Associate Dean - School Of Health Sciences | |
| Job ID | 7C-4C-FE-07-6B-B9 |
| Company | Saskatchewan Polytechnic |
| Location | Any Location |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Date Posted | 2023-06-05 |
| Posted Until | 2023-06-09 |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Job Category | Education |
| Description | |
| General Accountability The Associate Dean plays a key leadership role in positioning the School of Health Sciences to champion the growing demand for educated and qualified individuals in a rapidly growing and changing health care industry. The Associate Dean will be instrumental in bringing to life the organization's strategic plan and the academic division's Academic Plan in an innovative, collaborative, and responsive manner. The Associate Dean is directly accountable to the Dean, School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing for providing operational, administrative, and educational leadership for all credit and non-credit programs. Health Sciences programs are delivered within the School of Health Sciences, through regional colleges brokering the programs and The School of Continuing Education offering flexible learning options. The Associate Dean leads the academic chairs to work with the program heads, faculty, staff, and administration on planning, program development and review, program delivery and evaluation; and ensures the programs are learner centered, industry driven, and all quality standards are met or exceeded. The academic chairs are the direct reports of the associate dean, and through these individuals, the associate dean delivers upon their responsibilities and deliverables. The Associate Dean works in full collaboration with the associate dean, School of Nursing and the director of the Centre for Health Research, Innovation and Scholarship (CHRIS) promoting interprofessional education, leadership, research, and scholarship. This collaboration is formalized through operational meetings, joint planning, and delivery on planned initiatives. The Schools' leadership team is committed to fostering integrated pathways of learning, collaboration and sharing of all resources to ensure a positive learning experience for all learners, modelling the strengths of interprofessional collaboration. The Associate Dean collaborates with the School of Continuing Education to deliver flexible learning options for health sciences programs. The incumbent is accountable for developing and fostering internal and external relationships to ensure learner success and employability as well as the programs' academic and operational success. The associate dean works closely with all Sask Polytech's support departments as well as colleagues in the academic leadership teams. The associate dean will promote collaboration, sharing, and collective problem solving within and among the Schools and services offered in Sask Polytech and through the extensive offerings with external brokers. The Associate Dean remains learner centered, and industry driven in all their work. Working directly with the dean to ensure that the schools have developed, prioritized, and implemented plans to deliver their strategic outcomes, including but not limited to the academic plan, operational plans, strategic enrollment management plan, human resources plans, communications and marketing plan, and the donor and alumni relations plan. By implementing key initiatives identified in these plans, the associate dean ensures schools' goals and objectives are met, reported, evaluated, and continuously improved upon. Responsibility for monitoring the schools' resources and progressing improvements is essential. The Associate Dean engages with the academic chairs to provide direction, support, and feedback to deliver on the schools' plans. The Associate Dean supports academic chairs to manage confidential learner and employee issues by providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance. The Associate Dean is called upon to review and recommend outcomes for learner appeals. He/she leads a broad range of initiatives impacting the daily and longer-term strategic issues important to the institution. The Associate Dean may be required to act as dean in their absence. | |
| Education Requirements | A master's degree in health sciences, business, or leadership is desired; an undergraduate degree in health sciences or education, with significant educational leadership experience will be considered. Eligibility for registration with the associated health science licensing body is required. A progressive history of operations leadership experience is required. Demonstrated experience developing and leading high-performance teams and leading innovation is highly recommended for success in this position. Instructional experience and/ or applied research experience in a post-secondary institution. as well as relevant industry- related experience is considered an asset. |
| Languages | English |
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