PROGRAM OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
Req #: | 171904 |
Department: | SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
Job Location: | Health Sciences Center |
Posting Date: | 09/11/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: |
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs.
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UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for five consecutive years.
The School of Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a Program Operations Specialist.
The Program Operations Specialist- Foundations Project Manager-Term 2 for the School of Medicine will manage three basic science and clinical integrated blocks for the Foundations Phase of the Medical School Curriculum: Invaders and Defenders, Blood and Cancer and Energetics and Homestasis.
The Foundations phase is 18 months in length and consists of a total of 7 integrated blocks and other integrated content which is delivered across the five WWAMI states (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) to over 270 students annually. The Foundations Manager- Term 2 will manage curriculum congruency, implementation, delivery, operational logistics and continuous quality improvement for three integrated basic science and clinical medicine blocks across the 5 WWAMI states. This position will be a representative of the Curriculum Unit in Academic Affairs, managing the day-to-day operational activities of the three Foundations blocks to ensure operational efficiency and curricular congruence. The Foundations Project Manager reports directly to the Assistant Director of Curriculum and takes direction from the Assistant and Associate Deans for Curriculum. The Foundations Project Manager works closely with the Academic Affairs deans, directors, managers, and staff, and School of Medicine faculty, staff and students within the five-state WWAMI region regarding medical student curriculum related programs and serves as a resource for questions from individuals within the University and the community. The Foundations Project Manager is expected to independently interpret and implement university, state and federal educational policies and procedures. This position will exercise independent judgment, solve problems, and develop innovative approaches to the management of a wide variety of curriculum initiatives.
Major duties and responsibilities to include:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except where there are legal requirements such as license/certification/registration.
DESIRED REQUIREMENTS
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The position frequently requires the employee to work beyond a normal work week (e.g. more than 40 hours a week) and intermittently requires evening and weekend time to meet project deadlines and attend meetings.
Application Process:
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