The Associate Director has a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited institution and a doctoral degree in any field is preferred. Current ACEN Peer Evaluator experience is preferred. Qualifications include knowledge and prior experience with accreditation processes, current knowledge of educational and nursing practice and higher education experience in teaching or administration. The Associate Director demonstrates advanced analytical and writing skills, with a strong ability to interpret accreditation reports, assess alignment with standards, and craft professional correspondence. The Associate Director possesses sound judgement, excellent written and oral communication skills, is computer proficient, maintains confidentiality, and has strong organizational and project management skills. The Associate Director is responsible, flexible, reliable, and dependable with the ability to process information quickly and effectively handle competing priorities, multiple tasks simultaneously and meets deadlines. The Associate Director effectively uses teaching/instructional strategies, interfaces confidently with institutional leaders and nursing program faculty and leaders, has knowledge of assessment methods, practices, and principles and possesses strong analytical, facilitation, interpersonal and team skills. The Associate Director position does require domestic travel and may require international travel. The position does require occasional evenings/weekends, and the Associate Director must be able to work remotely while on travel.
