Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Office of Educational Programs, McGovern Medical School

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Office of Educational Programs, McGovern Medical School

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Category: Faculty

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Requisition #: 230002V2

McGovern Medical SchoolatUTHealth Houston,a leading academic health center, invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), non-tenure instructional track Assistant Professor in theOffice of Educational Programs.The selected candidate will contribute to the department’s mission of providing administrative oversight and management for all aspects of undergraduate medical education (UME) for the Doctor of Medicine Program.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Faculty Position - Program Assessment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Expertise in assessment, data analysis, and educational outcomes.

2. Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with diverse members of the university community including students, faculty, staff, administrators, and accreditors.

3. Ability to synthesize and analyze quantitative and qualitative data and prepare and present reports effectively.

4. Knowledge and understanding of integrated program planning, development, and administration within higher education.

5. Familiarity with commonly used data analysis software packages (e.g., SPSS).

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Plans, organizes, coordinates and presents strategic assessment programs, projects, and activities school-wide.

2. Develops and establishes operating goals, policies, and procedures for program assessment, as appropriate; recommends, implements, and administers methods and procedures to enhance operational effectiveness and efficiency.

3. Supports continuous academic program assessment (curricular and co-curricular activities) and improvement of student learning through consultation, mentoring, and hands-on training.

4. Collects and analyzes data, creates reports, reviews, and explains trends to determine program effectiveness; formulates and evaluates alternative solutions and/or recommendations to achieve the goals of the program.

5. Leads the development, organization, analysis, and reporting of student learning outcomes and related activities to support planning activities.

6. Supports the ongoing development and implementation of comprehensive outcomes assessment programs for all academic and administrative units that support the goals of the university's strategic plan.

7. Interprets assessment findings and prepares an annual assessment report to summarize such findings, with particular emphasis on the quality of the assessment efforts and findings that influence institutional decision-making and policy development.

8. Provides strategic advice and consultation to leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of modifications and enhancements to existing operations, systems, and procedures.

9. Records, stores, manages, and disseminates confidential and sensitive assessment data, as appropriate.

10. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

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Qualifications:

Ph.D. or EdD with training or experience in program assessment

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Benefits

UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.

https://www.uth.edu/benefits/

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.