Associate Director V - Student Integration Leader

202600352S

Associate Director V - Student Integration Leader

Exempt

This position is a pay grade 21. Please see the Pay Grade Table at: https://pa-hrsuite-production.s3.amazonaws.com/116/docs/636763.pdf

Professional

Nursing

Division of Academic Affairs

11/03/2026

Yes

Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Master’s degree in Nursing, Education, Health Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related field preferred. Nine years of experience in student services, academic administration, healthcare education, clinical education operations, program coordination, advising, compliance tracking, or a related field. A combination of education, experience, and training that would produce the required knowledge and abilities may be considered.

Plans, organizes, and directs the School of Nursing’s student integration operations across the student lifecycle, including recruitment, admissions, enrollment, advising, instruction, experiential learning, clinical education, graduation preparation, and alumni engagement. Oversees and evaluates programs and workflows to ensure alignment with enrollment priorities, accreditation standards, regulatory requirements, clinical partner guidelines, and the School of Nursing’s strategic plan.

Performs the following program oversight, supervisory, reporting, compliance, and coordination functions in support of student integration across the School of Nursing. Plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates student integration workflows from recruitment, admissions, enrollment, and advising through didactic coursework, experiential learning, clinical placement, progression, graduation preparation, and transition to alumni engagement. Ensures effective communication, workflow coordination, and transition points among admissions, enrollment, advising, didactic faculty, experiential learning teams, clinical education operations, credentialing processes, and assigned program staff. Confers with faculty, staff, and program leadership to identify program issues, recommend operational solutions, and implement process improvements across admissions, enrollment, advising, didactic, experiential, and clinical integration workflows. Prepares and reviews reports on the effectiveness, timeliness, capacity, compliance, and outcomes of student integration activities. Monitors and evaluates student progression across didactic, experiential, and clinical learning environments and recommend interventions, escalation pathways, or workflow adjustments to maintain continuity and support timely progression. Develops and recommends program guidelines, standard operating procedures, workflow tools, and training materials for student integration functions. Builds, leads, and oversees assigned program staff within the Clinical Placement and Advising Teams by establishing clear roles, expectations, accountability structures, communication practices, and team workflows that support effective implementation of student integration, advising, credentialing, and clinical placement processes. Interprets and ensures compliance with regulatory, accreditation, credentialing, institutional, and clinical partner requirements associated with admissions, progression, advising, experiential learning, and clinical placement throughout the student lifecycle. In collaboration with SON leadership, oversee operational alignment for achievement of enrollment targets and clinical placement capacity to support the SON’s mission. In collaboration with School of Nursing leadership, establish and maintain operational relationships with external stakeholders, including clinical placement affiliates, healthcare partners, recruitment partners, and other agencies involved in student integration functions. Prepares operational data and recommendations to support program budget requests related to student integration, advising operations, credentialing systems, clinical placement coordination, training materials, and related program needs. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex programs or operational processes involving multiple internal and external stakeholders. Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Experience working in a School of Nursing, health professions education program, or clinical education environment, preparing reports, operational procedures, training materials, compliance documentation, or program evaluation summaries, coordinating didactic, experiential, clinical, advising, credentialing, or student progression workflows, and working with clinical partners, healthcare agencies, university departments, or other external stakeholders.
Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws. Ability to manage business functions.
This position may be designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA).

Full Time

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