Associate Dean – Academic Effectiveness

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Associate Dean of Academic Effectiveness at Southern New Hampshire University supporting online faculty and programs. Promoting learner and faculty success through data-driven decisions and collaborative efforts.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $85,563 - $136,928 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Promote learner and faculty success and quality through data-informed decisions and projects
Support successful programs through oversight, coaching, engagement and management of adjunct faculty.
Assure the achievement of institutional and programmatic benchmarks, performance indicators and process efficiency with analytical support and discipline.
Collaborate with university team members to ensure that we support our world-class faculty according to SNHU's core values.
Develop and follow processes to support faculty according to accreditation standards, institutional policies, and human resource standards,
Part of the team that is responsible and accountable for optimization of all parts of the faculty experience and lifecycle including daily operational processes and tasks related to students and faculty.
Lead collaborative efforts across departments to support learner, faculty, and graduate success and program growth.
Conduct environmental scanning and research in collaboration with internal and external partners to identify trends and inform actions to increase faculty excellence.
Support improvements in processes to increase automation, improve data and reporting, ability to grow, reduce cost, and better support collaboration between partners.
Support a high engagement faculty experience along each phase of the adjunct faculty lifecycle.
Participate in communication and collaboration across partners to assure holistic approaches to process and experience optimization.
Participate in the review, documentation, and reporting of processes, process-based metrics, initiative progress and measures, across stakeholder teams, to maintain the transparency of the results of this team's efforts.
Analyze data to improve the faculty experience

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree
2+ years of progressive experience working in higher education administration
1+ years experience mentoring or coaching the performance of others.
Experience using data to guide decision-making
Broad knowledge of many areas within higher education institutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
Employer-funded retirement
Free tuition program
Parental leave
Mental health and wellbeing resources

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Soft Skills

CollaborationCoachingEngagementAnalytical Support