Assistant Director Educational Programs - Pediatrics

Join our Pediatric Department as a Assistant Director of Educational Programs. This role supports departmental leadership in overseeing residency, fellowships, clerkship, and visiting scholars programs, while leading a team of coordinators with additional indirect oversight. The ideal candidate brings prior management experience, along with strong skills in finance and funding administration.

The Department of Pediatrics aims to: provide the highest quality and cost-efficient medical care to infants, children, and adolescents entrusted to us;
advance the knowledge in biomedical, clinical, and behavioral science through our research programs; and provide excellence and innovation in the training of the next generation of pediatricians and sub-specialists through our medical student, residency and fellowship programs. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to this unifying mission that grounds us in our work to keep children safe and healthy — in Greater Houston and beyond.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Assists Department Leadership with the execution of processes and procedures related to all aspects of the management and administration of the departments Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), Graduate Medical Education (GME), Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Visiting Scholars programs. The Assistant Director will assist and guide initiatives as directed by the Program(s) Leadership, Director of Management Operations, Chair, Vice-Chair for Education and other Senior Department Leadership.

The Assistant Director is also responsible for assessing, monitoring, and improving program compliance with requirements set forth by the appropriate accreditation agency (LCME, ACCME, and ACGME).

• Works collaboratively with leadership of student educational programs, residency program(s), and fellowship program(s) to plan, implement, and oversee quality improvement initiatives regarding onboarding, training, and administrative skills development.
• Responsible for leading and directing the departmental education efforts to expand the breadth and quality of the department's educational programs. Works to improve internal systems for both supporting and assuring compliance for accreditation and institutional policies. Plans, implements and collaborates with department education leadership faculty for program development towards the department's educational mission under the direction of the Vice-Chair for Education, Chairman and DMO.
• Acts as key departmental education liaison (internally and externally) between academic programs, affiliate clinical partners, institutional offices and accreditation agencies (ACGME, ACCME, TMB and LCME).
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Acts as the approver for all centralized education expenses. Manages hospital funding…