Program Director for Masters of Healthcare Administration

York University - York, NE

Full-time - Mid Level

York, NE

Educational Services

About the position

The Program Director for the Master's of Healthcare Administration (MHA) is a part-time faculty position responsible for overseeing the MHA program at York University. This role involves ensuring the program's relevance and alignment with the university's mission, managing curriculum development, and representing the program in various capacities. The director will also engage in student recruitment, advising, and maintaining relationships with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Implement, manage, design, report, and assess the MHA program.
• Teach 9-12 graduate hours annually.
• Design, refresh, or revise 3-4 course master shells annually.
• Develop new outreach strategies and manage analytics to gauge program performance.
• Assist with recruiting events/activities as a representative of York University online and graduate programming.
• Develop relationships with potential partnerships.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with businesses, corporations, and other organizations.
• Continue to innovate and create best practices for York University Online.
• Initiate and set goals for new programs based on the organization's strategic objectives.
• Direct faculty, graduate assistant, and work-study as necessary.
• Use learning management systems (e.g., Canvas), student information systems (e.g., J1), and customer relationship modules (e.g., JRM) as required.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in a related discipline; candidates working on a PhD may be considered.
• Subject matter expert in a healthcare-related field required, with preference for earned academia in healthcare, nursing, organizational leadership, medical, public health, pharmacy, etc.
• Experience working in online and/or higher education preferred.
• Experience in teaching preferred.
• Experience in course design and curriculum building preferred.
• Experience in leadership training, networking, and program promotion desired.
• Excellent organization and project management skills, including attention to detail and the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, wordsmithing, and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in program promotion and networking.
• Familiarity with accreditation processes and program assessment.

Benefits

• Group medical and dental insurance
• Group life insurance
• 403B retirement plan
• Tuition benefits for employee/spouse/children