Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance

Director Of Education Accreditation And Compliance

The Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance will oversee accreditation, compliance, policies, and strategic improvement operations relevant to the education mission of the school, largely in the office of Academic Affairs. The position will report to the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs with a close collaborative relationship with other members of the Dean's leadership team at the school, health professions program leaders, and academic and administrative leaders that serve the school or partner with the school.

The Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance develops and oversees effective processes and work flows to ensure full compliance for accreditation for all SMPH professional degree programs. Working in partnership with educational faculty, program staff, and administrative leaders as well as other stakeholders (which may include staff, students, and community members), and the program director and/or deans, this individual in this position:

• Develops and/or reviews processes, timelines, and workflows for the ongoing accreditation of all existing health professional programs, as well as any new health profession degree programs, at SMPH to ensure compliance with accreditation
• Oversees evidence-based, metric-driven continuous quality improvement (CQI) relevant to accreditation, and mission aligned alignment, school and campus key performance indicators to ensure effective quality improvement plans and process improvement practices related to the above areas within SMPH health professional programs
• Assesses, tracks, and demonstrates successful outcomes relevant to accreditation standards, campus policies, and state/federal mandates
• Supervises and supports staff who support accreditation processes, compliance, program evaluations, student assessments while, collaborating with staff and faculty across programs
• Provides leadership of, or participation in, special projects related to the academic mission of the institution as determined by the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs or other members of the Dean's Leadership Team

This Director also plays a key role in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, editing, helping finalize, disseminating, and updating education program policies and affiliation agreements as required by Academic Affairs education programs working with institutional leaders, school contracts office, and campus office of legal affairs as needed.

This position requires attention to detail, adherence to timelines, and effective, productive, positive, and professional interactions with diverse educational and administrative leaders of complex health systems, academic health centers, university systems, campus partners, schools, departments, and health professional programs

• This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
• The work schedule is flexible and will be determined at the time of hire.

Candidates who demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities will be given first consideration:

• Demonstration of highly effective oral and written communication skills
• Excellent project management and time management skills
• Proven success with accreditation, compliance, CQI processes, and/or policy development
• Significant work experience in a medical school, health professions school, higher education, or other academic setting
• Ability to create and deliver high quality reports, data summaries, and presentations to diverse audiences, from administrative leaders to learners
• Experience supervising staff
• Working knowledge of software and systems to enhance productivity and effectiveness in role
• Experience analyzing quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience with accreditation standards or similar regulatory frameworks
• Integrity, professionalism, and accountability

The starting salary for the position is $ 138,000 annually; but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. For more information, refer to the campus benefits webpage.

• 5 years or more experience working with accreditation, compliance, education affiliations, strategic quality improvement, and/or policy development in higher education or in health care environment
• Demonstrated outstanding time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders across multiple disciplines
• Master's degree in relevant area (i.e., MPH, MHA, MD, MBA)

• PhD or other relevant terminal or advanced professional degree (such as JD, DEd, MD, DO, DNP)

• Master's degree in relevant area (i.e., MPH, MHA, MD, MBA) required
• PhD or other relevant terminal or advanced professional degree (such as JD, DEd,…