Assistant Director, Accreditation and Program Quality (27)

Assistant Director, Accreditation and Program Quality

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Position Title - Assistant Director, Accreditation and Program Quality

Position Type - Admin/Professional

Department - College of Medicine, Office of the Dean

Full or Part Time - Full Time

Pay Grade - MN10

Starting Salary Range: $60,356 – $69,628, commensurate with experience

Benefits & Perks

NEOMED is committed to supporting your health, well-being, and long-term success—both at work and beyond. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to help you thrive.

• Healthcare Coverage: Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance through Medical Mutual
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Short-and long-term disability coverage, Long-term care coverage options, and Life insurance
• Retirement: State retirement plan with 14% employer matching to help you plan for the future
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation and sick leave, in addition to 11 paid holidays each year
• Additional Benefits: Hybrid work environment (up to two remote days per week after six months) (Policy#3349-7-151) Educational benefits with our partner universities (Policy#3349-07-45) Ongoing investment in your professional growth through on-site training and Lean Six Sigma certification Employee wellness activities and initiatives that support a healthy work-life balance

Summary - The College of Medicine's Assistant Director for Accreditation and Program Quality provides project management and support for all aspects of accreditation for the college and manages continuous quality improvement activities related to college accreditation.

Principal Functional Responsibilities - Accreditation:

• Provide project management for accreditation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and other special initiatives.
• Manage communications to and from the college's accrediting bodies.
• Develop and maintain an effective archiving system for all accreditation-related documents for the college.
• Assist the college leadership in all aspects of the accreditation process.
• Ensure effective communication with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and university-level personnel related to the college's accreditation activities and requirements.
• Coordinate data collection activities for accreditation across college and institutional offices and synthesize information for reporting to accreditation bodies.
• Manage and coordinate responses to periodic surveys required by accreditors, including management/version control of the data collection instrument and coordination of the self-study process.
• Manage planning and operations for accreditation site visits, including: scheduling, coordinating mock and site visits, room and technology coordination, faculty/staff briefing and logistics.
• Assist college leadership with new program development as it relates to college accreditation.

Continuous Quality Improvement:

• Support the implementation of continuous quality improvement processes aligned with accreditation standards.
• Support college standing committees responsible for review of CQI data.

Other Duties:

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications - Master's degree in higher education administration, business, or other relevant field. Alternatively, a combination of bachelor's degree and project management certificate also is acceptable. Prior work experience in higher education. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

Preferred Qualifications - Prior administrative, project management and/or accreditation experience in higher education and/or clinical administration. Administrative experience in health professions education highly preferred. Basic understanding of digital survey platforms and tools.

Physical Requirements - Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.

NEOMED Campus Safety Guidelines - In an effort to keep our campus community as healthy and safe as possible, NEOMED may require vaccinations as a condition of attendance and employment. This policy will allow for exemption of the vaccination requirement for those individuals with valid medical reasons, sincerely held religious beliefs and matters of conscience.

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