Manager of Education and Experiential Learning

Recruitment Period: 11/05/2026 - Until Filled

Status:
Full-Time, 40 hours/week

Salary Information:
Annual Minimum Salary-$58,400-Annual Maximum Salary-$93,400

Target Hiring Range- $58,400-$60,000 Annually

Hiring Rate:
Dependent upon qualifications and experience

On Campus Position

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) was founded as a 501(c) (3) non-profit medical institution in 2005 aimed at increasing access to health care in medically underserved areas of the Pacific Northwest.

The University currently offers the degrees of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Master of Biomedical Sciences, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy enrolling over 550 students annually. Interprofessional education partnerships with other universities adds another 100 students to the population. The campus includes 300 employees with academic programming spread over a five-state region.

PNWU is located in Yakima, WA, a city of approximately 95,000 located in the south-central part of the state near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in a major agricultural and outdoor recreation region. It is approximately 140 miles from Seattle, 170 miles from Portland, and 200 miles from Spokane. The Yakima Valley is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) does not sponsor employment visas. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and for the duration of their employment with PNWU. Employment eligibility will be verified in accordance with federal law.

Reporting to the Director of Simulation Center, the Manager of Education and Experiential Learning leads the educational design, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the Center’s assigned experiential learning portfolio, including simulation-based education, simulated patient (SP) methodology, interprofessional education (IPE), and other approved experiential learning activities. The Manager supervises the Simulation Educators and other assigned educational staff and partners with faculty and subject-matter experts to build learning and assessment experiences that are educationally sound, aligned with learning objectives, and consistent with applicable standards of best practice.

As a people leader, the Manager sets clear expectations, coaches and develops staff through timely feedback, and builds a collaborative team grounded in trust, accountability, and psychological safety. The Manager identifies the staffing, learner, SP, space, technology, and resource needs of the educational portfolio and communicates them to the Director and ELC Operations for capacity and resource planning. Center-wide strategy, governance, partnerships, accreditation frameworks, resource allocation, operations, technology infrastructure, facilities, and safety rest with the Assistant Provost for Experiential Learning and the Director, as applicable.

Duties an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Leads the development, review, implementation, and refinement of assigned simulation-based, SP-based, interprofessional, and other approved experiential learning activities.
• Partners with faculty and discipline-specific subject-matter experts to align learning objectives, learner level, instructional methods, assessment strategies, and debriefing approaches. Faculty and designated clinical subject-matter experts retain authority for discipline-specific clinical content and academic program decisions.
• Implements approved ELC educational priorities within the direction set by the Director and the Assistant Provost; academic program curriculum, institutional strategy, and center-wide resource allocation sit above this role.

• Establishes and monitors educational quality processes across the assigned portfolio, keeping practice consistent with applicable simulation, SP, IPE, assessment, and institutional standards.
• Reviews recurring concerns, rework, learner feedback, and program outcomes; uses that data to identify patterns and implements approved improvements.
• Supports ELC accreditation and quality assurance activities by maintaining educational evidence and addressing assigned findings. Ownership of accreditation frameworks and…