Dean of Academic Affairs - Nursing- Irving Campus

Company Description

Chamberlain University has a 130-year history and the mission to educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Our regionally accredited University is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Our College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at 23 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with six Specialty Tracks, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).

Our College of Health Professions offers online options with a Master of Public Health degree, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Adtalem Global Education, at
There is one very significant way Chamberlain is different than other Universities - Chamberlain Care®. Healthcare education is offered in a culture of service excellence and care in four ways: care for self, care for colleagues, care for patients/clients, care for all. By living Chamberlain Care®, we’ve built a culture in which colleagues and students thrive and we graduate extraordinary healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.

Chamberlain Care® is the guiding principle we provide to each other and to our students to help our students achieve their goals, reach their dreams and impact healthcare at a national level.

If you're ready to live Chamberlain Care®, we invite you to apply today!

Job Description

Empowering. Influential. Inspiring. Passionate….these are the leadership traits that our future Dean, Academic Affairs (Nursing) will hold. You will engage, guide & lead the management, delivery and continuity of our academic nursing program. Build and empower a high-performing faculty and academic support team. Ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered to meet the college's objectives, while driving student success through data-informed strategies and maintaining full compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

• Execute the BSN academic strategy with a focus on driving strong student outcomes (NCLEX pass rates, persistence, graduation, and student satisfaction).

• Ensure curriculum delivery meets institutional standards and accreditation benchmarks through rigorous evaluation and continuous improvement.

• Build and lead a high-performing academic team—faculty, lab, experiential learning teams, and support—aligned to student success.

• Oversee hiring, onboarding, development, scheduling, performance and retention of faculty and associate deans with accountability for teaching excellence.

• Embed Chamberlain Care principles and Adtalem culture expectations into academic operations and support services.

• Manage academic operations with national support teams and budgets, faculty workload models, and instructional resources.

• Serve as liaison to boards, communities, and internal stakeholders with professionalism and care.

• Lead program expansion and new academic initiatives with agility and vision, responding to evolving healthcare education needs.

• Actively support and own academic strategy and curriculum change from the center.

• Key behaviors tied to success in this role:

• Prioritize student success - Anticipate and respond to student needs, empower faculty to implement solutions that remove barriers to success

• Connect to the vision - Connect daily work to our vision and strategy at Chamberlain for your teams

• Strive to improve - Seek feedback, support faculty to innovate, improve operating model, and use data to continuously improve student outcomes

• Work as a Team - Coordinate and collaborate closely with ED, other DAAs, and ADAAs to support student and business outcomes

• Own Outcomes - Demonstrate ethical practice, take accountability for individual and team performance, and celebrate successes

• What success looks like in your role:

• Students achieve strong outcomes — including matched or exceeded national BSN average NCLEX pass rate as a direct accountability…