"Assistant Director, Accreditation and Program Quality"

Job Description

Position Type: Admin/Professional

Department: Dean's Office - Dentistry

Full or Part Time: Full Time

Pay Grade: MN10

Summary:

The Bitonte College of Dentistry’s Assistant Director for Accreditation and Program Quality provides project management and support for all aspects of accreditation for the college and manages continuous quality improvement activities related to college accreditation.

Principal Functional Responsibilities:

Accreditation:

• Provide project management for accreditation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and other special initiatives.
• Manage communications to and from the college’s accrediting bodies.
• Develop and maintain an effective archiving system for all accreditation-related documents for the college.
• Assist the college leadership in all aspects of the accreditation process.
• Ensure effective communication with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and university-level personnel related to the college’s accreditation activities and requirements.
• Coordinate data collection activities for accreditation across college and institutional offices and synthesize information for reporting to accreditation bodies.
• Manage and coordinate responses to periodic surveys required by accreditors.
• Manage planning and operations for accreditation site visits.
• Assist college leadership with new program development as it relates to college accreditation.

Continuous Quality Improvement:

• Develop, implement, and document continuous quality improvement processes aligned with accreditation standards.
• Manage and run reports to access and collect continuous quality improvement and other accreditation-related data.
• Support college standing committees responsible for review of CQI data.

Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in higher education administration, business, or other relevant field. Alternatively, a combination of bachelor’s degree and project management certificate also is acceptable.
• Prior work experience in higher education.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior administrative experience in higher education administration. Administrative experience in health professions education highly preferred.
• Prior project management experience. Project management experience in higher education highly preferred.
• Prior higher education accreditation experience. Experience in health professions accreditation highly preferred.
• Basic understanding of digital survey platforms and tools.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.

Department Specific Information:

Dean's Office - Dentistry Specific Information

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