Assistant Vice President, Academic Delivery

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Provost & Vice President of Learner Experience, the AVP Academic Delivery role leads the logistical operations of Nightingale College (NC) to provide an orderly, efficient, and predictable academic environment for the learners, faculty, and staff of Nightingale College.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Utilizes predictive and descriptive data regarding faculty and curriculum performance to guide Academic Delivery activities.
• Oversees General Education (GE) and Nursing Education (NE) efforts to hire, onboard, train, and manage the faculty workload & staffing matrix to ensure consistent quality course facilitation.
• Oversees NE Leadership in their efforts to consistently staff and deliver the Experiential Learning aspects of our curriculum.
• Collaborates with other NC and Nightingale Education Group functions to ensure a smooth, stable, and easily navigable program journey for learners.
• Primary point of contact for the Nightingale Innovations team.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and project, change, and communication manager for faculty and curriculum-related initiatives such as automation, manual process reduction, faculty curriculum input, and associated policies and practices.
• Serves on various committees such as faculty, curriculum, advisory, grievance, dispositions, exception requests, appeals, etc.
• Supervises Academic Delivery personnel and yearly functional budget.
• Creates, manages, and maintains Faculty Handbooks, Academic delivery policy and procedure documentation, and related job aids.
• Prepares reports, responses, and otherwise participates in accreditation and regulatory activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Earned terminal degree in Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Assessment, Higher Education Administration, Nursing Education, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Industrial Psychology, or related fields.
• 7+ years of successful relevant leadership in higher education.
• 3+ years successfully managing remote and/or hybrid teams.
• Project management, communication, or change management certifications are preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and ability to solve complex problems in highly regulated industries.
• Fluency with curating, visualizing, and using data in decision-making.
• Demonstrable capacity to create order and efficiency despite ambiguity.
• Competent with Microsoft Office Tools, Learning Management Systems, Web-conferencing, Web-based work environments, etc.
• Strong interpersonal, people, and process management skills.

All new hires are required to attend New Collaborator Orientation (NCO) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The College will pay for travel and lodging accommodations.

Nightingale's commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected both in our learners and collaborators because we believe the best outcomes for learners from underserved and diverse populations are achieved through collaborators with similar backgrounds and cultures. Nightingale College is an equal opportunity employer.

Our Mission (not just words on the wall, we live it, love it, and daily contribute to it): With the primary focus on higher learning in healthcare professions, Nightingale College contributes to elevating education, health, and employment systems through facilitation of academic achievement, personal growth, and professional development of its learners, alumni, and collaborators, while serving diverse communities.

At Nightingale College, our Innovative Education model helps transform rural health landscapes through our blended-distance learning platform. Every person involved with Nightingale College helps to change the lives of our learners, our communities, and ultimately the world by adding to the quality of healthcare. We are proud to have graduated over 2,000 nurses serving communities in need. We are serious about our outcomes and have a little bit of fun getting there.

The professional and personal development of our learners and our collaborators is our company's foundation. Not only do we develop strategies that promote a positive work-life integration, but we also create an environment that invites you to become an expert in your field, be it through higher education or professional development. Put simply, we elevate employment, elevate health, and elevate education. We're so happy that you've found us!