Posting Details
Position Details
Title: Department Chair Department: Indianapolis Campus Appointment Status: Tenured Location: Indianapolis
Position Summary Indiana University School of Nursing (IUSON) is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Department Chair Indianapolis campus. This is an outstanding opportunity to be a part of a legacy of nursing excellence and leadership. As Indianas premiere urban Carnegie R1 university with major medical centers on or near our campus, our in-person work arrangements facilitate access to an outstanding array of institutional resources, including a robust onboarding program and a high degree of engagement and networking.
The Department Chair is responsible for the operational success of a Department on the Indianapolis campus within the IUSON core. The Department Chair has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the department to ensure success. This position reports to the Associate Dean Indianapolis.
The Department Chair is a 12-month appointment with workload at 60 administrative, 20 research or scholarly activities, 10 teaching, and 10 service.
Responsibilities The administrator has primary responsibility as the operational leader for the department on the appointed campus, including:
• Implementing programs to recruit, orient, retain, and mentor faculty in alignment with strategic priorities for the desired mix of faculty to fulfill the teaching, research, and service missions of the department, campus, and core school. • Facilitating a balance in faculty workloads commensurate with faculty appointments, full-time, part-time, adjunct, and faculty track and rank. • Ensuring faculty meet expectations, including preparation of course materials, delivery of courses, productivity in research or scholarship, and active participation in service at the institutional, school, campus, university, and external levels, state, region, national, and international. • Ensuring faculty understand how to contribute to achieving individual department, campus, and core strategic goals. • Monitoring and evaluating faculty performance outcomes, teaching, research, and service for annual evaluations and promotion and tenure. • Providing coaching to faculty experiencing emergent teaching and professional issues. • Coordinating activities of the department to ensure operational success of the School of Nursings mission, goals, and strategic priorities in collaboration with other academic administrators. • Preparing reports bearing on departmental responsibilities. • Providing input on resource needs. • Representing the department within the School of Nursing, campus, and university, and to external constituents. • Accountability for the departmental faculty performance metrics related to delivery of courses, research, and scholarship, and service.
Basic Qualifications
Earned doctorate in nursing major preferred, and a masters in nursing if the doctorate is not in nursing (e.g., EdD). Licensed or eligible to be licensed as a registered nurse in Indiana. Eligible for appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. Demonstrated experience in an academic environment.
Department Contact for Questions Tammy Leone 317-274-4157
Additional Qualifications
Salary and Rank Special Instructions
The following documents must be submitted online to:
• Letter of application • Cover Letter (2-page limit) • Curriculum vitae • Statement of Research and Teaching (Personal Statement, 5-page limit) • Contact list with six references
For additional information, please contact Dr. Janet S. Carpenter at carpentjiu.edu or phone 317-278-6065. Additional information may also be found on the web site at nursing.iu.edu.
Posting Details
Expected Start Date: 05/01/2026 Posting Number: IU-101473-2026
Supplemental Questions