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Position Summary:
The Associate Dean for Student Affairs provides strategic leadership and oversight of comprehensive student support services for a diverse medical student body of 1,000+ learners across three campuses. The Associate Dean is responsible for fostering academic success, well-being, and professional development. The role partners with faculty and administrators to ensure a cohesive, inclusive, and student-centered educational experience throughout the medical school journey.
Position Responsibilities:
Collaboration & Institutional Leadership
- Provide executive-level collaboration with Admissions, Academic Affairs, Clinical Education, and campus leaders to shape priorities and institutional direction for Student Affairs.
- Serve on medical school leadership councils and state and national committees, representing and advancing the colleges mission, vision, values, and accomplishments while cultivating strong internal and external partnerships in medical education and student affairs.
- Function as a senior leader of the Heritage College, advising college and university leadership on student related strategies, emerging trends, risk, and outcomes to inform decision-making and organizational alignment.
Leadership & Operational Oversight
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, setting clear goals, providing mentorship, and fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
- Oversee operations and resources, managing budgets, delegating responsibilities, and ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
- Ensure processes are in place to support operational continuity under all circumstances.
- Drive team performance and growth, conducting evaluations, implementing development plans, and building succession pipelines for sustained leadership.
Medical Student Support & Advocacy
- Provide executive leadership and accountability for medical student advocacy, ensuring institutional policies, practices, and resources support academic success, well-being, professional development, and career readiness.
- Direct and oversee the management of complex and high-risk student matters, guiding Student Affairs leadership and staff in decision-making related to academic progression, professionalism, and personal challenges.
- Ensure the strategic alignment, availability, and effectiveness of comprehensive student support services and referral networks across all campuses.
Academic Progress & Advancement
- Oversee monitoring of medical student academic performance, professionalism, and progression.
- Manage processes related to remediation, leaves of absence, academic probation, and reentry.
- Collaborate with academic leadership to develop and implement initiatives that support medical student success and retention.
Wellness & Well-Being
- Provide executive oversight of systems monitoring medical student academic performance, professionalism, and progression across all campuses.
- Lead and govern institutional processes for remediation, academic status actions, leaves of absence, and reentry, ensuring consistency, fairness, and compliance.
- Partner with academic leadership to design, implement, and evaluate strategic initiatives that advance student success, persistence, and retention.
Medical Student Professionalism & Conduct
- Provide executive oversight of professionalism standards, conduct policies, and disciplinary frameworks to ensure alignment with institutional values and accreditation expectations.
- Lead the institutional response to student concerns related to mistreatment, grievances, and professionalism violations, ensuring a timely, equitable, and defensible resolution.
- Ensure disciplinary and conduct processes are fair, consistent, transparent, and legally sound across all campuses.
Career Advising & Professional Development
- Provide strategic leadership for medical student career exploration, specialty advising, and residency preparation across the educational continuum.
- Oversee and evaluate advising infrastructures, mentoring programs, and professional development initiatives to ensure effectiveness and equity.
- Partner with Clinical Education and Graduate Medical Education leadership to align advising, assessment, and career readiness outcomes.
- Advise and support faculty on best practices for learner engagement, professional boundaries, and the management of student concerns.
Student Engagement & Community Building
- Set strategic direction for medical student leadership development, organizations, and co-curricular programming.
- Advance institutional initiatives that foster student engagement, belonging, and community across Heritage Colleges three-campus model.
- Provide executive oversight and support for medical student government and leadership development within a distributed campus environment.
Policy, Compliance & Accreditation
- Ensure institutional compliance with accreditation standards (e.g.,COCA) related to student services, wellness, professionalism, and the learning environment.
- Lead the development, implementation, and periodic review of student-related policies and procedures.
- Direct preparation of institutional documentation, data, and narratives for accreditation reviews and internal audits.
Crisis Response & Case Management
- Provide executive leadership in the response to student crises, including mental health emergencies, critical incidents, and high-risk situations.
- Convene and coordinate multidisciplinary response and support teams to ensure timely, appropriate interventions.
- Serve as a senior institutional resource for complex student cases, facilitating resolution among students, faculty, and administrators.
Data, Assessment & Continuous Improvement
- Provide strategic oversight of data collection and analysis related to student outcomes, engagement, satisfaction, and persistence.
- Oversee departmental processes and data management practices to ensure that all student-related contact and activities are tracked in a system that allows for operational continuity and data analytics (such as Sales Force or E-medley)
- Lead needs assessments, program evaluations, and analysis of student feedback to inform data-driven decision-making aligned with institutional priorities.
- Monitor national trends and best practices in medical student affairs, translating insights into continuous improvement of student services, policies, and programming.
About the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine:
Mission:
We pride ourselves on our strong focus on our mission: training osteopathic primary care physicians to serve Ohio.
Our medical school educates physicians committed to practice in Ohio, emphasizes primary care, engages in focused research, and embraces both Appalachian and urban communities. Integral to this mission, our college community commits itself to: providing a clinically integrated, learning-centered, osteopathic medical education continuum for students, interns, residents and primary care associates; embracing public service; and improving the health and well-being of underserved populations.
Vision:
A healthier Ohio, empowered by compassionate osteopathic physicians.
With our graduates and partners, we advance care and knowledge to improve the health of our communities. Our culture is built upon resiliency, courage and compassion. Our physicians humanize each patient encounter, bridging the gap between therapeutics, medical technologies, health systems, care delivery and disparity.
Essential Values:
These fundamental principles form the foundation of the culture at our college: wholeness and balance within each person; integrity; community of mutual respect; acceptance of others; pursuit of excellence; a climate of scholarship; and commitment to service, generosity and compassion.
Minimum Qualifications:
Requires a Masters degree in a related field, 15 or more years of related professional experience, and 9 or more years of supervisory experience, or equivalent education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 7+ Years of Progressively Responsible Leadership Experience In Medical Education, Student Affairs, or Academic Administration
- Demonstrated Senior-Level Leadership Experience Supporting Medical Students Across the Continuum of Academic Progress, Professionalism, Wellness & Career Development
- Experience Leading Student Affairs Across Multiple Campuses or Within a Distributed Medical Education Model
- Experience Serving in an Associate Dean, Assistant Dean, or Comparable Senior Academic Leadership Role
- Experience Advising Faculty on Learner Engagement, Professionalism, and Remediation Practices
- D.O., M.D., Ed.D., or Ph.D.
- Knowledge and/or Experience of/with Osteopathic Medicine/Medical Education
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Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mar 15, 2026