Academic Program Director, BSN

The Academic Program Director (PD) is a key leadership position within the university; he/she/they promote and support a quality academic experience for learners by ensuring an engaging courseroom environment that facilitates achievement of program outcomes. The Program Director has oversight of curricula quality and rigor, and works to ensure curricula are professionally relevant, current, efficient, effective, and cohesive. This management position contributes to a range of activities related to excellence in curriculum design/delivery and assessment effectiveness, learner success, satisfaction and engagement. work closely with deans, assistant/associate deans, and faculty directors, as well as relevant university departments, to manage systems and processes related to curriculum creation and delivery. He/she/they coordinate with the relevant faculty directors to remain aware of issues related to discipline content. The Program Director acts as a liaison to other departments including Portfolio Strategy, Doctoral Affairs, Course Development, Center for Faculty Excellence, Faculty Hiring, HR, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness, Learner Affairs, and others as required.

• Spearhead and oversee the development and revision of academic offerings.

• Utilize analytics and evidence-based practices to develop and execute actions that drive continuous quality improvement application in learner success, teaching, engagement, academic quality, and curricula development.

• Preside over efforts to ensure appropriate academic programmatic accreditation and/or licensure is obtained and maintained.

• Ensure assigned academic offerings align with professional trends and standards, while seeking professional validation wherever possible (in the way of credentials, licensure, alignment with existing or emerging standards/programmatic requirements, etc.)

• Oversight of curriculum development according to external standards and in alignment with university design principles; supervision of SME course development and leadership.

• Lead specialized accreditation process, self-study, etc.; ensure alignment to HLC best practices in university faculty oversight of curriculum. 

• Build and nurture internal and external partnerships and relationships that drive success of the school and academic offerings.

• Orchestrate and optimize course offering/scheduling.

• Supervise Core faculty; conduct Core faculty performance reviews.

• Host faculty meetings focused on program and curricula.

• Collaborate with Faculty Director on the hiring of new faculty.

• Address learner programmatic issues (academic, professional disposition, behaviors).

• Teach or mentor once a quarter.

• All other duties as assigned.

• — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum development, andragogy, and assessment. 

  • Knowledge of online teaching, competency-based education, and direct assessment.

  • Discipline knowledge.

  • Ability to objectively analyze program/course quality data and implement recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.

  • Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules, and national program accreditation standards.

  • Familiarity with program development and evaluation.

  • Ability to advise and assess learning effectiveness and quality of the education experience.

  • Ability to provide significant impact on learner retention plus direct impact on cost, revenue and quality assurance within a program area.

• Navigation – Integration of program, academic and regulatory considerations with business strategies and plans.

  • Manage multiple academic and administrative projects.

  • Resolve multi-faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory or administrative issues.

• Adaptability/Flexibility — Open to change.

  • Drive results despite ambiguity.

• Innovation — Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

• Stress Tolerance —Ability to accept constructive criticism and deal with high stress situations. 

• Leadership - Ability to operate independently (leading, collaborating and executing) in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.

  • Be a doer, focused not just on thought partnership but on getting things done and executing both independently and with others.

  • Lead by listening, be highly collaborative, and productively contribute opinions to critical decision-making processes.

  • Act independently to achieve results in support of business goals and strategies with a program area.

Work Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership in academia or in a practitioner setting required.

• A minimum of 3 years teaching in an accredited program or related field required. Online higher education teaching experience preferred.

• Ability to travel about 10%-20% including commencements, leadership conferences, curriculum strategy sessions, etc. as needed.

• Demonstrated contribution to the discipline including publishing, committee involvement, or professional association involvement preferred.

• Significant experience in supervisory/leadership responsibilities for faculty including recruitment, retention, performance results and development preferred.

• Significant experience managing and working with remote teams and a matrix environment preferred.

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite programs preferred.

Education:

All degrees must be conferred and from a regionally accredited institution. Copies of required certificates and licenses and unofficial transcripts for all graduate degrees with the institution and conferred degree and date must be attached.

• Doctorate in nursing or related required.

• Master of science in nursing required.

Certificates, licenses and registrations:

• Active unencumbered RN license required.

Other:

• Must be able to travel occasionally should a business need arise. For most roles travel would not be common. Travel may involve plane, car or metro. In accordance with ADA policies, reasonable accommodations regarding travel limitations can be provided. Travel will be more common for roles such as Account Executives (25 - 50%), senior leaders (10 – 20%) or Capella Core Faculty (5 – 10%).

• Ability to work onsite in Corporate or Campus location (in a typical office environment) may be required based on role. If so, this would include being mobile within the office, including movement from floor-to-floor using elevators or stairs.

• If offsite or hybrid role, must have access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.

• Faculty and Federal Work Study roles require access to work in setting which enables meeting all requirements of the role (including computer, privacy, reliable internet access, phone, ability to video conference, etc.) at a remote location.

• This role may require lifting, however reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with our ADA policies.

• Must be able to meet critical thinking and problem solving aspects aligned to job duties, as well as effectively communicating with co-workers.

• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant. Accommodations related to schedule may be considered.

• Able to access information using a computer.

• Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

• SEI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package.  The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.

$92,700.00 - $139,100.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected] .