Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance

Job Summary

The Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance will oversee accreditation, compliance, policies, and strategic improvement operations relevant to the education mission of the school, largely in the office of Academic Affairs. The position will report to the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs with a close collaborative relationship with other members of the Dean's leadership team at the school, health professions program leaders, and academic and administrative leaders that serve the school or partner with the school.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Directs strategic planning initiatives and creates unit objectives and goals to ensure compliance with established rules and regulations
• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• Develops operating policies and procedures to comply with regulations, institutional policies, and unit objectives
• Serves as the unit liaison to institutional and external stakeholder groups providing organizational information and represents the interests of the unit
• Develops and audits the unit budget and compliance reports in accordance with established rules and regulations
• Provides guidance and oversight for affiliation agreements and relevant to the educational academic mission within Academic Affairs to ensure compliance with educational accreditation standards and university policies

Required Qualifications

• 5 years or more experience working with accreditation, compliance, education affiliations, strategic quality improvement, and/or policy development in higher education or in health care environment
• Demonstrated outstanding time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders across multiple disciplines
• Master’s degree in relevant area (i.e., MPH, MHA, MD, MBA)

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD or other relevant terminal or advanced professional degree (such as JD, DEd, MD, DO, DNP)

Department

The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) in the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), is seeking a Director of Education Accreditation and Compliance that will leverage their skills and experience to develop and oversees effective processes and work flows to ensure full compliance for accreditation for all SMPH professional degree programs.

Compensation

The starting salary for the position is $138,000 annually ; but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, select either “I am a current employee” or “I am not a current employee” under Apply Now. You will then be prompted to upload your application materials. Important: The application has only one attachment field. Upload the following documents in that field, either as a single combined file or as multiple files in the same upload area. Failure to submit the required documents will result in no longer being considered for the position.

Contact Information

Beth Miller
bmiller53@wisc.edu
608-265-8696