The Donna and Robert Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences (MCNHS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenured Professor or Associate Professor to serve as Chair of the Department of Nursing, to begin on September 1, 2025. Applicants who currently hold the position of full professor or advanced associate professor with evidence of qualifications for promotion to full professor are welcome to apply.

Applicants must possess an earned doctorate in nursing or a related field and be eligible for RN licensure in Massachusetts. Preferred qualifications include evidence of prior academic leadership roles, a program of research consistent with appointment to a senior rank (including substantial grant funding and peer-reviewed scholarship), and experience in teaching and mentoring junior faculty and students.

The ideal candidate will provide evidence of:

• A visionary transformational leadership approach including experience with consensus-based shared faculty governance.
• Previous leadership in development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing curricula and accreditation processes.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration in educational, research/scholarly initiatives, and service- related activities.
• Previous experience supporting faculty development including research/scholarly activities for both tenure track and scholarship of practice faculty.
• Experience with creation of partnerships within and beyond the academy including clinical and community-based settings.

The MCNHS includes Departments of Nursing, Exercise and Health Sciences, Gerontology, and Urban Public Health. Our programs focus on health across the life course of individuals from diverse populations and target improving health equity in populations at risk for healthcare disparities. For additional information, please see the website:  https://www.umb.edu/nursing-health-sciences/.

The MCNHS offers strong internal and external programs to support faculty, including pre- and post- grant award support and opportunities for professional development. The Manning College offers a wide range of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborative research opportunities. Current faculty collaborations include those with numerous major academic and medical institutions in and around Boston, including the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and many community, public, and private health care agencies.

The Bachelor’s (BS), Master’s (MS), and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The MS and BS-DNP programs focus on preparation of Family Nurse Practitioners and Adult/Gerontological Nurse Practitioners. A major focus of the PhD in Nursing program is on health policy within the context of population health.

UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

Application instructions:

To apply, please submit the following documents online: a curriculum vitae (CV), and a letter of interest that includes 1) prior administrative experiences relevant to the Department chair position; 2) experience promoting diversity, equity and inclusiveness; 3) strategies for fostering a supportive and productive environment for educational and research/scholarly activities; and 4) vision for the Department of Nursing. Separate statements on teaching/mentoring and research/scholarly expertise and accomplishments should also be included. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and previous experience. Review of applications will begin as of 11/1/24. The position will remain open until filled.

Kirby Bates Associates has been exclusively retained by The Donna and Robert Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences (MCNHS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston to conduct a search for the Chair for the Department of Nursing. 

For questions, contact: Jocelyn Clarke, AVP, Executive Search Services, Kirby Bates Associates: jclarke@kirbybates.com or Direct/Mobile: 407-624-3933.

UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.