Programs Director BME

Title :

Programs Director BME

Department :

Bio-Medical Engineering

Reports To :

Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering

Position Type : Staff

Position Summary :

Reporting to the Department Chair, the Programs Director serves as the department manager of academic programs and initiatives. The position involves student success planning and initiatives, university and department initiatives, management of academic administrative functions, and teaching classes. This position leads the department ABET assessment, continuous improvement and accreditation processes. The Director collects input for constituencies, and prepares and presents program information and strategic initiatives to the Advisory Board. Being the central academic director to the department, the specifics of the Program Director's job will vary, depending on the needs at the time, academic initiatives, and the growth of department.

Essential Functions :

• Oversees the performance of academic programs in terms of student success and department goals and initiatives. Meets regularly with the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies (ADUS) and keeps informed of the undergraduate program issues. Meets regularly with the Director of MS programs (DMSP) and keeps informed of MS program issues. Identifies unmet teaching and student advising needs, formulates solutions and reports to the Department Chair. Serves as a back up to the all BME academic program operation.
• Coordinates the curriculums, student enrollment between the undergraduate and graduate programs. Handles academic issues that need to be addressed by the Department Chair and faculty committees. Gathers relevant information, prepares data, trends analysis, and review presentations for faculty committees and the Department Chair.
• Acts as the academic administrator for the joint BME PhD program, addressing admissions, program administration, coordination between Rutgers NJMS and NJIT BME, and recruitment.
• Assist the Department Chair and the Assistant to the Chair in coordinating adjunct faculty instruction by communicating about course schedules and initiating contracts. Provide assistance to adjunct faculty members with instructional needs and questions. Help with identifying and recruiting new adjunct faculty members for instructional needs.
• Works with department faculty members to provide the information needed for assessment of teaching effectiveness.
• Manages the department accreditation and assessment processes. Coordinates the collection of assessment data, analysis of data and preparation of assessment and accreditation documents. Co-Chairs the ABET committee with the faculty ABET coordinator.
• Assists the Department Chair with collecting, organizing and presenting academic program data for university requests, program initiatives, and external communications.
• Provides instruction of BME courses as assigned by the Department Chair. Instructional duties will be within the maximum allowable contact hours for this position.
• Leads all academic initiatives and projects for the department as assigned by the Department Chair.

Additional Functions :

Prerequisite Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Bargaining Unit : PSA

Range / Band : 26

Salary Information :

In compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Law, the negotiated annual salary range for this position is $73,502.29-$137,773.44 (USD). NJIT considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education / training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses or other items.

To learn more about the comprehensive benefits NJIT offers for this position, please visit our benefits page : https : / / hr.njit.edu / health-benefits.

FLSA : Exempt

Full-Time

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