Assistant Director Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center; NEI-AHEC)

Assistant Director of the Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center (NEI-AHEC)

Goshen College is a Christian liberal arts institution that prepares students to thrive in life, leadership and service. We strive to model an inclusive community committed to transformative justice, peace, and sustainability. A respect and appreciation of the Anabaptist
- Mennonite faith perspective and practices, and a commitment to the mission, vision, core values and community standards of Goshen College, are important for teaching and administrative faculty members.

Goshen College invites applications for a full-time appointment (100%) as the Assistant Director for the Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center (NEI-AHEC), starting October 2026.

The Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve health through addressing health workforce quality, supply, and distribution. Part of Indiana’s network of Area Health Education Centers, the regional AHEC for northeastern Indiana (NEI) serves the following counties:
Allen, Dekalb, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and Whitley. NEI-AHEC activities include promoting health careers to K-12 students in the region, supporting and enhancing clinical training capacity in the region, and providing educational resources for health professionals already practicing in the region.

The Assistant Director will support the work of the Director through maintaining contact with healthcare partners and learners served by the eight counties in the NEI-AHEC region. This may include developing outreach materials, managing budgets, data reporting and selected project management. The Assistant Director will serve as the point of contact for many healthcare partners and students engaged in NEI-AHEC programs.

Travel to partner sites will be required.

The Assistant Director will report to the Director of NEI-AHEC

• Assess regional needs and capacities with particular attention to medically underserved communities and at-risk populations.
• Assist the Director and other Goshen College staff with the development, coordination and management of health professions clinical training and education programs with a variety of community, academic, and clinical partners in an eight-county region of northeastern Indiana.
• In consultation with the Director, oversee management of the NEI-AHEC clinical travel grant program.
• In consultation with the Director, seek out and manage additional funding opportunities, including but not limited to the Division of Mental Health and Addiction grant.
• Develop and manage career exploration programming in secondary education settings, clinical support programming in post–secondary education settings, plan events for Scholar Fellowship students, and develop continuing education opportunities for licensed health professionals in the region.
• In consultation with the Director, manage the development, coordination, implementation, marketing and recruitment of the NEI AHEC Scholars Program to improve the skills and competencies of health profession students completing their final two years of academic training.
• Present AHEC Scholars Program information and other NEI-AHEC program information to external stakeholder and potential student Scholars; establish partnerships with relevant academic programs and university support service offices.
• In consultation with the Director, provide overall management of the applicant review and selection processes for NEI AHEC Scholars Program.
• Oversee monthly online discussions, technical assistance and problem-solving activities to mentor Scholars Fellowship students and other health professions students.
• Complete administrative tasks related to…