Assistant Director of Simulation

Position Title

Assistant Director of Simulation

Academic Staff

Terminal (Fixed Term)

Academic Assessment Manager

Join the READY RURAL team and play a key leadership role in advancing innovative, simulation-based healthcare education that prepares learners for today s evolving workforce. The Assistant Director of Simulation provides leadership for simulation strategy, academic assessment, technology integration, faculty development, and competency-based evaluation across READY RURAL s simulation and Virtual Care-enabled learning environments.

In this collaborative leadership role, you will work closely with faculty, healthcare partners, and campus stakeholders to ensure simulation experiences are aligned with curricular outcomes, professional competencies, accreditation standards, workforce needs, and grant objectives. You will help shape and coordinate simulation initiatives, oversee assessment and quality assurance processes, support technology-enabled learning, and provide consultation and professional development that promotes excellence in simulation-based education.

The Assistant Director will coordinate simulation operations, including lab and Virtual Care scheduling, equipment readiness, and technology integration, while supporting innovative teaching, competency tracking, learner assessment, and outcomes reporting. This position also plays a vital role in collecting and analyzing data for grant reporting, accreditation, continuous quality improvement, and workforce readiness initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced educational leader who is passionate about advancing healthcare education through simulation, evidence-based instructional practices, academic assessment, and collaborative partnerships that strengthen student success and rural healthcare workforce development.

Universities of Wisconsin also offers an extremely competitive benefits package for 2026 that includes:

• Health plans, currently starting at $45 per month.
• 176 hours of vacation per year (prorated for start date).
• 36 hours of personal holiday, and 9 legal holidays (prorated for start date).
• 176 Hours of sick leave for first 18 months. After this period, employees can earn up to 96 hours per fiscal year. Accumulates without limit and does not expire.
• Paid parental leave after six months of continuous employment.
• Wisconsin Retirement System (pension) with 7.2% employer contribution for 2026.

All employment benefits are subject to change. A full list of current benefits and eligibility requirements can be found on our website.

This position is funded through the READY RURAL grant and is initially offered as a one-year fixed-term appointment. Opportunity for renewal past the initial year is possible depending on grant funding and satisfactory performance.

• Plans, executes, and evaluates data collection initiatives, and maintains management and collection resources
• Serves as a subject matter expert and liaison to internal and external stakeholders
• Collects, prepares, and analyzes data, and prepares reports
• Continuously improves methods and processes for assessment instrument development
• Manages complex databases and performs analyses of large data sets
• May exercise supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 FTE or equivalent employees
• Provides operational guidance on the implementation of new or revised institutional operational policies and procedures for learning and programmatic assessment

College of Nursing, Health Professions and STEM

Starting at $85,000 commensurate with experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare, Education, Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Technology, Health Sciences, Nursing, Public Health, or related field
• Experience coordinating academic programs, assessment activities, simulation programs, curriculum initiatives, or teaching and learning support services.
• Experience supporting assessment planning,…