Director of Curriculum and Assessment; Hybrid - Office of Medical Student Education

Director of Curriculum and Assessment (Hybrid) - Office of Medical Student Education

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The Director of Curriculum and Assessment plays a key role within the Office of Education (OE) at WashU School of Medicine that establishes and implements operations, processes, timelines, and short‑ and long‑term outcomes for the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE). The office provides all services related to curriculum and assessment for the MD program, including the required, selective, and elective MD curriculum, competency‑based assessment, local and away rotations, collaboration across OE units for educational projects, continuous quality improvement, and accreditation efforts.

The role serves as a liaison and collaborative partner to students, faculty, and staff for all issues involving operations within the curriculum and is responsible for monitoring expenditures and analyzing budgetary data for the OMSE unit.

• Directs daily operations and administrative management of the unit.
• Establishes and implements all administrative and operational policies, procedures, and guidelines, in alignment with OE, accreditation, and Institutional policies as appropriate.
• Directs OMSE staff inclusive of hiring, assignment of work responsibilities, annual performance evaluations, and consistent feedback for staff professional growth.
• Content expert and team member for Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation efforts, inclusive of continuous quality improvement efforts and monitoring.
• Creation, implementation, and evaluation of unit strategic plans and priorities, in partnership with peer units and in alignment with OE priorities and missions.
• Collaborates on and manages educational projects in partnership with OE units.
• Liaison to students, faculty, and staff.

• Director of all curriculum operations and adherence to curriculum guiding principles.
• Oversight and direction of curricular governance committees.
• Oversight and delegation of curriculum tasks, inclusive of but not limited to scheduling across the curriculum, knowledge and use of the learning management system, in‑person session needs, receipt and collation of session materials, room reservations, video editing, and liaising with faculty, staff, students and key curriculum partners such as WashU IT and Facilities.
• Implementation of quality assurance and quality improvement to ensure processes are efficient and effective.

• Understanding of the day‑to‑day tasks and processes associated with the program of assessment.
• Member of the assessment leadership team to achieve strategic planning objectives, priorities and initiatives.
• Guidance and direction of in‑person exam proctoring inclusive of a curriculum‑wide exam and proctor schedule, set‑up, supplies, proctor scripts and day‑of troubleshooting.

• Key leader in moving and achieving the unit strategic plan in alignment with OE and institutional priorities.
• Integral member of relevant committees, including undergraduate medical education governance committee meetings, phase 1 and 2 team meetings, threads working group and the OMSE leadership team.
• Work closely with UME leadership in the forecasting, development and implementation of initiatives and programs related to curriculum and assessment at the school and university level.
• Responsible for overseeing the dissemination of curriculum information to the various constituents within the School of Medicine and other programs.
• Provides operational updates as a part of the OE leadership team.
• Ability to problem‑solve and drive solutions with minimal oversight from executive leadership.

• Monitor expenditures and analyze budgetary data.
• Request pre‑approvals and approve requests for unit needs.
• With OMSE leadership, assists with annual budget review and recommendations.

• Normal office environment.