Dean of the School of Nursing, Health, and Sciences

Dean of the School of Nursing, Health, and Sciences Spring Arbor University seeks its next Dean of the School of Nursing,Health, and Sciences. The Dean will provide strategic direction and oversight of academic programs, faculty, accreditation and compliance,student outcomes, operational effectiveness, and external partnerships, while exercising fiscal stewardship of the School's resources,including budgeting, allocation, and long-term financial planning. In addition to serving as the chief nursing officer, the Dean overseesthe science and health programs. Through the School's mixture of undergraduate and graduate programs, offered online and on campus, over 800students annually are transformed by its impact. Potential for growth is strong and will be enhanced by the remodeling and expansion of theWhiteman-Gibbs Science Center, which is underway. The Dean reports to the Provost and will have their office on Spring Arbor's beautifulcampus in south central Michigan. The School and the University are missionally focused and fiscally strong. SAU's Concept (mission)statement has provided clear guidance to the university community since the 1960s and is hard-wired into the culture. It reads, " SpringArbor University is a community of learners distinguished by lifelong involvement in the study and application of the liberal arts, totalcommitment to Jesus Christ as the perspective of learning, and critical participation in the contemporary world ." The Dean willbe able to articulate how the Christian faith and the Biblical worldview provide the foundation for learning for the nursing, health, andscience disciplines. The individual will exhibit a life and service consistent with the University Concept and Community Covenant and mustbe fully supportive of the University's mission and values as an evangelical Christian institution affiliated with the Free MethodistChurch. EDUCATION and

EXPERIENCE

Earned doctoral degree in nursing or a related discipline is required. Master's degree in nursing or a health-related discipline is required. Leadership experience overseeing faculty, academicprograms, curriculum, and accreditation and compliance. A record of successful teaching in higher education is required, withexperience in teaching face-to-face and online strongly preferred. Unencumbered Michigan RN license or willing to obtain. Strong leadership and strategic planning skills. An entrepreneurial spirit and an all-institutional perspective. Experience with program development and ongoing improvement. Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex initiatives. Proven sound judgment, attention to detail, and professional integrity. Evidence of scholarship, professional service, andengagement in their academic discipline. The review of candidates will begin April 24 and will continue until the position isfilled, with the new Dean in place preferably before Fall 2026. Applications are required and are available Interested individuals shouldsubmit a cover letter, statement of faith, vitae, and an application at www.springarbor.edu/jobs . Please contact SAU's Provost, Dr. Carol Green, for more information ( carol.green@arbor.edu ) about the position, or SAU's HR office for general questions. Experience working in multiculturalacademic environments is preferred. Individuals from diverse populations are encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations may be made toenable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Spring Arbor University is an Equal OpportunityEmployer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regardingemployees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicablefederal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regardto race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable statusprotected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees andprospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits,transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, andall other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, nationalorigin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicablestate of employment protected classes. Spring Arbor University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subjectto religious discrimination requirements; the University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance withboth federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religiousorganizations (including educational institutions) and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religiousbeliefs.