Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Advancement - 528786

🇺🇸 Tuscaloosa, AL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Other 🗓️ March 9th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of Alabama is hiring an Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Advancement. This senior executive role leads the development and formalization of partnerships to expand the nursing workforce and strengthen institutional capacity, while negotiating and overseeing formal partnership agreements and collaborating with academic leadership to align partnerships with strategic goals.

Highlights

Lead development and execution of comprehensive partnership strategy across health systems, academic institutions, K-12 schools, and community stakeholders.
Negotiate and manage executive-level memoranda of understanding and formal partnership agreements ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Expand nursing workforce supply through pathway models and system-level clinical training capacity agreements.
Oversee global partnerships and study abroad initiatives via direct supervision of the Coordinator of Global Partnerships and Study Abroad.
Collaborate with academic and faculty leadership to align partnerships with enrollment planning, faculty recruitment, and accreditation requirements.
Executive council member responsible for strategic leadership, budget oversight within area, and external representation as delegated by the Dean.
Minimum qualifications include an earned doctoral degree in nursing, eligibility for multistate RN licensure in Alabama, and leadership experience in strategic partnerships in healthcare or higher education.
Requires demonstrated experience in nursing workforce advancement and institutional growth strategies.
Provides executive oversight of the College’s portfolio of health system and clinic partnership agreements at the system or enterprise level.
Supports research partnership alignment with scholarly activity and competitive research environment in collaboration with Associate Dean for Research.