Open Rank Clinical Professor and Program Director (Charlotte, NC) - School of Nursing

About the Opportunity

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Arlington, Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; London; Portland, Maine; Oakland; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

The School of Nursing in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University has developed a research-intensive/teaching/learning environment for students and faculty. Creating an environment where students thrive begins with the faculty. The School of Nursing faculty are a committed group of professionals who are highly qualified, nationally known, and characterized by a range of experiences in nursing practice, research, and education. The ultimate goal is to advance the School of Nursing’s position to one of the nation’s top research schools of nursing.

The wide range of programs offered by the School of Nursing from baccalaureate through DNP and PhD degrees highlights the responsiveness of the school to the healthcare needs of individuals and communities in the state, nation, and globally. The School of Nursing is committed to co-creating an environment conducive to incubating innovative ideas and strategies aimed at creating a more dignified patient-family-centered healthcare system.

About the Opportunity

The School of Nursing invites applications for a full-time Open Rank Non-Tenure Track Clinical Professor and Program Director for the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offered at the Charlotte, NC campus. This position has an anticipated start date in January 2027.

The candidate will have demonstrated teaching excellence and commitment to supporting faculty, staff, and student environments. The candidate should possess a terminal degree in Nursing, Education, or related field.

We welcome candidates with interdisciplinary expertise who can lead and collaborate with faculty and researchers at Bouvé and across Northeastern University.

Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses, engaging in scholarship, and participating in departmental, college, and university service. Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.

Responsibilities of the Program Director include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Oversee and provide content needed to ensure accuracy and compliance with governance and regulatory processes including: curriculum governance/catalog updates, website updates, marketing materials, college database maintenance (e.g. programs list or accreditation information), professional licensure disclosure, accidental injury or liability insurance enrollment, DNP/PhD student funding as applicable and other program-specific consents and waivers, as applicable.

• Ensure timely submission of forms relating to students’ achievement of milestones or other academic needs (such as CPT approvals, DNP/PhD candidacy, thesis or dissertation milestones, responses to Office of Global Services, Co-Operative Education, etc.).

• Collaborate with Bouvé College Enrollment Management and Global Launch Services on strategic plans for program enrollment growth or sustainability across our global university system.

• Help to recruit and yield qualified students from different backgrounds and ensure that all correspondence with prospective and enrolled students is accurate and timely.

• In collaboration with Bouvé College Enrollment Management, evaluate applicants for admission to graduate and second-degree programs and internal transfer applicants to undergraduate programs.

• In partnership with Office of Student Services, monitor academic standing and progression of all students enrolled in the program and complete graduation clearance processes as requested. Supervise or provide department-based professional student services, such as program-specific advising and guidance on professional licensure as applicable. Complete faculty advisor training program offered by Office of Student Services.

• Initiate and foster external relationships that are beneficial to the program and/or that inform program development, including with professional associations, clinical placement and internship sites, guest lecturers, industry leaders or program advisory board members, alumni, potential donors, and partner institutions for prospective applicants to the program.

• Represent the program at department, college and university events that relate to the viability and success of the program such as open houses, convocation, commencement and faculty meetings.

• Execute and oversee program assessment and evaluation; manage any professional accreditation and/or licensing review as needed by specific program; and/or university requirement. Oversee execution of the program’s assessment plan.

• Forecast and manage the allocation of program and university resources in collaboration with the school Dean (when applicable) including: Staff support and faculty teaching workload (within program and in collaboration with Associate Dean of Academic Affairs as needed for interdisciplinary programs), class demand forecasting and optimal class scheduling (via the Courseleaf/CLSS system), orient new faculty hires regarding program student learning outcomes and assessment and other matters specific to instruction within the program and review part-time faculty evaluations with Unit Leader and make recommendations regarding future part-time faculty hiring.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in Nursing, Education, or related field by appointment start date.

• Evidence of an established area of research and scholarship, teaching excellence, and demonstrated excellence and commitment to supporting faculty, staff, and student environments.

• Licensure in the state of North Carolina

• Eligibility for RN licensure in Massachusetts

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vita that includes a list of publications, statements addressing the prompts below, and a letter of interest indicating the position you are applying for. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as they arrive.

Successful faculty at Northeastern will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence and a commitment to fostering belonging in the university community. Thus, strong candidates for this faculty position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Please indicate how your expertise, knowledge, and skills have prepared you to contribute to this work with written statements addressing the following prompts:

Teaching statement:

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

Leadership statement:

Please describe your past experiences and activities and/or your future plans detailing your leadership style, how you intend to cultivate a culture that promotes a sense of belonging, including fostering a free and open exchange of ideas and managing different perspectives to help others strengthen their practice.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Position Type

Academic

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range:

52-week salary ranges: Assistant Clinical Professor: $84,000.00 - $102,000.00 | Associate Clinical Professor: $92,000.00 - $112,000.00 | Clinical Professor: $101,000.00 - $123,000.00

With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.