Dean of Academic Affairs: Nursing & Allied Health

The Dean of Academic Affairs is a college-wide academic and campus leader who assumes primary responsibility for the supervision and assessment of all academic programs, instructional programming, personnel, and other areas designated by the Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs (VPASA). The Dean of Academic Affairs is responsible to the VPASA and has broad accountability, within the shared governance framework, for ensuring quality instructional and academic programming. The Dean of Academic Affairs fosters, supports, and enhances a mission-driven academic environment that centers the student at the forefront of decision-making and is expected to engage as a collaborative member of the Academic & Student Affairs (ASA) team to maintain a positive, collegial, and productive environment.

This position is charged with enhancing and increasing access, engagement, retention, and learner satisfaction consistent with the Colleges strategic planning and best practices as well as promoting fiscal responsibility and accountability through transparent and collaborative programmatic budget development and assessments. This deanships areas of primary responsibility include the Nursing and Allied Health programs. Although based out of the East Grand Forks campus, the dean is accountable for ensuring the quality and integrity of assigned academic/career technical programming and supervising assigned faculty college-wide. This position directs applicable academic operations at the East Grand Forks campus with authority to make decisions on issues of an acute nature.

• Provide innovative instructional leadership for the College in collaboration with Deans Council

• Supervise and manage Northlands concurrent enrollment programming.

• Supervise and evaluate instructional programs and courses in collaboration with Deans Council and the Assessment & Program Review Committee.

• Supervise and evaluate instructional personnel in assigned areas.

• Provide fiscal oversight in assigned areas.

• Provide necessary services in areas of assigned responsibility.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with all stakeholders (e.g. students, faculty, staff, peers, community agencies, advisory committees, business and industry partners as well as secondary and higher education partners).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary Range:

93,713.00 - 149,940.00 annually

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters degree from a regionally (institutionally) accredited college or university; AND at least three years (6 semesters) of experience in educational leadership positions with progressive levels of responsibility as faculty or administrator; AND at least three years (6 semesters) of teaching experience at the post-secondary level.
• Ability to travel weekly to be physically present at the East Grand Forks campus three (3) days per week and at the Thief River Falls campus two (2) days per week. This position is NOT eligible for telework.
• Demonstrated success in building partnerships with industry.

Preferred Qualification

• Credential in Nursing or Allied Health field.
• Deep understanding of using data-informed assessment for continuous improvement.
• Experience working in a union environment.
• Previous experience working in a technical, community and/or comprehensive community & technical college.
• Leadership maturity and ability to apply appropriate perspective to situations that allow for creative solutions to the multitude of daily situations that arise.
• Knowledge of Higher Learning Commission policies and procedures including assessment for continuous improvement.
• Evidence of incorporating a growth mindset into previous work.

Other Requirements

Must submit: Resume & cover letter

Open until filled. For full consideration, please apply by target date: September 15, 2025

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