Position Summary:

The College of Business at Florida Atlantic University seeks applications for an open rank tenure track faculty, who will also serve as the Director of the Health Administration program (housed in the Management Programs Department) starting in Fall 2025.

Responsibilities:

Successful candidates would be expected to maintain an active program of high-quality research; a commitment to rigorous and engaging teaching of healthcare management courses at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels; and the ability to participate in appropriate types of service to the program, department, college, university, community, and profession.

The Director of Health Administration program reports to the Department Chair of Management Programs and participates in executive collaboration with the Deans, the Chairs, and other Program Directors in the College. The Director’s responsibilities include:

• Teaching (1-1-1 load) in both undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Ensuring that the program is run professionally, responsibly, and effectively; and support faculty, staff, and students so they can perform to their highest potential.
• Planning course schedules and staffing for the program.
• Coordinating with the Department Chair and Executive programs staff to oversee admission and staffing of the Health Administration Executive programs.
• Representing the program and university to external constituencies and engaging with businesses and the community to develop effective partnerships that benefit the program, faculty, and students.
• Recruiting participants for the program Advisory Council and conducting meetings.
• Leading student recruitment and retention efforts, promoting the program to potential students, and engaging alumni.
• Promoting tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty excellence through assisting the Department Chair with recruitment, supervision, mentoring, and development
• Assisting the Department Chair with evaluation of merit for promotion and tenure.
• Leading program strategic planning and the periodic program review.
• Participating in service to the university and stakeholder communities.

The College of Business at Florida Atlantic University seeks scholars who are committed to supporting the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds and to thoughtfully engaging all communities in higher education. Florida Atlantic University embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the various internal and external communities that it serves.

FAU serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across six campuses located along the southeast Florida coast. In recent years, the University has doubled its research expenditures and outpaced its peers in student achievement rates. FAU is designated a Hispanic-serving institution, ranked as a top public university by U.S. News & World Report and a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.

For questions or additional information about this position, please contact the search committee chair, Dr. Gulcin Gumus, at ggumus@fau.edu.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates are required to have earned a doctorate in Healthcare Management or a related field from an accredited (AACSB or similar) university by the effective date of employment.
• Candidates should be strongly committed to high-quality scholarly research.
• Candidates should have demonstrated a record of excellence in teaching at an accredited (AACSB or similar) university.
• Candidates should have demonstrated a record of excellence in leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will also have:
• Experience and interest in research and/or teaching in healthcare systems, health information technology, professions, and related areas.
• Certification or experience teaching in fully online or hybrid delivery platforms.

About Florida Atlantic University

At the FAU College of Business, you don't just study your chosen discipline in class: you live it. Writing business plans. Developing national polls. Solving financial challenges. Analyzing analytics to drive decision making. Working with your professors on rewarding research. Explore our AACSB-accredited business degrees. Apply for scholarships and financial aid. See how we prepare our graduates to lead people, progress and profitable new opportunities. Why is the FAU College of Business Your Best Choice? Business success demands more than textbook knowledge. We immerse you in your chosen discipline and challenge you to think, innovate and lead. Our Business Communications program builds your skills through specialized training and personalized coaching sessions to help you collaborate and lead more successfully. Our Career Development Center and study abroad programs offer you access to degree-related internships, international learning opportunities and job placement. Our innovative Research Centers convert your classroom learning into hands-on experience employers and clients respect. Adams Center for Entrepreneurship: Connect to both faculty and the business communit...y through education programs, yearly business plan competition, mentorship programs and student-led community consulting projects. Business and Economics Polling Initiative (BEPI): Design and execute public opinion research polls, conducting surveys on business, economic, political, and social issues at regional, state and national levels. Trading Room: Experience Wall Street right here in Boca Raton. Realistic simulations use the same technology professional money managers employ to teach you real trading techniques and financial market principles.

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