Accreditation Manager

Overview

Accreditation Manager, University Partnerships and Post-Professional Accreditation
Reports to the Associate Director of Accreditation

The Accreditation Manager leads a pod of Accreditation Coordinators to support accreditation and regulatory compliance across University Partner (UP) and Post-Professional programs. This roleis responsible for assigning and prioritizing work, supervising performance, ensuring accuracy and quality in accreditation deliverables, andmaintainingalignment with accrediting body requirements.

The Manager provides coaching, performance feedback, and workflow oversight to ensure high-quality accreditation support across all assigned programs.

Team Leadership & Performance Management

• Provides strategic leadership, forecastingaccreditationreadiness and resource allocation needs.

• Supervises Coordinators providing ongoing coaching, direction, and performance feedback.

• Assigns, prioritizes, andmonitorsworkloadsto ensure timely,accurate completion of accreditation tasks.

• Evaluates team performanceandidentifiesopportunities for growth, skill development, and improvement.

• Ensures adherence to accreditation processes, documentation standards, and quality expectations across the team.

• Communicates expectations, goals, and deadlines, ensuring clarity and accountability.

• Supports hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members within the Accreditation function.

Accreditation Workflow Oversight

• Oversees accreditation workflows for assigned UP and Post-Professional programs, ensuring alignment with accrediting body requirements.

• Ensures accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accreditation documents produced by the team, including narratives, appendices, data tables, and supporting materials.

• Identifies risks, gaps, or delaysinaccreditationworkflows and implements corrective actions or escalates issues as needed.

• Ensures faculty documentation workflows are executed accurately and that CVs, qualifications, and contemporaryexpertisedocumentation meet accreditor expectations.

• Reviews high-risk or complex accreditation materials prior to submission, providing guidance and final quality checks.

Continuing Education (CE) & Residency Accreditation Oversight

• EnsuresaccurateandtimelyCE submissions(PT state boards, BOC, AOTA, ASHA/SLP, ARC-PA) by supervising the work of Specialists and Coordinators.

• Monitors CE status, compliance requirements, and deadlines, and ensures documentation ismaintainedaccurately.

• Ensures residency accreditation tasksare completed according to established processes and accreditor expectations.

• Provides guidance to the team on CE and residency requirements, escalating complex issues when necessary.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Serves as the primary Accreditation contact for Coordinator led workflows, including faculty documentation, portal uploads, and related accreditation support activities for assigned UP partnerships.

• Coordinates with Program Directors, faculty, Operations, and UP leadership on Coordinator led accreditation workflows and collaborates with Accreditation Consultants on programmatic accreditation requirements.

• Facilitates accreditation-related meetings, ensuring agenda alignment, discussion flow,accurate notes, andtimelyfollow-up.

Process Improvement & Operational Leadership

• Evaluatesaccreditationworkflowsandidentifiesopportunities to improve efficiency, clarity, and quality.

• Implements improvements to templates, tools, and processes in collaboration with the Associate Director.

• Ensures consistent application of accreditation standards across the pod and contributes to the development of best practices.

• Supports strategic accreditation initiatives, including readiness planning, cycle forecasting, and operational improvements.

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