Chair, Rehabilitation Sciences

Samuel Merritt University · Oakland

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Management:  10%

• Manages the departmental budget by allocating resources across programs, overseeing facilities, and coordinating efficient scheduling of courses and faculty workloads.
• Tracks financial performance against budget allocations, addressing variances as they arise while balancing departmental needs with institutional priorities.
• Leads external relations and partnership development to strengthen the department.
• Oversees equipment maintenance, negotiates faculty and staff salaries, and secures funding for work-study student positions.

Planning: 20%

• Ensures all programs in the department maintain academic integrity, coherence, and compliance with institutional and accrediting standards.
• Ensures overall department curriculum aligns with College/University goals.
• Guides curriculum development across programs and fosters interprofessional/interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Provides leadership in fostering department vision, philosophy and mission consistent with those of the College/University.
• Facilitates acquisition of resources for program development, research and externally funded projects.

Student Recruitment & Support:  25%           

• Oversees departmental-level student concerns, appeals, and grievances.
• Ensures academic policies are consistently upheld and that students across all programs receive equitable support.
• Partners with the enrollment management team to market programs and recruit qualified applicants.
• Supports program student recruitment in close collaboration with the marketing team.

Physical Facilities: 5%

• Oversees the adequacy and space utilization of classrooms, laboratories, offices, and storage space.
• Responsible for maintaining equipment in good working order and seeing that programs have the supplies they need for instruction.

Human Resources:  10%

• Recruits, hires, supervises, and oversees evaluation of faculty members and staff.
• Provides mentorship, promotes faculty/staff development, and addresses performance issues.
• Responsible for faculty workload assignments and ensuring balance across teaching, scholarship, and service.

Reports and Documentation:  10%

• Maintains departmental compliance with university policies and external accrediting bodies.
• Provides support to Program Directors in preparing accreditation materials and reports.
• Responsible for compliance with accreditation policies and procedures.
• Assures that accreditation fees are paid in a timely fashion.
• Maintains secure systems for holding student files and records.

Teaching, Scholarship, and Service:  20%

• Teaches courses within area of expertise,
• Engages in scholarly activities appropriate to rank
• Actively participates in professional organizations.

Education and/or Experience:

• Ph.D., M.D., D.O., or equivalent terminal degree in a health/science discipline
• Demonstrated excellence in teaching and scholarly activity in a higher education environment.
• Prior leadership or administrative experience in an academic setting preferred, especially in roles where clinical and non-clinical programming occurred.

Skills & Ability:

• Knowledge and experience in
• Administration
• Management
• Budget management
• Curriculum development and assessment
• Negotiation with internal and external stakeholders
• Computer and internet use
• Effective time management, and communication skills. 

Physical Effort Required:

• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds, carry, push, pull, kneel, and stoop.
• Must be able to move about campus to accomplish tasks
• Dexterity of the hands and fingers for computer use and handling materials
• Ability to read, write, compose, and edit complex documents
• Ability to sit doing deskwork for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to talk, express ideas by means of verbal and written communication
• Ability to receive and interpret detailed information through verbal and written communication

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