Director of Online Programs

Join an innovative, high performing team of faculty and staff who are building the future of nursing. The College of Nursing is focused on excellence through innovation, applying the best available evidence throughout the curriculum as well as in our teaching approach, and engaging the community for greater impact. The College of Nursing is a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence and is home to the Indiana Center for Evidence Based Nursing Practice, a JBI Affiliate Center.

The College offers undergraduate degrees including a traditional BSN, second degree accelerated BSN, and an online RN-to-BSN. We offer several MSN options including two advanced practice roles (family nurse practitioner and adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist) and two online advanced practice specialties (nurse educator and nurse executive). Our post-master’s DNP program has a focus in translation science.

Purdue University Northwest’s College of Nursing invites applicants for the position of Director of Online Programs for a fiscal year (12-month) appointment starting May 13, 2024. The Director position is a full time on-campus position.  The successful candidate will be appointed with a faculty rank commensurate with background and experience.

The Director of Online Program is a member of the College of Nursing leadership team and helps lead the college in its strategic initiatives to meet its mission and vision. The responsibilities include leading and managing the online RN-to-BSN program and providing operational management of the online MSN Nurse Executive and Nurse Educator concentrations, supervising undergraduate fulltime and part-time faculty, mentoring faculty in excellent online instruction and guiding changes in curricula to meet national standards, limited teaching in the online environment, collaborating with an external marketing and retention partner to encourage admission, enrollment and retention, managing day-to-day student issues, collecting, reporting and using program data for continuous improvement, accreditation and regulatory compliance.