and campus activities (including scheduled and impromptu meetings of faculty, staff, and students);
• Picking up and promptly responding to paper, voice and electronic mail and messages; visibility and accessibility supporting a sense of community;
• Regular accessibility either by person, by telephone and/or virtually to students, colleagues and the greater University community;
• Posting of teaching schedules, office hours, and procedures for making appointments on the faculty member’s door, online and on syllabi;
• Attendance and participation in program, department, faculty and Faculty Assembly meetings; responding in a timely fashion to students’ requests for meetings, to telephone calls, and to e- mail communications;
• Participating in Faculty Assembly and program faculty meetings;
• Carrying an advising load of up to fourteen students (depending on size of the program and the judgment of the Program Director);
• Participation in hiring faculty;
• Participation in developing, revising and coordinating curriculum and maintaining program vitality; participation in processes to improve quality of school/college, campus and University faculty experience; and
• Participation in, selection, admission and retention of new students, including attendance at admissions open houses, participating in admission interviews, new student orientation, and advising of students. Submittal of grades, attendance, syllabi, and textbook orders in compliance with University established procedures and deadlines.
• Perform other related tasks, duties and responsibilities as required, assigned or directed.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Direct Reports: Core Faculty, Non-core faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Program Coordinators.

Indirect Reports: Student Assistants.

Contact Responsibility:

Internal: Interacts with supervisor to receive direction and instructions and/or review of work results. This position with work closely with colleagues in multiple departments (i.e., Admissions, Student Advising, Registrar, etc.) to support both students and colleagues in achieving student success and Department goals.

External: Interacts with prospective students, to provide advice and support, as well as various accrediting, licensing, and regulatory bodies, as well as colleagues in other universities.

Primary Work Location, Hours & Travel Requirements:

Office Location: Phoenix Campus - 3110 N Central Ave Suite G-125. Phoenix, AZ 85012.

Work Hours: Standard office hours, occasional evenings or weekends may be required.

Travel: None.

Background Check Requirements:
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check (including criminal, prior employment and education verification). Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current University employees who apply for the position.

Additional Information:
Anti-Discrimination Policy: Alliant University prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation in its educational programs, services and activities, and in employment practices, including but not limited to internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, relationships with outside vendors, use of contractors and consultants, and in its admission or access thereto, on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or descent, color, creed, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability (including physical, disease, psychiatric or psychological disability), medical condition, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, hair style or texture associated with race, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Alliant University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring a high quality of education through the diversity of the University community and the curriculum. Women, people of color, people with disabilities and people from other underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply, as we actively seek to increase diversity at all levels. The University will conduct its programs, services and activities consistent with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and orders.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Offers of employment are contingent upon the presentation of documents that demonstrate a person's identity and authorization to work in the United States, which are consistent with the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act.

Applicants with disabilities and applicants who require assistance completing an application may contact Office of People & Culture (Human Resources) at peopleandculture@alliant.edu or 858-635-4509.

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Governing legislation: Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the regulations implementing these statutes, and applicable federal and California law.

Alliant University is a smoke and tobacco free environment.

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