Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Account Manager

• Build and maintain strong relationships with hospitals, healthcare systems, and clinical partners throughout your assigned territory.
• Identify and cultivate new clinical partnerships that support student placements and university growth.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clinical partners, delivering exceptional service and timely communication.
• Conduct regular partner meetings and site visits to strengthen relationships and ensure successful clinical experiences.
• Collaborate with internal teams to coordinate clinical placements and support operational excellence.
• Assist with affiliation agreements, contract renewals, and partnership documentation.
• Monitor and maintain clinical partnership data to support accreditation, compliance, and strategic planning.
• Partner with healthcare organizations on advisory boards, community outreach, and volunteer initiatives.
• Support expansion opportunities through new partnerships and system-wide agreements.
• Represent Joyce University with professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to student-centered excellence.

Clinical Relations Manager

Executive Assistant

• Managing the Provost's complex calendar, scheduling priorities, travel, and meeting logistics
• Preparing executive correspondence, reports, presentations, briefing materials, and communications
• Serving as a trusted point of contact for the Provost's Office
• Maintaining confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and integrity
• Coordinating activities across Academic Affairs, including Nursing, General Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Assessment, Faculty Affairs, Compliance, Clinical Operations, and Student Services
• Supporting academic calendar management, catalog updates, handbook revisions, and institutional reporting
• Maintaining project plans, timelines, action logs, and operational dashboards
• Assisting with policy development, documentation, and process improvement initiatives
• Supporting governance committees, leadership councils, and executive meetings
• Coordinating agendas, meeting materials, action items, and follow-up activities
• Maintaining official records, meeting minutes, and institutional documentation
• Tracking strategic initiatives and executive decisions through completion
• Assisting with accreditation activities, self-studies, regulatory reporting, and site visit preparation
• Coordinating communications across faculty, staff, students, university leadership, and external partners
• Supporting communication plans for major initiatives and organizational change efforts
• Building trusted relationships that strengthen collaboration and alignment across the institution

Executive Assistant – Provost, Chief Academic Officer

General

• Lead the strategic direction, development, implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement of the General Education curriculum.
• Ensure alignment with institutional learning outcomes, competency-based education principles, accreditation standards, workforce needs, and best practices in higher education.
• Foster academic excellence by promoting rigorous, student-centered instruction and innovative teaching practices across all General Education courses.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and support a high-performing team of faculty and academic leaders committed to student success.
• Champion evidence-based curriculum design, instructional innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the University.
• Lead initiatives that improve student persistence, retention, progression, and graduation through proactive academic support and data-informed interventions.
• Oversee remediation strategies and student success initiatives that strengthen college readiness and help students overcome academic barriers.
• Advance online, hybrid, asynchronous, and technology-enhanced learning while thoughtfully integrating emerging educational technologies and artificial intelligence.
• Partner with Institutional Research, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Advising, Disability Services, and other university leaders to improve learning outcomes and the overall student experience.
• Oversee assessment, accreditation readiness, regulatory compliance, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a key member of the Academic Leadership Team, contributing to institutional strategy, resource planning, and university-wide initiatives.

Dean of General Education

Chief Operating Officer

• Manage the COO's complex calendar, scheduling priorities, travel arrangements, and executive logistics
• Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on behalf of the COO
• Prepare executive correspondence, presentations, reports, agendas, briefing materials, and meeting documentation
• Manage confidential and sensitive information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism
• Monitor and track strategic initiatives, operational priorities, and executive commitments to ensure timely execution
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and special initiatives by managing stakeholders, timelines, deliverables, and status reporting
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across university departments to support operational excellence and organizational goals
• Coordinate executive, operational leadership, committee, and project meetings from planning through follow-up
• Assist with budget administration activities, including processing invoices, purchase requests, expense reports, and reconciliations

Executive Assistant – Chief Operating Officer

• Build and Grow Employer Partnerships
• Identify, prioritize, and develop relationships with healthcare employers across Utah, beginning with existing clinical partner organizations.
• Conduct workforce needs assessments with healthcare executives, HR leaders, CNOs, and workforce development teams to understand staffing challenges, retention goals, and educational pathway opportunities.
• Build and manage a segmented employer pipeline of 20+ target organizations using CRM tools and disciplined reporting practices.
• Design, negotiate, and execute employer partnership agreements, including: Tuition discount partnerships, Employer-sponsored cohorts, Direct-bill arrangements, MSN leadership pathways.
• Lead partnership activation efforts, including employee communications, HR portal coordination, and internal stakeholder alignment to ensure successful launch and engagement.
• Drive Enrollment and Workforce Impact
• Generate measurable enrollment growth through employer-sponsored student pipelines.
• Partner closely with Admissions to create seamless referral and handoff processes for employer-sponsored applicants.
• Track enrollment conversion metrics and partnership performance, providing regular reporting and insights to leadership.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for Joyce University within Utah healthcare workforce networks, associations, and industry events.
• Lead with Strategy and Operational Excellence
• Deliver executive-level reporting on pipeline activity, signed agreements, enrollment outcomes, and revenue impact.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align employer commitments with institutional capabilities and student success outcomes.
• Build scalable systems, processes, templates, and partnership playbooks that support long-term growth and operational excellence.
• Contribute to expansion strategies and emerging workforce partnership opportunities across the healthcare landscape.

Clinical Relations Manager

Executive Assistant – Provost, Chief Academic Officer

Dean of General Education

Executive Assistant – Chief Operating Officer

Director of Workforce Solutions – Employer Partnerships