"Open Rank Faculty - College of Health Professions, Department of Healthcare Leadership & Management - Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) Division Director - Remote"

Position Overview

The Department of Healthcare Leadership and Management at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) invites applications for the role of Division Director – Doctor of Health Administration (DHA). This is a full-time faculty position with administrative responsibilities, offered on the academic educator track with rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The DHA Division Director serves as the academic and operational leader of a long-standing yet growing doctoral program currently offered in a hybrid format and preparing for the launch of a fully online DHA track in Fall 2026. The Division Director is responsible for ensuring excellence across the entire doctoral lifecycle, including curriculum design, instructional delivery, faculty engagement, student progression, dissertation oversight, and program sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Doctoral Program Operations & Lifecycle Management

• Oversee doctoral student lifecycle including onboarding, progression, dissertation milestones, and completion.
• Design scalable dissertation supervision and faculty workload models.
• Monitor persistence, time-to-completion, and attrition metrics.

Curriculum Innovation & Delivery Modalities

• Lead curriculum innovation across hybrid and online DHA tracks.
• Advance competency-based and practice-focused doctoral pedagogy.
• Collaborate with instructional designers and faculty.

Scaling, Growth, & Strategic Leadership

• Support strategic enrollment growth and faculty capacity planning.
• Represent the DHA program internally and externally.

Faculty Leadership, Assessment, & Accreditation

• Mentor faculty and dissertation chairs.
• Lead program assessment and accreditation activities.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

• Doctoral degree in Healthcare Administration/Management, Business Administration/Management (with at least 18 graduate credit hours in Healthcare Administration/Management), Health Services Management, or a closely related field from a regionally accredited institution.
• Evidence of successful teaching experience in a doctoral-level Healthcare Administration program in higher education.
• Evidence of successful leadership experience in leading a fully online doctoral-level Healthcare Administration program in higher education.
• Demonstrated potential to contribute to research and grant activities in Healthcare Administration.

Preferred:

• Experience with competency-based education.
• Proven success in online teaching, particularly in an accelerated learning format.
• Active membership in professional organizations (e.g., AUPHA, MGMA, ACHE, NAHSE).
• Experience working in digital learning and assessment platforms.

Appointment & Compensation

This is a full-time faculty appointment with administrative responsibilities. Compensation includes a stipend for administrative duties and workload release time.

Application Process

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates must apply online through the University’s Human Resources website.

Required materials include:

1. Cover Letter addressing qualifications and leadership experience.
2. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV).
3. Teaching Philosophy Statement (1–2 pages) outlining innovative teaching strategies, online instruction experience, and leadership experience leading online doctoral education.
4. Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness.
5. Contact information for three professional references (references will only be contacted after first-round interviews).

We invite motivated and visionary individuals to join our dynamic team in shaping the future of healthcare leadership education.