Administrative Director - Graduate Medical Education

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Work Arrangement:
On-Site

Requisition Number: 276056

Regular or Temporary:
Regular

Location:

Durham, NC, US, 27710

Date:
Oct 12, 2026

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The largest of the four Duke Health hospitals with 1062 patient beds, it features comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

The Administrative Director, Graduate Medical Education (GME) provides senior administrative and operational leadership for Duke University Health System’s GME enterprise. Reporting to the Director of Graduate Medical Education / Designated Institutional Official (DIO), this role is responsible for leading the administrative infrastructure, business operations, personnel management, financial processes, communications, and institutional support functions required to sustain more than 160 residency and fellowship programs and approximately 1,200 physician trainees across Duke.

The Administrative Director serves as a key operational partner to the DIO and senior GME leadership, translating institutional priorities into reliable systems, workflows, policies, and services that support program directors, associate program directors, program coordinators, residents, fellows, departments, and health system leaders. This position strengthens the capacity of the Office of Graduate Medical Education (OGME) to operate as a coordinated, service-oriented, and strategically aligned administrative unit within Duke University Health System.

Duke’s GME enterprise operates across a large and complex academic health system, with responsibilities that span accreditation support, trainee employment and onboarding, budget oversight, policy administration, institutional reporting, communications, and coordination with departments, hospitals, the School of Medicine, Human Resources, Finance, Compliance, Legal, and other institutional partners.

The Administrative Director provides day-to-day administrative leadership for OGME operations and helps ensure that the office has the staffing, processes, data, and infrastructure needed to meet institutional obligations and support high-quality graduate medical education. This includes oversight of administrative team performance, office workflows, internal service standards, documentation practices, and cross-functional initiatives that affect GME programs and trainees.

The position also plays a central role in the continuing work of a new funding model for GME programs, aligning GME operations with Duke University Health System priorities, including enterprise-level planning, budgeting, policy implementation, program support, and operational transitions that affect GME staff, trainees, and program leaders and administrators.

A major responsibility of this role is to lead and develop the GME administrative team, including managers and staff responsible for accreditation support, operations, finance, communications, human resources coordination, records management, trainee services, and office administration. The Administrative Director is expected to promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, responsiveness, professional development, and continuous improvement.

The proposed effort distribution below reflects the anticipated steady-state responsibilities of the Administrative Director, with recognition that effort may shift during major institutional initiatives, annual budget cycles, accreditation activities, onboarding periods, and operational transitions.

Responsibility Area

Effort

Key Responsibilities

Administrative Leadership and Office Operations

25%

Lead day-to-day administrative operations of the Office of Graduate Medical Education; establish clear workflows, service standards, internal controls, documentation practices, and accountability structures; ensure timely completion of recurring operational responsibilities and effective…