Part-Time - Executive Director of the Center for Health Equity and Systems Research

The Rutgers School of Nursing invites applications for the Part-Time position of Executive Director of the Center for Health Equity and Systems Research ( CHESR). Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with scholarly achievements including funded research and publication record, as well as other relevant professional experience.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the expertise and commitment to advancing nursing and interdisciplinary research as well as the launching and sustainment of a school of nursing research center

New Jersey's premier academic health center, Rutgers Health takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

The School of Nursing is one of eight schools that make up the Rutgers University, Rutgers Health. . As part of the Rutgers Health division, the School of Nursing offers unique opportunities in education, research, and practice at a leading national research university which is the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education.

Innovative academic offerings include bachelor's ( BSN), master's, post-master's, Doctor of Nursing Practice ( DNP) , and PhD programs that are preparing nurse leaders of today and tomorrow at campus locations in Newark, New Brunswick, and Blackwood, NJ. Our BSN, master's and DNP programs are ranked by US News and World Report as being among the highly rated programs in the nation.

As one of the nation's largest, most comprehensive nursing schools, the Rutgers School of Nursing is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, evidence-based research and health care delivery, and promotion of community health. The school is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of current and future students through innovative teaching and learning strategies in the undergraduate and graduate programs. Moreover, the school has distance education offerings that include online hybrid options. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a variety of baccalaureate and graduate programs.

Rutgers University School of Nursing is ranked among the nation's top 15 in 2022-2024 US News and World Report, as No. 14 in Best Nursing Schools: Master's and No. 6 in Best Nursing Schools: Doctor of Nursing Practice .

Rutgers School of Nursing is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive community and seeks faculty and staff who embrace this commitment. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution.

** To address the current and projected critical shortage of nurse faculty in the State of New Jersey by providing an incentive for persons to enter graduate nursing education programs by offering student loan redemption in exchange for full-time faculty employment at a school of nursing in the State of New Jersey for a five-year period following completion of the approved graduate degree program.
https://he7606.hesaa.org/Pages/NursingFacultyLoanRedemptionProgram.aspx

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement.

Please list your funded grant history on the addendum, including past and current grants. For each grant award please list:

1. Title of project

2. Funding agency

3. Your role on the grant (PI, Co-PI, MPI, Director)

4. Award start date

5. Award end date

6. Total amount of the award (funding)

7. Percentage of effort

For more information go to https://facultyaffairs.rbhs.rutgers.edu/