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Job Description
Director, Health Sciences Santa Monica College Salary:
$150,211.00 - $174,133.00
Annually Job Type:
Academic Administrator Job Number:
00334
Location:
1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405,
CA Closing:
7/13/2026 11:59 PM Pacific Job Duties
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Santa Monica College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others. In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community. To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals. We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteran status, socioeconomic status, and any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever-evolving, thus we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, Santa Monica College is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunity for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students. Position Profile Under direction of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Director, Health Sciences, administers programs and courses offered in the Health Sciences Department. The Director serves as a member of the Academic Affairs administrative team to provide leadership and support for the academic operations of the College. The Director is the registered nurse administrator who has the authority and responsibility to administer the program. The director coordinates and directs all activities in developing, implementing, and managing a nursing program, including its fiscal planning.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
(Examples of key duties are interpreted as being descriptive not restrictive.) Serve as Director of the Nursing program. Assure compliance of each program with the rules and regulations of related licensing, accrediting and/or regulatory agencies. Plan, supervise, and evaluate programs in concert with appropriate faculty. Oversee the recruitment, selection, admission, and progression of students in the programs. Direct and assist in the preparation and assignment of class schedules and teaching assignments that promote optimal benefit to the program. Monitor faculty load and assignments in Health Sciences; act as liaison to Human Resources and Payroll. Initiate, maintain, and renew articulation agreements with local California State Universities as well as other baccalaureate programs. Serve as liaison between the college and community health care agencies in planning and coordination of clinical facility use; initiate, maintain, and renew contractual agreements. Formulate and submit reports for national, regional and state licensing, accrediting, and/or regulatory agencies; maintain files and records in accordance. Oversee budgetary matters related to the operational needs of the department and its programs. Work on collaboration with faculty on annual and comprehensive program review reports. Represent District at local, state, or national meetings pertinent to specific assignment. Serve on faculty hiring and evaluation committees. Ensure compliance with district policies and collective bargaining agreements; participate in resolution of contractual issues as needed. Assist in grant applications and administration as needed. Collaborate with Student Affairs and Enrollment Development faculty and staff. Communicate effectively with administrators, faculty staff, students, and the public. Participate in participatory governance and administrative committees as assigned. Assume leadership for projects and perform other administrative duties as assigned.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
Ability to effectively perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. Evaluate and assess instructional methods. Comply with and effectively interpret regulations and accreditation processes. Stay current with health profession issues and direction. Establish and maintain cooperative working relations with others. Analyze, evaluate, and recommend innovative changes to existing programs. Work successfully in an atmosphere of collegial decision-making. Ability to direct and assist in curriculum development and ongoing systematic evaluation.
Personnel Management:
Supervise academic and classified employees in the Program. Participate in the selection, assignment, development, and evaluation of academic personnel assigned to the department and recruit. Select and assign adjunct faculty. Minimum Qualifications Master's degree or higher in nursing with course work in education or administration from an accredited college or university which includes course work in nursing education, or a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's degree in health education or health science with course work in nursing and education or administration. Possess a current valid license to practice as a registered nurse in California. One year experience as a registered nurse providing direct patient care. One year experience in a degree awarding educational nursing program as a director or assistant director. Two years teaching experience in degree awarding educational nursing program. One year experience serving as an Assistant Director or Administrator, or its equivalence, with validated performance of administrative responsibilities. Must have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse socio-economic, academic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities as these factors relate to differences in learning styles. Additional Information Academic Administrator Application Requirements A standard application consists of the following: Online District Application Cover Letter Resume Transcript
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Diversity Statement Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom; and a willingness to use culturally responsive instructional practices. Demonstrated sensitivity to issues of diversity, and ability to motivate and teach community college students of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, genders, cultures, and learning styles, as well as students with disabilities or varied levels of academic preparation. Please review our
