Associate Dean - Allied Health - Health and Public Safety Division
Overview :
Cincinnati State is seeking an Associate Dean to oversee and direct the Allied Health programs within the Health and Public Safety Division. The qualified candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality of the Associate Degree Allied Health Programs and Allied Health Certificate Programs. The ideal candidate will be invested in team building, program excellence, and student success.
Essential Duties :
- Provide input into the budget process for allied health programs
- Maintain communication with faculty, students, the college community, clinical affiliates and accrediting and regulating agencies
- Ensure regular meetings of the faculty and faculty participation in planning, implementing, and evaluating the curriculum
- Ensure the orientation of new faculty and adjuncts and provide mentorship
- Recommend faculty for appointment, promotion, tenure or retention, and termination
- Facilitate faculty development, including enhancing educational competencies
- Establish the faculty and or teaching assistant to student ratio for direct patient care experiences
- Ensure a written policy related to the evaluation of faculty and instructional personnel is implemented
- Verify that each faculty member teaching a course in the program holds appropriate academic credentials
- Maintain resources, including but not limited to classroom and skills laboratory equipment and supplies necessary for students to successfully complete the program of study
- Support and oversight of academic faculty
- Availability of working evenings and / or weekends as required
- Manage and coordinate instructional activities
- Facilitate curriculum and program development, implementation, and review while working with divisional faculty and staff.
- Manage and coordinate curriculum database and course documents
- Facilitate the development and maintenance of articulation plans with various colleges, universities and secondary schools.
- Manage and coordinate clinical affiliations.
- Manage and coordinate accreditation processes and reviews
- Address student concerns regarding academic-related matters.
- Serve as a divisional representative to assigned college committees.
- Assist the Dean in the management of full-time faculty workload
- Assist the Dean in divisional activities including establishing divisional goals, preparing and coordinating the departmental and / or area budgets, building community.
- Assist the Dean in promoting multi-disciplinary participation and teamwork throughout the Division
- Develop and maintain business, community, and educational partnerships.
Minimum Qualifications :
A Master's degree from an accredited universityMinimum of 5 years of experience as an instructor, advisor, program chair or in an equivalent administration position in higher educationFamiliarity with the mission and function of a comprehensive community collegeExperience with academic program accreditationExperience as a healthcare professionalPreferred Qualifications :
Doctorate degree in a relevant field.Minimum of 5 years of experience as an instructor, advisor, program chair in an allied health programExperience within a community college settingDesired Competencies :
Exemplary verbal and written communication skills.Possess excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to communicate / interact effectively with professional, community, and student populations to provide a good impression of the College.Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated, detail oriented, efficient, able to maintain confidentiality and work independently, develop team leadership, and meet established deadlines.Demonstrated ability to manage multiple programs, faculty members and staff.Excellent customer service, project management and time management skills, demonstrated ability in problem solving, analysis of data and situations and logical, decision-making.Ability to manage resources effectively.Possess the ability to be innovative with demonstrated commitment to student success.Ability and willingness to work with students of various abilities and diverse backgrounds.Demonstrated sensitivity to students with a variety of academic, socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds and students with disabilities.Ability to promote a positive team culture and apply principles of servant leadership.Details :
Reports to : Dean, Health and Public Safety Division
Position Level : Associate Dean, Allied Health
Compensation : $90, 000
Job Category : Professional
Contract Affiliation : N / A
Classification : Exempt
Status : Full-Time
Benefits :
Cincinnati State provides employees with high quality and cost-effective benefits with a variety of options :
Medical Insurance (PPO- employer covers up to 92% of the premium, HDHP- employer covers 100% of the premium)Dental Insurance (employer covers 100% of the premium)Vision InsuranceNO WAITING PERIODS! Medical, Vision and Dental benefits are effective from day one of employment!Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account (employer contributions)Short-Term Disability : Offering 60% of your salary with a max of $500 weeklyLife Insurance and AD&D Insurance (employer paid)Supplemental Life Insurance, Critical Illness and Accident : Optional at employee expensePet InsuranceEmployee Assistance Plan for employees, spouse and dependentsTuition Waiver for employees, spouse and dependentsTuition ReimbursementFree parking11 annual paid holidays in addition to generous paid time off options including vacation, sick, personal leave, and winter season days.Employees at Cincinnati State qualifies for Public Service Loan ForgivenessRetirement :
As a Cincinnati State employee, and an employee of an Ohio public institution, you will not contribute to the Federal Social Security system. Instead, our employees will contribute to a State Retirement Plan (SERS or STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP) : 403B and / or Deferred Compensation Program 457 Plan.
Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer :
If you're hired , you must complete a Form I-9 , which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S.You'll need to provide original, acceptable documents -no photocopies-to complete the I-9 process.A list of acceptable documents can be seen here : USCIS I-9 websiteSTATEMENT OF COMMITMENT
The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.