Chair/Faculty (Rank TBD) - Orthodontics - 995841

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Primary Purpose:

The Department Chair of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics serves as the Chief Administrative Officer for the department, reporting directly to the Dean of the College of Dental Medicine (CDM). Key responsibilities include overseeing the department’s academic, research, and clinical programs, as well as managing administrative functions. As a member of the faculty, teaches, conducts research and engages in service activities.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range: 

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Leadership duties include:
a. Establishing and maintaining the department vision; establishing goals and objectives that fulfill the department’s mission and move it towards its vision; identifying and selecting tasks and projects which support achievement of goals and objectives; creating an environment and processes that will achieve the University, College and Department visions.
b. Conveying a sense of progress to those inside and outside the Department.
c. Providing both positive and negative feedback to ensure Department members meet professional standards.
d. Fostering an environment where people develop attitudes of responsibility and mentoring for others, as well as fostering and championing the ideas and visions of others.
e. Earning the trust of those inside and outside the Department.
f. Implementing processes for inclusiveness and openness in department governance.
g. Ensuring Department culture and practices maintains a student-centric foundation.

2. Manages Department’s structure, execution of plans and assessment of performance. Management duties include:
a. Allocation and management of resources including budgets and space.
b. Developing and updating course scheduling plans; assigning faculty to teach courses.
c. Preparing and proposing Department budgets.
d. Supervising, directing, and monitoring performance of the Department, staff, and faculty; developing staff; rewarding and recognizing performance; directing hiring and other HR processes; recommending salary adjustments.
e. Implementing and maintaining processes associated with successful accreditation.
f. Preparing annual reports and other reports as required by Office of the President, the Office of the Provost Institutional Effectiveness, Office of Academic Quality, Assessment and Accreditation and the Dean’s Office.
g. Maintaining essential records including appropriate student records.
h. Assuring quality of the instruction and research of the department.
i. Assuring the academic programs curriculum is up to date and relevant.
j. Implementing and maintaining Department, academic, and program assessment plans and processes.

3. Manages Faculty/Staff affairs and professional development by creating and maintaining the environment, processes, and support for each faculty and staff member to develop their special talents and abilities. Duties include:
a. Assuring University, College, and Department promotion and contract renewal policies are followed correctly.
b. Recruiting new faculty and staff.
c. Fostering an environment that encourages and values a collegiate atmosphere.
d. Mentoring new faculty to develop as successful teachers and scholars.
e. Supporting and stimulating faculty research and publications.
f. Supporting faculty to participate in regional and national professional meetings and conferences.
g. Supporting faculty in preparation and submission of proposals and grants.
h. Promoting diversity and affirmative action.

4. Communicates the department’s story and needs to the Dean, the other College chairs, the Department faculty, University administration, and all of the University community, as well as to the outside community including businesses, government agencies, professional societies, civic groups, and foundations.

5. Ensures that the necessary information is conveyed to the appropriate Department constituents including students in an efficient, professional, and timely manner. Duties include:
a. Marketing the department to all constituencies including students, businesses, and parents.
b. Creating brochures, white papers, and communications supporting the department its story and its needs.
c. Keeping faculty members informed of Department, College, and institutional plans, activities, expectation, and policy and procedure changes.
d. Listening to concerns and issues presented by faculty.
e. Encouraging and facilitating the communication between faculty.
f. Effectively communicating department needs to the dean and interacting with upper-level administrators.
g. Establishing and maintaining a positive department image and reputation.
h. Coordinating activities with outside groups.
i. Establishing and effectively using advisory committees and advancement boards.
j. Assuring department correspondence and requests for information and data is processed and provided in timely and professional manner.
k. Completing forms and surveys in timely and accurate manner.
l. Recruiting students and faculty.
m. Effectively engaging student government and other student groups.

6. As a member of the faculty, the Chair teaches, does research, and engages in service activities.

7. Performs other duties as assigned or required, including participating on committees, Review Boards, strategic planning initiatives, national committees, and search committees.

8. May be assigned by college and/or university administrators to non-routine or special assignments to support projects, initiatives, or special needs of the college and university.

FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching:
1. Provides high quality instruction in field of expertise, ensuring students meet course outcomes.
2. Plans, evaluates, and revises curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
3. Selects and obtains materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
4. Initiates, facilitates, and moderates classroom discussions.

Clinical Instruction:
1. Assesses clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
2. Coordinates training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, or vocational schools.

Research & Scholarship:
1. Conducts research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
2. Writes grant proposals to procure external research funding.
3. Reviews papers for publication in journals.

Service & Professional Development:
1. Participates in campus and community events, such as giving presentations to the public.
2. Actively identifies opportunities and provides service relating to fields of expertise for the benefit of internal and external communities.

Other Assigned Duties
1. Collaborates with staff and colleagues to address teaching and research issues, and to improve students' learning experiences.
2. Serves on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
3. Participates in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
4. Mentors junior and adjunct faculty members.
5. Keeps abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
6. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: Meet minimum requirements:
(listed under titles)
*Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
*Required Education
*Required Experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: KNOWLEDGE:
1.Dental Medicine - Comprehensive knowledge of the information/techniques needed in Dental Medicine. This includes symptoms/treatment planning.
2. Education and Training – General knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
3. English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.

SKILLS:
1. Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
2. Critical Thinking — Using logic/reasoning to identify the strengths/weaknesses of alternative solutions/approaches to problems.
3. Judgment/Decision Making — Considering the relative costs/benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
4. Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand, asking questions as appropriate.
5. Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
6. Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop/evaluate options and implement solutions.
7. Learning Strategies — Selecting/using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning/teaching new things.
8. Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences/paragraphs in work related documents.
9. Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
10. Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience

Abilities:
1. Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
2. Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
3. Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand/arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
4. Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
5. Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
6. Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
7. Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
8. Written Comprehension — The ability to read/understand information and ideas presented in writing.
9. Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate/or assemble objects.
10. Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
1. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
4. Manual Dexterity.
5. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
6. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.
7. Must be able to work in a clinical setting.
8. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
9. May be required to work nights or weekends.

Addendum

As a member of NSU’s community and the College of Dental Medicine, in your position, you are expected to follow NSU’s employee and faculty policies and adhere to the “Guidelines for Appropriate Conduct and Ethical Behavior for Employees”. The following guidelines do not represent an exhaustive list but identifies minimal core values and standards:

Responsibilities to Students
Because of their inevitable function as role models, NSU faculty, staff and administrators should be guided by the highest ethical/professional standards.

Responsibilities as Scholars
A basic responsibility of the community of higher education in the United States is to refine, extend, and transmit knowledge. As members of that community, NSU faculty and administrators share with their colleagues in the other disciplines the obligation to discharge that responsibility.

Responsibilities to Colleagues
NSU employees will treat colleagues with civility and respect.

Required Certifications/Licensures: Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Orthodontics from CODA accredited institution.

Required Education: DDS/ DMD or foreign equivalent degree in dentistry.

Major (if required: 

Required Experience: Professional doctoral-level teaching experience or minimum of three (3) years of experience working in private practice, as an Orthodontist.

For Assistant Professor rank: College-level teaching experience

For Associate Professor rank: Continued professional growth and success in full-time university teaching for four (4) years at the rank of Assistant Professor; scholarly contributions to the university, higher education, or one's academic area(s) of specialization that have received peer recognition.

For Professor rank: Continued professional growth and success in full-time university teaching for five (5) years at the rank of Associate Professor; significant scholarly contributions to the university, higher education, or one's academic area(s) of specialization that have that have been recognized as substantial by one's peers.

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. American Board Certified or Eligible
2. Master of Science Degree

Is this a safety sensitive position? No  

Background Screening Required?  No  

Pre-Employment Conditions: 

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.