Dean and Professor College of Nursing
Dean and Professor College of Nursing
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The Opportunity
The University of Central Florida (UCF) invites visionary innovative and collaborative champions of nursing education to apply for the position of Dean of the College of Nursing. The Dean will provide an inspirational vision across the College to unleash potential and expand impact in nursing research education and practice. Furthermore the Dean will build upon longstanding community partnerships and foster strong relationships throughout the academic health sciences center community and beyond.
Founded in 1979 UCFs College of Nursing is nationally accredited in nursing education globally endorsed for healthcare simulation and consistently ranked among the nations best nursing programs. Recognizing its commitment to academic excellence student success and facultyled innovation UCF is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 30 public universities for BSN programs top 20 for online graduate nursing programs and among the nations best for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. Additionally its graduates continually exceed national and state firsttime pass rates on the NCLEX and nurse practitioner board certification exams.
UCF is among the top producers of newly educated nurses in Florida and nationally recognized faculty and dedicated staff educate more than 2700 students annually across all undergraduate graduate and doctoral programs. To date UCF has awarded more than 17000 nursing degrees to fuel a pipeline of muchneeded nurses nurse leaders nurse educators and nurse scientists. To ensure a healthier future and address the critical nursing shortage the State of Florida private donors and community partners invested a total of $68M to expand student enrollment and build the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion a stateoftheart facility on UCFs Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona anticipated to open in Fall 2025. As part of UCFs Academic Health Sciences Center alongside the College of Health Professions and Sciences College of Medicine UCF Student Health Services and UCF Health the College of Nursing continues to deepen its commitment to interdisciplinary education research and innovation to prepare students for practice and solve the worlds most pressing healthcare problems.
Ranked among Americas most innovative universities by U.S. News & World Report UCF is a major metropolitan research university dedicated to unleashing the potential of students from all backgrounds providing a lifechanging opportunity that fuels regional state and national economic prosperity. Home to 1900 outstanding faculty 11000 dedicated staff and more than 69000 students UCF is among the largest and most dynamic universities in the nation and it leads all universities in Florida in conferring more than 18000 degrees a year. Research scholarship and creative activities have rapidly increased quality and reputation across the university. The university has an operating budget exceeding $2 billion and in fiscal year 2023 UCF researchers received just over $217 million in funded research. About half of UCFs undergraduates enter as transfers many through the nationally acclaimed DirectConnect to UCF program. More than 20 percent of UCF undergraduates are the first in their families to attend college and nearly half of the students are from underrepresented groups. UCF recently welcomed one of the most accomplished fall freshman classes in the history of the university boasting average SAT and ACT scores of 1332 and 28.2 respectively with 340 National Merit Scholars currently enrolled at the university. UCF was designated a HispanicServing Institution (HSI) in 2019 and is among only 21 universities nationwide with the Carnegie Classification of Very High Research and the U.S. Department of Education designation as an HSI.
Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs the Dean will cultivate a cutting edge and distinctive higher education experience punctuated by exceptional academic programs interprofessional opportunities experiential learning groundbreaking scholarship and cuttingedge research activity. The Dean will champion the College for growth through fundraising fortifying organizational structures and processes and recruiting retaining and developing exceptional faculty and professional staff.
Isaacson Miller a national executive retained search firm is assisting UCF with this recruitment. All inquiries applications and nominations for this opportunity should be directed to the search firm as indicated at the end of this document.
Minimum Qualifications:
The next dean of UCFs College of Nursing will be a visionary innovative collaborative and empathetic leader with high integrity and distinguished scholarly expertise meriting appointment at the rank of full professor. The successful candidate will bring the following skills and experiences:
ADVANCED EDUCATION: Ph.D. in nursing and/or an analogous doctoral degree from a recognized accredited institution and a record of research and scholarship commensurate with achieving the rank of professor within UCFs College of Nursing.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: Experience in academic administration such as dean department chair program director or other administrative roles within a university. Demonstrated leadership in managing academic programs budgets
and personnel.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH: A successful history of teaching research and publication with a deep understanding of the academic landscape and the needs of faculty and students.
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: Strong leadership organizational and managerial skills needed to oversee various departments manage budgets foster collaborations and lead the College toward its goals.
COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Excellent communication skills including the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders faculty students staff alumni and community members.
VISION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING: The ability to develop and implement a vision for the College create strategic plans and adapt to a changing educational landscape.
PARTNERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING ABILITIES: Capability and record of engaging with donors alumni industry partners and government agencies to secure funding grants and resources for the College.
ETHICAL DECISIONMAKING SKILLS: Sound judgment integrity and the ability to make difficult decisions in a complex environment while considering the best interests of the College.
ADAPTABILITY AND INNOVATION: Proven background of being adaptable to change and innovative in implementing new educational methods and technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
N/A
Additional Application Materials Required:
UCF requires all applications and supporting documents be submitted electronically through the Human Resources employment opportunities website https://www.ucf/jobs/.
The selected candidate will be required to submit official transcripts (and as applicable U.S. degree equivalency evaluations) documenting the conferral of their qualifying academic credentials.
NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be simultaneously uploaded. Once the online submission process is finalized the system does not allow applicants to submit additional documents later.
All inquiries nominations and resumes with cover letters should be sent electronically to:
Sean Farrell Partner
Tiffany Weber Managing Associate
Gigi Mensah Associate
https://www.imsearch/opensearches/universitycentralfloridacollegenursing/dean
Special Instructions to the Applicants:
N/A
Job Close Date:
Open until filled.
Note to applicants: Please keep in mind that a job posted as Open until filled may close at any time without notice. As such we encourage you to submit your application and all required documentation as quickly as possible to ensure consideration for the posted position.
Are you ready to unleash YOUR potential
As a nextgeneration public research university and Forbesranked top employer in Florida we are a community of thinkers doers creators innovators healers and leaders striving to create broader prosperity and help shape a better future. No matter what your role is when you join Knight Nation youll play an integral role at one of the most impactful universities in the country. Youll be met with opportunities to connect and collaborate with talented faculty staff and students across 13 colleges and multiple campuses engaging in impactful work that makes a positive difference. Your time at UCF will provide you with many meaningful opportunities to grow youll work alongside talented colleagues on complex projects that will challenge you and help you gain new skills and youll have countless rewarding experiences that go well beyond a paycheck.
Working at UCF has its perks!UCF offers:
- Benefit packages including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance Flexible Spending and Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid time off including annual 12month faculty) and sick time off and paid holidays.
- Retirement savings options.
- Employee discounts including tickets to many Orlando attractions.
- Education assistance.
- Flexible work environment.
- And moreFor more benefits information view the UCF Employee Benefits Guide click here.
Unless explicitly stated on the job posting it is UCFs expectation that an employee of UCF will reside in Florida as of the date the employment begins.
Additional Requirements related to Research Positions:
Pursuant to Florida State Statute 1010.35 prior to offering employment to certain individuals in researchrelated positions UCF is required to conduct additional screening. Applicants subject to additional screening include any citizen of a foreign country who is not a permanent resident of the U.S. or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of education employment or training in China Cuba Iran Russia North Korea Syria or Venezuela.
The additional screening requirements only apply to researchrelated positions including but not limited to faculty graduate positions individuals compensated by research grants or contract funds postdoctoral positions undergraduate positions visiting assistant professors and visiting research associates.
Department
College of Nursing (CON)Work Schedule
Varies.Type of Appointment
RegularExpected Salary
NegotiableEqual Employment Opportunity Statement:
The University of Central Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including Disabled/Vets. Click on UCFs Equal Opportunity Statement to view the Presidents Statement.
The UCF affirmative action plans for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected Veterans are available for inspection in the Office of Institutional Equity Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. upon request.
As a Florida public university UCF makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.
The University of Central Florida is proud to be a smokefree campus and an EVerify employer.
Employment Type
Full-Time
