Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing (Professor, Tenure)

The University of Arizona's College of Nursing is one of the country's most respected research institutions and a leader in health-sciences education and scholarship, located in beautiful Southern Arizona. We are currently seeking an Associate Dean of Research. This Faculty Scholar will support our research mission to increase extramural research funding and faculty scholarship.

The Associate Dean for Research will create a highly supportive environment for research productivity across faculty, pre- and post-doctoral scholars and manage the resources of the Office of Research and Scholarship (ORS). The incumbent will assist faculty and student colleagues with their research career scholarship, make outcomes visible, and collaborate with the administrative team, particularly Division Directors to manage and grow resources. This is a joint administrative and senior faculty rank position.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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College:

• Build on an expanding research foundation within the College.
• Advance faculty research capacity by providing research development sessions, faculty resources and research mentoring.
• Facilitate innovative research and robust research training across the College.
• Facilitate the attainment of extramural research funding across clusters of investigators.
• Increase collaborations across the UAHS Campus and Colleges across the UA campus.
• Engage in strategic planning and build relationships to increase funding streams.
• Advocate for resource allocation to and manage the resources of the ORS.
• Conduct ORS staff recruitment, screening, appointment, orientation, evaluation, promotion and other aspects of career development as needed.
• Collaborate in and initiate the recruitment of research-intensive faculty.
• Grow and expand personal research program and scholarship.
• Serve as a member of the College Administrative team, and participate in relevant administrative meetings.

University and Campus:

• Act as liaison to and facilitator for inter-institutional and inter-disciplinary research and research training initiatives.
• Interface with the campus Office of Vice-president for Research and Discovery.

External Community:

• Develop and create visibility for college-aligned research and research training across constituents.
• Broker partnerships with community leaders and agencies for synergistic research initiatives.

• Terminal degree in Nursing or a health-related field.

• Administrative leadership experience in academia.
• Record of professional service commensurate with rank.
• Program of scholarship and scholarly activities commensurate with rank of Professor with tenure.