Director, CQI & Accreditation-SOM - Meharry Medical College

The successful candidate is an administrator with demonstrated success in the continuous quality improvement, accreditation and project management for institutions that educates professional students. S/he can develop and implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) strategies and directs a wide range of accreditation activities, including compliance monitoring, strategic planning and other projects as needed. Serves as key liaison to School of Medicine(SOM) leadership, Office of Undergraduate Medical Education Divisions, and other colleges and schools regarding accreditations ensuring adherence to accreditation standards for Liaison Committed on Medical Education (LCME) and The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

Daily Operations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Administration

• Plans, designs, implements, and manages ongoing continuous quality improvement for accreditation processes for the SOM, including divisional communications, and project management.
• Develops continuous quality improvement strategies for SOM initiatives and establishes processes that align with accreditation standards and strategic plans.
• Provides program compliance oversight and guidance relative to the school and institutional accreditors' benchmarks, and fiscal and reporting requirements.
• Oversees the development of operational timelines and milestone estimates from teams; coordinates efforts between various stakeholders; coordinates project activities; assigns tasks and provides guidance to personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of a project.
• Develops and maintains master timetable for accreditation reviews and reporting.
• Designs and coordinates data collection activities for accreditation reviews across SOM offices and synthesizes information for reporting to accreditation bodies.
• Represents the SOM to various institutional divisions, governmental agencies, vendors, students and external constituents on matters involving accreditation.
• Initiates, organizes and staffs various institutional self-study and documentation committees.
• Maintains the SOM academic policy library and/or database; ensures Student Handbooks, SOM Catalogs, Bylaws, and Policies are up-to-date, accurate and consistent with easy access for all constituents.
• Recommends and participates in the development of SOM policies and procedures; may serve on SOM planning and policy-making committees.
• Advises the SOM and its committees to ensure consistent compliance with the on-going accreditation requirements and outcome standards.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Clinical Activity or Teaching

• If PhD will provide teaching/academic service.

Required Skills

• Project Management - Ability to coordinate the diverse components of the project by quality project planning, execution and change control to achieve required balance of time, cost and quality.
• Critical Thinking Skills - Ability to arrive at accurate conclusions and solutions by visualizing new potentials, and by identifying, defining and analyzing problems and situations using rational and intuitive processes.
• Leadership - Ability to attract and mobilize energies and talents; to work towards a shared purpose in the best interests of the organization, the people comprising it and the people it serves.
• Communication - Ability to shape others' understanding in ways that capture interest, inform and gain support.
• Teamwork - Builds and maintains positive working relationships, within individual work groups and across departments, through open communication and collaboration; works with others to accomplish goals and objectives.
• Business Acumen - Demonstrates a clear understanding of all areas of the business (education, research, clinical care) - customers (students, trainees, faculty, community), resources, educational trends, new advances - and uses skills in planning, prioritizing, decision-making, and resource allocation to drive desired results.

Required Education and Experience

• Master's degree higher education MD or PhD higher education or related field is required.
• Eight (4 years of experience in higher education administration or related field is required. Substantial experience with project management in higher education or health professions sett