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Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES) Selected by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Search

(June 2024, WEST HARTFORD, CT) Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES), a leading higher education focused executive search firm, has been selected to recruit the next Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, will be leading the search.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative clinical or tenure-track administrator to join a top-ranked School of Nursing (SON). The Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (SADAA) is a pivotal role as an administrative officer solely focused on facilitating the planning, administration, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the academic programs of the SON, ensuring academic standards and policies of the University, Graduate School, SON, and accrediting and approval agencies are met. As the SON embraces organizational and cultural change, the successful candidate brings a dedicated nursing education background coupled with strong scholarship related to nursing education and/or quality improvement. They embody a combination of innovation and continuous improvement along with a relational, empathetic, team-based leadership approach. This is an on-site position reporting directly to the Dean of the School of Nursing.

The first public university in the United States, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks among the nation’s great institutions of higher education. Carolina’s 30,000+ students, 4,000+ faculty and 9,000+ staff come to Chapel Hill from around the world, bringing varied cultural, racial, socio-economic and ethnic heritages that help make UNC-Chapel Hill a thriving and diverse global intellectual center. Carolina ranked fourth among public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best College rankings, also holding first place among public institutions in the best value category. Classified as a top-tier R1 university, UNC Chapel Hill boasts strong programs in business, law, medicine, and public health, among others. Established in 1950, the UNC School of Nursing (SON) is part of a cutting-edge, research-intensive university. The school offers top-ranked BSN, MSN, DNP and PhD degree programs, as well as post-graduate certificate programs. The SON has significant dedicated research space including a state-of-the-art Biobehavioral Laboratory. The SON is located within walking distance to the university’s top-ranked schools of medicine, public health, pharmacy, dentistry and social work located within steps of each other and is adjacent to UNC Hospitals. SON faculty lead and collaborate on a diverse portfolio of multidisciplinary studies and received over $12 million in external funding in 2021.

Affordable Excellence
Academic Career & Executive Search, a higher education focused search firm, specializes in affordable excellence, providing perfectly matched candidates to institutions quickly and accurately. Their methodologies, based on frequent touchpoints, pinpoint ideal candidates with speed and meticulous care resulting in highly successful placements.

They offer flexible service/pricing levels for all positions, ensuring affordability.

Contact Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, at 860-740-2600 or Jennifer@ACESrch.com, or visit https://acesrch.com/.